Thomas Moore

Yeah I understand I was just banded on Monday and I get the chewing thing completly. Sugar free gum all the way. I also understand the steak factor, solid foods your going to be eatting a lot of chicken and steak.

I had my surgery on Monday morning, I managed to fly home and resume life pretty fast, however my doctor reckomend taking at least a week. I took two just to adjust to the band and let my incisions heal. Have you had surgery before, did you recover quickly. Best of luck. Thomas Moore Banded 3/14/2011

Congrats on the weight loss, and thank you for the add.

So I am alive and well, over all I feel pretty damn good for a guy who went to mexico to get lap band surgery. My incesions are happily healing well, the skin around them is brused, a funky yellow color. The sturry strip have fallen off now, I helped a little bit I admit it. But everything looks amazing thus far. Weighed in 2lbs less, starting weight prior to surgery 312, now 310. Not a lot to post today other than I am happy happy happy to be two lbs less.

Pre Op Day One by Thomas Moore on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 5:34pmMy surgery day came yesterday, our transport arrived at the porta vista hotel at 8:15 am. We arrived to the border and waived straight in. A few Minutes later we were at hospital Angles. Immediatly registered, there was zero wait times. We sat down in the lobby them immediatly shown to a special waiting lobby, within maybe three minutes I was in the lab getting my blood drawn. Which only took about ten minutes...I am a hard stick. Back to the waiting area for maybe a minute then off to be xrayed to be certain I have followed my orders not to eat or drink after six pm. When I arrived back in the lobby my papers were signed, I had to remit immediate payment. Then we were ushered up to my room. The whole process maybe an hour tops. In the next hour a nurse who spoke no english came in the room stripped me of all street clothing, dressed me in a gown and some socks that came to my pelvis, thrombosis hose is what they are called. My EKG was done next. Then a doctor came in went over my labs, I had fallowed all of their guide lines and although my blood sugars were high he felt no concern in having my operation. We had to wait for a long while then to meet my surgeon, then for a few hours for surgery. I am not sure when I actually went to surgery as I took a good hour and a half nap. When it was time for my sugery I got on the gourney and waived goodbye to my Scott. I was rolled down a long hallway, a left turn then onto some elivators, down another halway where I had to switch gourneys again, down another hallway to the pre op nurses station to swap gourneys again, into the operating room when I was moved to the operationg table, where I was strapped down a net was put on my head and the doctor came and told me he was giving me a seditive prior to the anathesia.... I woke up several hours later... they were taking the tubes out of my throat...I hate that part of surgery..... When I woke up again I was in my room, Scott was there, and the sun was setting. My troat hurt so bad at that point. I brought gum minty gum which soothed my throat. I jumped out of bed, rangled me some boxers, life was good again. As I was not allowed to drink anything that night all. I rested off and on, checked my face book and talked with Scotty. Later that evening they gave me a pill that goes under the tounge and desolved and ten I was asleep again until this morning. At six thirty this morning they game in and took me be down to get an x ray where I had to drink some nasty stuff, but I got to finally see this thing that had already drastically changed my life. I got wheeled back to my room a very very happy man. Several hours later I was allowed my first meal, herbal tea, apple juice and orange jello. Luquis are fairly easy still very gassy but getting better as time goes on. Met with dietican, and psycologist, had another simular lunch and at 3Pm was taken back over the border to our beautiful hotel room at the Porta Vista Hotel. Getting ready to walk to the water...uploaded some incision pics check them out.

Making the choice to do the lap band is something I have agonized over for years. After finally making this choice I can say it's an educated one. I have fought with obesity since I could walk. And I am so ready for this it is not even funny. On December 31, 2010 I paid the 500.00 deposite for lab band surgery. This was commiting to the surgery, the other 4,500 will be paid on the surgery day. This after noon, Sue the travel leason called me to discuss my travel plans. My husband Scott, our 1 year old son by then Miles and My self will be flying to San Diego, California from El Paso, Texas on March 13, 2011. We have not choosen a hotel to stay at that night so that is still to be arranged. Something Scott and I will choose here very shortly. But yay for getting to make the travel plans, and of course actually scheduled for surgery.

Hey Kelly, Good luck I hear it's hard but worth it. My surgery is set for March 13, 2011 let me know how it all goes. Tom