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I brought: phone. IPad and charger lip balm and lotion!!!!!!!!! You'll want it. Comfy change of clothes and extra underwear. A sports bra to go home in a folder to put any paperwork in hair brush, cetaphil face wash, baby wipes, deodorant, toothbrush and paste, rubber bands and head band , panty liners. I have oily skin so I washed my face a few times and wanted my hair away from my face. You also feel much more human washing up... Your face and body with wipes and then deodorant even if it is a "bus station bath."

Had my band for 6 years and my revision was done in one surgery - 1.5 hours long

It's the phrenic nerve - the same nerve responsible for the left shoulder pain caused after surgery. When you're full (from food or the CO2 used during surgery to inflate your abdomen) it pressed on this nerves and causes the pain, sneezing, running nose, hiccups, deep breath, etc. I get all of them when I'm full. First I give a big sigh which is totally out of my control. Then it's sneezing, hiccups, and a running nose. All signs that if I take one more bite, I'm in for a bad time.

9/25 was my same surgery date. I added canned chicken to cream soups. Some other things I'm eating now: tuna salad, egg salad, mashed avocado on liquid egg whites, vegetarian refried beans, cream of wheat with skim milk and protein power, sugar free jello with protein powder, chicken salad (canned not just cooked), I've blended vegetable beef soup, mashed sweet potato, cottage cheese, pureed baked eggplant with marinara.

I just had my revision done on 9/25. I did a two week liquid diet and was in the hospital for two overnights. Surgery only took 1.5 hrs. My surgeon said there was minimal scar tissue and my liver had nicely shrunken so it made it go faster. I work from home and was able to start working again by the end of the week but only for a few hours. Last week I worked all week but had to take breaks and nap in the afternoon. Today is my first day back full time and so far I have a ton more energy. I even went back to my morning walks although only 2 miles today instead of my usual 3.

If you're preop appointment is during the weeks you're instructed to be on a preop diet, it might be an issue. The preop diet is design to reduce abdominal fat and shrink your liver to prep for surgery. I'm not sure what your preop diet is, but mine was sugar free jello, Popsicles, broth, and protein shakes. To gain 5 lbs on that is unimaginable. Every surgeon is different, but I have heard of cases when surgery is started and the liver is too fatty so the patient is closed up and surgery doesn't continue.

So I intentionally planned my surgery for 9/25 knowing Yom Kippur was 5 days later. I didn't fully fast. I had water and protein shakes but mostly due to my post-op diet. I forced myself to drink, as I had absolutely no hunger. One funny thing that happened is that I'm so off on day and time right now, I tried to take my daughter to Hebrew school today. Duh - no school today due to the holiday weekend.

I'm in the Boynton Beach area and just had my surgery on Monday.

HI There Glad to hear there is someone else is seeing Dr Vaughan. Do you go to the support group? When is it? The weight I have lost is without the surgery. I have been trying for over 16 years and came to realize I need the surgery to lose the remaining 200 pounds. I was once 497 pounds and hope to get to 155 with the surgery.

Hi @@ssflbelle! I live in Lake Worth too and see Dr. Vaughan. While he didn't do my surgery since I didn't here then, I go to him for fills and monitoring. I've found he and his staff to be fantastic! Looks like you've made great progress o far.

I haven't really worked with the surgeon. I had one fill under flouro which actually turned into a slight unfill due to reflux. I like the support group, and prefer the lap band specific one over the general group. As a band patient it's a little unnerving to sit in a support meeting with bypass and sleeve patients dropping in 2 months what has took me a year to lose.

Whoever created this thread might want to change the title. Kansas City is in MO, not MI.

I'm in Lake Worth but had surgery done three years ago when I lived in the midwest. I've gone to the Wellington support group meetings at Dr. Wizman's office.

We waited 2 weeks I think, but doubled up and used a condom on top of my BCP. The surgery screwed my PCOS body so much that I had my period when I wasn't supposed to and then for 2 weeks post-op! We got scared that the freak period could have gotten me off cycle, and we have a kiddo already. One and done!

I had to add Benefiber to my coffee in the morning to stop the constipation. Post-op constipation is normal since the pain meds cause it. After that, think of it this way.... we're not eating to excess, so there isn't much to expel. Try adding a little dairy too.. .solid dairy Proteins like babybel cheese, string cheese, cottage cheese, etc. ... not sliders like milk and yogurt. Funny thing is... when I used to get "stopped up" before the band, I'd just get McDonalds to solve that problem. Ha! Not anymore.