MrsRobinson

Relax & take some small "small" sips of water

Yes. Very normal. It may loosen up a little next few days.
I have a shake every morning for breakfast and I have to take it slow.
It's a good feeling knowing the band is there doing it's job.

Hello Everyone,
Tues is my surgery and I am getting scared, I know I should not be but I can not help it. I question myself as to my journey and if I will have regrets....Just need a little something, something from my support lapbanders.............
Warmest Personal Regards,
Lisa

Surgery was on the 22nd and I have lost 22.9 pounds in the last three weeks I think I am going to like Lapband alot!!!!

OK my surgery was on the 22nd and it went ok. I did have nausea which I hate and my surgeon fixed a hiatal hernia which I did not know I had. I think that is why the pain is a little more than I expected..The gas was pain was ok, I used tons of Gas x strips peppermint (helped with nausea) and a moist heat, heating pad!!!! My surgeon is Dr Robert Richard and he has to be the best surgeon around, he even brought me a big stuffed brown bear after the surgery was over...All in all it was a really good experience!! Now on to my journey!!!!!

Be kind to yourself!! Try taking a bubble bath and relax, sometimes we can find motivation once we quit our minds and put everything else aside...No payments, whats on tv, why we have not done this or that, just be at a state of total relaxation and then I am sure you will find your center!!! Good Luck and Relax!!!

) Banded on 11/22 and I still am sore at the port site and had hernia fixed!! But, I am feeling stronger and stronger every day!! If I do to much durning the day or with the twins I am sore in the evenings, nothing alittle liquid Lortab won't fix!!! Ha Ha Good Luck and a Speedy recovery!!!

Congrats keep up the good work!! )

Hello, Please take the time to join the Hotlanta Bandsters Group @ Groups if you live in the Atlanta or Metro Atlanta Area & Welcome!!!

3 weeks banded and I've lost 25 lbs I love my band....I work out and eat everything right no junk...

That is fantastic news!!!! I hope that I have that same kind of success after I am banded in a couple of weeks. Jen

Way to go!!! I love my band as well!

way to go! my pre-op diet starts tomorrow and my surgery is scheduled for december 16th

WAY TO GO!!!! I was banded on the 21st of October and have lost 41 pounds thus far. That being said as soon as you go back to solids you will not be losing as much as fast, but that is OK just dont let it keep you down. I am not telling you this to discourage you but to give you a realistic view of what will happen. That being said I am still losing it is just slower. But keep up the great work!!!

Wow!! Great Job!!! I started my preop diet a week ago and lost 7 pounds this week. I am getting banded on the 7th of Dec. Thanks for posting, that is very encouraging!

Wow, way to go! Congrats and great going! Karen

Congrats....My surgery is scheduled for Dec 13th and I hope I have the same results. That is a very encouraging post!!!

Surgery was on the 22nd and I have lost 22.9 pounds in the last three weeks I think I am going to like Lapband alot!!!!

I am 42 and would rather the time off than the $$$$$, just me! )

Good luck with your surgery. I was banded last month and I was scared too. I had second thoughts too, mainly about dying or the lapband not working and I have wasted money or is this too drastic a solution. But being obese just wasn't an option anymore and everything else I tried had failed. The first week post-surgery was rough, but I am feeling great now and losing weight (and the "diet" is just not that difficult to stick to, as I am not hungry and thinking of food all of the time). I don't regret it at all. Good luck and let me know how it goes.

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Good luck and please keep us updated!

Hello,
I am new to this board but, I read your post and I wanted to let you know that I understand how you feel. I was suppose to have had my band put on last year but I backed out of it the night before surgery. I spent the rest of the year putting on 40 more pounds due to failed diets. In September of this year I did it. I cried in the operating room I was so afraid but, I did it. I have been slow to lose the weight but that is because I make poor choices but I have lost about 20 pounds and I am feeling better. I have to tell you untill I had my second fill I couldn't even tell that anything was done. I had very little pain I didn't even need pain meds at the hospital. My insurance made me spend the night at the hospital but I would have been able to go home. I was up and walking about an hour after surgery. The only complaint I had was I could bend over fine but, it hurt to raise up. You will regret it if you don't do it. I wish I had done this when I was 40 pounds lighter I would have been looking pretty good by this time. Good Luck

Wow I am having my surgery Tuesday too!! We should stay in touch and compare notes!! I am a little nervous too but I am excited- I just hope I made the right choice of procedure- Sometimes I get worried I am too overweight for this- Maybe I should have gone with the bypass- but I am not starting over now! Plus - honestly this pre-op liquid hell has given me the assurance that I can completely change my eating habits and follow the guidelines needed- I am so surprised how strictly I have stayed on tract with this diet!
I really want to get my exercise game on- that is my next step
Anyway- Good luck Tuesday and keep in Touch!

I just got banded yesterday and I completely agree with my fellow posters..This is day 2 and I am definitely thinking "what the hell did I just do" but I still feel good about my decision! I just don't like being sore like this and not being able to pick up my 10 month old, it's hard not to just scoop up your child when he is crying for you, you know? But overall I feel ok and I KNOW why I did this. You will be fine!! Good luck to you!!