72PanteraGuy

Big day is coming up and I feel unprepared. Not pre-op diet, just 1200 calorie as usual. Post op I am doing semi clear, soft, firm then small portioned Protein and and veg. Funny thing is, no one has told how often I should eat after banding. Anyway, 44 year old dude from So Cal, hoping to get back down to my academy weight (180) from 318. Take care, thanks Bob

Well, surgery has come and gone and I am back to work on "Light Duty". I went to Park View @ 530am and was in a bed gettting prepped by 6. I wore loose shorts so I could walk after surgery. After a few minutes I was wheeled to OR by two VERY nice nurses, it was like a scene out of an old Marcus Welby MD episode, the pushed me through two VERY old and worn out doors. The Anesthesiologist pushed something in the IV placed the O2 mask on me as said, "You will be out in a few...............................*and fade to black* I heard voices in recovery had my own room room until day 2. Painful, the whole sore abs/gas pain things sucked. Eventually got home, I was walking around like a 90 year old man and sleeping in the recliner, much easier to get up from a recliner than a Comfort mattress with a slow air leak. It was like trying to get out of a soft sided dumpster, yeah, good luck with that. So, after day 5 I had lost nearly 20 lbs. by today, 10-12 I have lost a total of 24. My only issue is, under my left rib cage, I have a bulge the size of a tennis ball cut in half. I have no idea if this is normal. I am scheduled to see Zanibadi, tomorrow, hopefully he'll say it's nothing. For some reason, I am not sure. Zanibadi said I have SEVERAL hernias that he could not address that were caused by my cancer surgery many years ago. Anyway, every time I stand I feel pulling and a tightness like a rubber band on my left side, another question for the Doc. Sorry I havent updated, I havent been tracking this post and just got an email reminder today. Good luck and take care.