guitar4life3000

Hey everyone! -Second day home and I feel a little bit better. My shoulders don't hurt nearly as bad, I'm pretty sure that the gas is gone for the most part. I have found that taking a hot shower helps a lot. I can finally tell that my stomach is doing okay, so now its just the stab wounds that hurt : ) I only woke up once last night to go to the bathroom. I have never been the person to drink a lot of Water. I just ate a lot of food and got hydrated that way. Does anybody know if Ill stop using the bathroom so often? I know I will have to constantly drink water now for the rest of my life but I cant keep using the bathroom every hour! lol .... Spoke too soon. I just got extremely nauseous and almost threw up. Maybe my stomach is still irritated. Ugh. Ill update later this afternoon!

I will make sure to keep you updated!

I had it at Rose Medical Hospital by Dr. Snyder. Don't freak out! I know it will be worth it in the end. I am a weenie when it comes to pain ; ) It was just different and because there isn't a lot known about it, its hard to know what to expect in pre-op. My mom had the Lap Band and she is telling me I should feel a certain way but because of the plication we have no idea what else is supposed to happen.

Yup you described exactly what is going on with me. Have you found that the tea has been helping? I am drinking broth right now and it seams like it is going down very easily.

Good luck! It's very interesting how different surgeons require different pre-op. My surgeon said just stop eating and drinking 8 hours before the surgery. My mom got the Lap band 4 years ago from the same guy and back then he required her to do the liquid diet like you are talking about. Do you have the option of getting plication? I just got out of surgery yesterday. My insides want to be on my outsides lol : )

Your probably right, I got a lot of controdicting information from everybody, between the nurses/surgions/doctors. Some said I could have Protein today and others said no. I guess ill just stop trying today and stick with chicken broth and Water. I think drinking slow is the hardest part. I dont really understand if that means drink infrequently or drink frequently but with smaller swigs.

Why was your post-op so awful? My mom had the lap band and she was back to work in two days no big deal. There is noooo friggin way I could go back to work tomorrow. I have had other surgery's but I have to say this has been the most painful and difficult as far as post-op.

Its weird... I only get the nausea when I drink my Protein shake. When I walk around my shoulders hurt like crazy. I was told at the hospital that the gas is whats making my shoulders hurt as well. Did you find that certain Protein shakes worked better than others?

Ya my doctor did it for free. He is basically practicing so I figured why not. I'm just worried because plication is so new that I'm afraid of something going wrong.

Have you had a the weird nausea feeling yet? What about the burps? Because there isn't a lot of info on the plication I don't know what is coming from what.

Just had my surgery, March 19, 2012. I had to stay over night in the hospital because of some complications. When I took my Upper GI the liquid wasn't going past my plication so I had to stay over night to see if it was the swelling or if my doc did the plication too tight. He put 0cc into my lap band. I am having some weird nausea moments. I wont throw up but I will salivate like crazy and I feel like something is going to come. I need some support. I cant tell if I am hungry or full or in pain and because of the band and plication I can't tell which is hurting me more. It's all very confusing. Anyways thanks for listening! It's my first day and I can not wait for the rest of my life : ) - Cory