Harrier's Woman

Hi All, I wanted to know for everyone that has already gone thru surgery; what items do you recommend for aftercare? I've heard of Gas-x & heating pads, but, would I need anything else? Trying to get everything organized ahead of time. Any suggestions?

I feel exactly the same way...these past few months have flown by & now it seems like the time until my surgery is both moving too fast and too slow! Very weird feeling.

I am scheduled for Oct 5th. This is getting very real for me as well. I'm torn between being excited & nervous. So ready to have some time off from work & get this surgery done. I'm too ready to move on to this next chapter. Good luck to us all!

Oct 5th.....so excited!

Congratulations!

I'm so sorry to hear about this. I understand about not being supported by the people closest to you. This explains why I have only told a few people about my decision. I knew going into this that one of my closest friends would have a issue. She is about 100lbs heavier than me & even though she says happy being this way; its not true. Her health is starting to declining as a result of her weight. My advice is to listen to your heart. If you have given this decision serious & have researched it thoroughly then don't let anything stop you. My oldest friend died at the age of 37 because of weight diseases. The lesson I've learned from her death is that you truly only have one life to live. When its over; its over...so why not make it the best possible life you can.

Great question! I've been thinking about the same thing. Lol

Good luck to you! I start my shakes on monday. I hope I feel the same way in 2 weeks. Lol

I have BCBS & it took about a week. My patient advocate told me to wait a week from my last appointment & then give the insurance co a call. She said this will keep me in their "radar". Thank God it worked!

Love the seeing your vajay comment. Hilarious! Personally, I can't wait to not be in pain from being too big. Or, sweating & breathing heavily going up or down the stairs. To get my period back on track once again.

Congrats! I can't wait until I'm able to put that post out myself. Very inspirational!

Good luck! Tomorrow will be over before you know it. Don't worry; you've got this!

Just drop me a message thru here...

Thank you to everyone that commented. I have only told 3 people about the surgery because I didn't want to hear negative comments. I think I was having a slight freak out ! I just don't want to fail; I've been on soooo many diets and never stuck to any of them. This site has helped me tremendously...thank you for the encouragement!

I have been very excited since finally making the decision to get the Lapband. Now, I will be finding out my surgery date(hopefully this week) and all of sudden; I'm getting nervous. Doubts are starting to creep up and I'm 2nd guessing my decision. I know its probably just nerves. I don't want to go all thru all of this just to fail so I'm having some anxiety. Is this normal to "all of sudden" get scared about this? Has anyone else felt like this? Help!!!

Congratulations on getting your date! Good luck to you.

Thank you for the words of encouragement. I was just trying to figure out if I would need to take leave or at least some days off to recuperate.

Hi Everyone, It's getting close to my surgery date & even though I am very excited; I am starting to get a little nervous. I am more concerned about after the surgery....how quickly I'll "bounce back". On average, what is the recovery time? How soon can you return to work?

That is fantastic! Gives me hope to lose the 150lbs I'm determined to get off. Congrats! Thanks for being an inspiration.

Hi Ladies, I'm also in San Antonio. I am scheduled to have my surgery in October @TrueResults. I am going to have my psych evaluation on Thursday. Dr. Carcamo will be performing my surgery & I've heard he can be a little blunt. This doesn't bother me because the main thing is that he performs the surgery well. Surprisingly, I'm not nervous(yet) about this procedure. I'm more excited than anything. I have been struggling for 30yrs with this weight; so now its beyond time to get serious about it. I hope everyone has a lot if success with the Lapband. Keep in Touch!

I'm new to all of this; so I'm not familiar with the terminology. What exactly is "plication"?

Thank you all for the encouragement. I was just a little discouraged after that call because I don't want anything to hinder my surgery. So I really appreciate all of your support & kind words.