JennyC724

That SUCKS!! I'm sorry to hear you're having problems! Since my repair surgery last year, I lost about 30 pounds but I stopped losing in October of last year. Around the holidays I had a lot of stomach pain and I FINALLY went to the doctor (I know, it took forever!!) and he's worried about a slip! I have a fill under fluroscopy scheduled for next month but it's possible that they'll find a slip and I'd need YET ANOTHER SURGERY! ACK! But, I'm down almost 80 pounds for almost 2 years so there is NO WAY they're taking out my band!! Even with these problems, it has changed my life and I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!

I was going in for my first fill when it was discovered via fluroscopy (they do all fills that way at my practice) that the tubing ends were disconnected. I had never heard anything like it, but there was another surgery done the same day as mine, right after me, and she had the same thing!! Go figure! Thankfully recovery has been MUCH easier than with the band initially and I have lost 9 pounds this first week!! YAY!! Because I got a fill during the surgery, thank the gods of weight loss!! LOL Interestingly enough, the tubing was poking my just under my ribcage on the right side, and when I told my doctor, he said it wasn't all the way over there but I knew it WAS, and it turns out that it WAS because it was seperated!!! It hurt at times, especially when I hunched over like when I was sitting in the floor with the kids!!! I'm just SO HAPPY that it's OVER!!! :smile2:

My tubing apparently got seperated (I never realized it wasn't just one long piece!) and I have to have a FULL surgery tomorrow (meaning anesthesia, the whole deal) to reattach the tubing. I can't believe it. I'm so stressed and worried and miserable about it... I was just wondering if anyone else had their tubing come apart???

I went for my first fill last week and it was discovered that my tubing had disconnected from my port, so I have to have surgery next tuesday to get it reattached. I'm SOOOOOO depressed about it, and I was just wondering how common it is. I can't believe I have to go under anesthesia again, and I was SOOOO hoping for a fill that I desperately need and instead, I have to start over! UGH!!! Just wondering if I"m the only one! Jenny

I have 4 incisions, and I thought I'd wind up with 5. Do most people have 5 or 4 or a different number?? Just curious!

YAY!!! How exciting!! Now I have to get my approval too so that we really can share a room for our surgery day! LOL We're ALMOST THERE....... (Miami here we come!!!) :fish:

YAY!!! I had to come and find your post, because of course, I'm the BEST FRIEND and I'm SO EXCITED to have our date! I can't wait!!!

Wow! Thanks so much for the list! I've been working on finding a good protein shake mix and when I do, I'll stock up! I'll have to find the liquid tylenol and the gas-x, and I'll pretty much be good to go! Dr. Bertha said we'd be on a liquid diet for 4 weeks after surgery! What, exactly, does that mean? Clear liquids for 4 weeks or does that include cream soups and/or mushie foods????? Anyone know?

Hi everyone!! I'm so sorry I haven't responded to anyone, I couldn't get on this board for a few days!! I don't know what was wrong but I was getting an error message that the board moved! And, with a 10 week old and a 2 1/2 year old, I have about 27 seconds on any given day of time to myself, so when it wasn't working, I had to give up. I want to go reread all the messages so that I can jump into the conversations, but I just HAD to report my BIG NEWS real quick in case my newborn wakes up! I went to Dr. Bertha today for my very first surgery consult and left with a DATE!!! YES, I have a DATE for surgery ALREADY! I almost fell over when we got to schedule it! May 15 if my big day, the day my life changes! YAY!! I'm SO excited! My best friend is scheduled for the same day, too, and they said we could be together so that's cool too! I'll post more later but I love Dr. Bertha, he's so nice and seems to cool too! Take care!

ps - I'm a HUGE HUGE HUGE Disney fan!! We went there on our Honeymoon and we've been there every year since then! I don't think we'll be going this year (we usually go in March) because of the new baby, but I'm planning (or planning to plan) a HUGE trip next fall, and I can't wait!! I'll be living vicariously through everyone here who is going so be sure to post LOTS of details!

Hello again everyone and thanks for the welcome!! Let me tell you a little bit more about me, so you know who you're talking to! I'm 37, happily married for 9 years to soul mate (whom I met online, BTW!) and I have two amazing sons (2 1/2 and 10 weeks!). I'm a veterinarian and until now, I have worked full time but my husband just got offered a position full time at Sirius Satellite Radio - his dream job - the DAY we brought our newborn home from the hospital! So, now that he has benefits, I get to work part time!! YAY! I'm very excited! I haven't gone back yet from maternity leave and I'm really enjoying being a stay at home mommy, at least until April 23! I'm also a vegetarian and a huge animal lover. I volunteer time and money to several causes, including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, where I'm a team captain every year for their annual Light the Night walk in the fall. I "met" a woman online who lost her daughter to leukemia at only 9 months old, just after I had my first baby, and it really hit me hard so I've been involved ever since (www.friendsofheroes.org). As for banding, my best friend of 24 years told me in January that she was considering getting banded. I didn't know anything about it. I was pregnant and miserable and didn't even give it a thought. Fast forward 6 weeks after baby is born, we talked about it and I realized I wanted to do it too so we have embarked on this journey together!! I was a chubby kid, got skinny as a pre-teen, chubby as a teen, extremely thin when I was about 20 (good gods, I was 140 pounds!! Imagine that!!!), got chubby again in vet school, got thin again on Phen-Fen (I admit, I LOVED THAT STUFF!!!). I met my husband at 156 pounds in 1997, got married in 1998 (we were engaged 10 weeks after we met!) and got FAT! Somehow, I now weigh 291 pounds and I can't quite figure out how that happened. I have two babies but I can't really blame it all on them because I was 250 when I got pregnant with the first one. I lost a baby at 22 weeks gestation to severe birth defects and that was really hard, and I gained 30 pounds with that pregnancy. So, I am desperately in need of some help and I'm hoping the band will provide that help! I have lost enough weight in my life enough times to know what to do, I just can't seem to do it long term. Hopefully this will be the time! I'm excited at the thought of being in Onederland again!!! HOWEVER, we have only just started the process! I met with the nutritionist and have been to a seminar. We are going to use Dr. Bertha in Morristown Hospital. We will be meeting with him on Wednesday and the nutritionist for our follow up on Friday of next week. I have my psych appointment on 4/27 and then I guess it's all up to the insurance because I can't afford to self pay! I have BC/BS so I'm HOPING approval won't be a nightmare! My friend and I are hoping to have surgery the same day!!! I had blood drawn today and the H. Pylori breath test, so that's another hurdle jumped! So, that's my life story in a nutshell! I don't get online too much, maybe once a week if I'm lucky but I'll try to check in whenever I can! Take care!

Hello everyone! I'm a newbie, in Union, NJ! I'm going for my first consult with Dr. Bertha on 4/18 and I can't wait! I just wanted to jump in and say hello and get to know everyone while I'm waiting for this whole thing to come together!

Hello everyone!! I'm a newbie here in Union, NJ! I'm going for my surgery consult on 4/18 with Dr. Bertha. I'm so excited!! I just wanted to say hello to my hometown (well, homestate at least) fellow bandsters and hopefully I'll be joining you soon.

Hi Judy!! You're a vet too, that's SO cool! I never find other vets anywhere! Small animal or large? What school did you graduate from and when? Do you have boys or girls? I wish you the BEST of luck with your journey, it looks like we'll be doing it at almost the same time! I have about 125 (ugh) pounds to lose, so maybe we can be weight loss buddies! Good luck to you!!

Hello everyone! I'm brand new to this site and I just wanted to say HI and introduce myself! I'm Jennifer, 37, in NJ, happily married with two boys (the youngest is just 6 weeks old), a veterinarian, and absolutely impatient to have my lapband surgery and get thin and healthy!! Currently my BMI is 43.4 or so and I have at least 125 pounds to lose. I can't quite figure out how I got this big... My best friend of 24 years did the research and talked to me about getting banded and I immediately knew it was for me! We made our appointment with a surgeon for Monday, March 26 and neither one of us can wait!!! It's just so exciting! We're hoping to have our surgeries together. From what I can tell (according to an email from my health insurance), the surgery will be covered by my insurance if I qualify and I can't wait to get that whole process started!! Just wanted to say hello and here I am, lurking and soaking up all the information I can! Jenny