maijageorge

So I was banded yesterday! So far so good. I had gas pains yesterday, but i walked alot and had my gas x strips and heating pad..im feeling much better today. We fly home today, im ready to see my kids! The port site is only one that hurts. Plus I feel my stomach is weighted down. But that is to be expected. They also installed a pain ball, its a plastic ball with 2 days of medicine. It has a little plastic tube attached under my skin it gives my incisions a steady dose of pain medication. Once the medicine is gone they told me to take a deep breath and pull it out..

Today is my day! Im in pre op waiting now! I got this!

Good luck! I hope all goes well! Mine will be on the 27th

My surgery is March 27, and I have been on a liquid diet almost 2 weeks. The first week I ate the noodles and veggies in my soups, but mainly just had my protein drinks and soups. This week it is all liquids. I can have broth and creamy soups, popsicles, jello.. I understand the diet is to shrink your liver, but this week I have not lost anything( last week I lost 6lbs). I drink at least 90oz of water, get 3 protein drinks in a day, and have broth. I'm afraid my body is in starvation mode, so my weight loss is stopping all together.. Has anyone else had this issue? Again I completely understand the diet is for liver shrinking not for weightloss, but I know most people lose weight too..

I am getting banded on the 27th, and I am starting to get nervous of the surgery pain. The surgeon has talked a lot that the "tool" incisions will be about an inch long. But every post I see about people already banded say it is their port incision that hurts the most.. How long/large is the port incision? I'm just starting to get nervous...

I'm scheduled for march 27th! Very excited!

Thank you everyone! It helps me so very much to hear your surgery stories.. I'm getting so excited!

Awesome! Im just nervous. We are flying from west texas to dallas to have the surgery. We plan on flying back home the day after surgery. So traveling makes me nervous too.. I've had a c-section 4 yrs ago and it was the worst pain I've ever been in.. people keep telling me the lap-band is nothing compared to that pain..

I got my surgery date..march 27th!. Just wondering if those of you who have been through the pain of surgery, would you do it again? Was the pain bad?