Kellyjacks

Hey Melissa, I am in Louisville and I had my surgery through Louisville Bariatric associates at St. Mary's and Eliabeth Hospital on Feb 14. The whole process is nerve wracking sometimes waiting for insurance. I have Humana and had to do the 6 month monitoring, but got through the process. I had Dr. Schuster, but the team all work together on everyone's operation. The day I had surgery, there were 6 or 8 of us getting a lapband. The hospital is really great about having the whole process go smoothly. I was out of the hospital by noon, having my surgery at 7:30am. Let me know if you are using the same group, and I'll tell you more. Kelly

Hello, I'm Kelly and this is my first posting. I had my lap band on Feb 14, 2007. Happy Valentine's day to me. I had my first fill on March 30. The first four days I was full of regret for doing the surgery, since I felt so nauseous and couldn't hold much down. Of course, that passed. I am down 24 lbs., but am feeling a little scared because I haven't lost anything in two weeks. I didn't have a complete fill on March 30, I realize in hind sight. It was only 0.5cc. It was difficult to know what I was supposed to be feeling while the saline was injected. My surgery was at St. Mary's in Louisville, KY, with Louisville Surgical Associates. The way they do a fill is they have you lay down and they insert the needle, then they have you sit up and drink cold water, trying to tell them when you feel the water come back up instead of go down. I couldn't tell, I guess. Is that a problem for anyone else? I know things will be better once I get my real fill, which will be in a couple more weeks. I just got really depressed again that it wasn't working. I know I'm eating less than I did before the surgery, but apparently still too much. Kelly