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I'm dizzy in the morning. I have to slide along the wall when I first get out of bed. Hummmm... There must be something to this. Then I have the shakes until mid-morning. After that I'm fine for the rest of the day. I wonder what's up with this.

so sorry about the nurse. That sucks. She was very unprofessional. I'm 12 days post op and I'm angry at a nurse from the hospital. I had an IV infiltration. (the IV fluids were dripping directly into my arm instead of my vein. the needle punctured the vein.) MY arm was horribly swollen and bruised and excrutiatingly sore. This gruff old nurse comes it and wants to take my blood pressure in my forearm. I told her it was swollen and sore, and she says, "Well, I can't very well put it around the other arm can I, the new IV is placed there." Well, crap, I'm in a bariatric hospital unit, why did they not have large pressure cuffs that would fit around my UPPER arm??? I was so put off. Then she grabs my arm and does it anyway. I almost screamed with pain. It was horrible.

Gosh I feel like such a schmuck. I hate the gym. Swimming is the ONLY thing I enjoy. I HATE working out, and I HATE sweating. I also have arthritis, and everything in the gym hurts me. The more I work out, the more I hurt, so I don't. I know this is going to limit my success with this new band and I'm very worried about it. I can't take my normal arthritis pain medication anymore either because of stomach bleeding potential. What am I going to do???????

I'm 11 days post op and I have never had any shoulder pain. My pain started about 4 days ago and is now constant under my left rib cage.

I am currently age 48 and was banded last week. I was a normal weight (120 - 135) until age 31 then all hell broke loose. By 33 I weighed 180. By age 36 I had hit 200 lbs. I week before banding I weighed 250 even. 11 days post op I have lost 7 pounds.

My doc gave me a nausea patch behind my ear before surgery, so when I came out it would be working already. It worked like a charm!!! I'm 9 days post op and haven't had one minute of nausea. It's wonderful.

I was banded on Monday the 19th of November. I guess it went pretty good. I was in surgery about 2.25 hours. But that night when I was fully awake and the morphine was wearing off, I noticed my arm was sore. I looked and my hand looked like a rubber glove filled with air. :eek:I called the nurse immediately. My IV had punctured my vien and the Fluid was dripping directly into my arm. I was somewhat alarmed as this was the second bag after surgery. they moved it to my hand. No luck. The vien blew. Third try on my opposite forearm. It finally worked. Well, it's now 9 days post op and my arm still hurts as bad as it did in the hospital. About 90% of the swelling is now gone, but I have blotchy bruises all over my forearm. My wrist is VERY sore. what's up with this? What's wrong? the doctor told me to do warm compresses and keep arm elevated. I did and it still hurts. Is this normal???????? :confused:Is there danger of permanent damage? I'm a little freaked out. Gas was at a minimum. I had a few moments of discomfort but nothiing big. I am having trouble regulating my body temperature. I get SO COLD. Normally, I'm the one that's always hot and turning down the AC. A few times I was literally shivering. Fever of only 99 two days after surgery, but not after that, so it isn't fever. Hunger is at a minimum. I've only been truly hungry maybe twice. thanksgiving was three days post op and it didn't bother me a bit. I even sat at the table with my Soup. It didn't bother me until I saw my son eat a turkey sandwhich for a 10:00 pm snack. (my favorite food) so I went to bed and pouted. Port pain comes and goes. I also have a wierd pain under my ribs. I think it's my band, but not sure. I also have spasms in the same area. At first I thought it was stomach muscles, but I don't think so. Wierd. I got terrible constipation on day 6. Doctor prescribed milk of magnesia. YUCK! I was so miserable. Then once it took effect I had terrible diarreah for two days. Double yuck. got hemerrhoids out of the deal. :omg:Yippee!!! Actually, I think this and the infiltration of my arm is worse that the surgery sites. Other than that, I am A okay. I'm alive and on my way to a thinner me. As of this morning I have lost 7 pounds!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!:whoo: I can't stand the taste of artificial sweetner and have avoided it for years. It gives me headaches and I don't like what it does to your body. Looking forward to real food so I don't have to eat it anymore. Sweets will not be my problem. Had the shakes this morning. What's up with that??? Would love to get some comments here...... thanks.

I'm with longhorn. Get a body pillow. It saved the day for me. I slept for about 3 hours on my port side about 6 days post op. It hurt getting rolled over, but once I had the body pillow positioned properly, it was heaven. Now it feels good to put my belly right up against my DH's back. The warmth and support is wonderful.

I have TOTALLY avoided all artificial sugar products for years. It's all poison as far as I'm concerned. I started with the headaches the minute I started putting that crap in my body. I'm not sure what to do at this point. I also can't stand the lingering aftertaste. Everything tastes horrible except the sugar free popsicles. then it's just becasue my tongue is numb. Is anyone else having this problem? I tried stivia and found it to be bitter. I can't wait until I can eat normal food so I have more food choices. this is miserable.

I wasn't allowed coffee or tea on my clear liquids but I am allowed coffee on my full liquid and regular diet, but can only have two cups max.

Was banded on the 19th and went back to work today (the 28th). I was pretty sore, and had a few problems with constipation then horrid diahrreah. There was no way I could go back earlier. Today is my first day back and I'm tired, I'm having trouble concentrating, and I got the shakes for some reason. I feel okay incision wise.

Tishbite, I'm so sorry to hear of your cancellation. I know the whole affair just broke your heart. Hand in there, we are all praying for you. You may still have you band, just not right away. Keep your chin up.

Had my surgery on Monday (19th) and I'm still alive!!! Lot of pain in port site, shortness of breath and also had an infiltration of my IV so they had to move it. The arm is grossly swollen and just as sore as my port site. I was not happy

I was giventhe option of donating my own blood, when i registered AT the hospital, but I didn't do it.

THANK YOU!!! I'll be heading to Wal-Mart tomorrow for a list of things. This is at the top. will look for the digital.

I thought Swanson's made a low sodium variety? I Know Campbell's does. I like Swanson's with the roasted garlic flavor. Try boiling some veggies in the broth and then remove them. That should help a little. Where I am, we have boullion in a powder form and it comes in good flavors like shrimp and crab. Even before surgery I liked the 100% pure cranberry juice without sugar. Now they have it with pomegranate etc. I plan on drinking that for my clear liquids. I also like peppermint tea. It's so good it doesn't need sugar, and I DO NOT do artificial sweetners. They make me sick and give me horrible headaches.

I'm set for Monday and am see sawing back and forth on my courage. I remember when I woke up in recovery from having shoulder surgery, I was CONVINCED I had been kidnapped and was in Canada. (I live in Texas) I demanded to know who brought me there and how I got over the border without my passport. How embarrassing. I hope I don't do THAT again......

Okay.... Here it goes. Let's see if it worked.

I'm scheduled for the 19th. (Monday) I've even started having nightmares. I was dreaming about razor blades two nights ago, so I know that my subconscious is even freaking out. I made a hotel reservation for my husband today at a hotel across the street from the hospital. I hate for the poor thing to sleep on a cot. I'll only be there 23 hours, but still. But it did make it more real. Now I have to buy a scale this weekend. Suggestions? I haven't had a scale in YEARS. I truly never thought I would ever be thin again.

What about a french fluer de lis? It's the little tri petal flower you see on french stuff. It was the official sign of French royalty. I feel like a princess doing all this for myself, so I think the royal flower is appropriate, don't you??? Not to mention I am of French decent, so naturally I love the Nouveau idea!!

Well, it's here. I will be banded Monday. I am going to buy a scale this weekend and have no idea what would be best. I gave up on ever being thin again years ago, so I don't have a scale. where did you all buy yours?

Wow. Thanks for all your advice. I had no idea that PCOS can cause a lot of weight gain, and cause all these things. I just thought it was a chronic growth of cysts. I know a good female doctor, but she is not on my insurance group. I'll have to see what I can do. I'm now very concerned and confused about my doctor's response to my inquiries. What an A-hole. He didn't even bother to explain any of it to me. I guess I should have known when I had a uterus the size of a 5 month pregnancy for two years..... DUH!!!

It amazes me how different doctors are. I don't have a pre-op liquid diet. My doctor says that all that liquid stuff weakens you, and he needs his patients at full strength, and fully nourished to start the healing process properly. So I just have to eat three well balanced meals a day for two weeks with LOTS of FRESH fruit and vegetables and LEAN protien. So I have one day of liquids prior to surgery. After surgery I have 2 days of clear liquids, then 2 weeks of full liquids, then 4 weeks of mushies. This seems to be different from everybody.

Okay. I just clicked on this post by accident and it's looking like I might be very glad I did. I have cysts. Several of them. They are intermittantly very painful. I have brown splotches on my face, and my facial skin went from smooth to feeling literally like sandpaper. I have a lot of soft blond hair growing on my face near my ears and upper lip. My hair became dry and brittle. I had a hysterechtomy about 3 years ago. I had tumors growing inside the walls of my uterus. I had them for some time. I had sonos and the little cameral put inside to look several times and they couldn't find anything, but my uterus was the size of a 5 month pregnancy. they didn't find the tumors until AFTER it was removed and they dissected it. Gross, I know, and I apologize. Long story short. the face stuff and the cysts I got AFTER my surgery. (I still have ovaries) I have gained massive amounts of weight, and truly don't have the eating habits that would explain this. I asked my doctor about PCOS and he frowned and said, no you don't have that. He didn't even check. He gives me hormones about once a year for 6 weeks to shrink the cysts. they go away, but ALWAYS come back. why wouldn't he check me for this? By what you all say, it sounds like what I have. Can I demand a test? I was afraid I had ovarian cancer or something. I demanded a test for that, and the doctor refused several times. He said that the tests are not very reliable for that, and if I get a false positive he will be obligated to do exploratory surgery, and he was certain I just have cysts since they shrink with hormone therapy. Are there any physicians or nurses out there that can comment on this???????

I get banded on Monday so now I'm ready to do the little ticker thing on the bottom of my posts and I'm really feeling pretty stupid because I can't figure it out:o. How embarrassing........ Do you import it from somewhere else?