AnnieLou

Hi Andy, I was banded 3/28/08 with a 10cc band. I have had one fill of 2cc's. I feel no different at all. I can't really believe there is a band in there. My 2nd fill is scheduled for 5/27/08. Did you feel any restriction with your 2nd fill? I sure hope I do, because my weight loss is at a standstill..(20 lbs since surgery), And I feel like I could eat a horse about every 3 hours. I am trying to not hugely overeat, but it seems like I have never had a band installed. Annie:confused_smile:

There is a saying for bandsters.....Just because you can eat a lot....does NOT mean that you SHOULD! You should be trying to get by for 4 hours on as little as possible. 4 oz protein & 1 cup vegies. Protein and Produce is what my Doc preaches. Just because you can eat more than this, does not mean you should. The band does not do the work for you. All the band is for is to curb hunger on less food. I learned this the hard way....but that is how it has to be.

Talk about tummy soreness? I wish I was lucky enough to have been able to have my band put in laproscopically with the 5 tiny incisions like you all probably have. Try on the soreness from having to have your surgery started with the little slits, then all off the sudden changed to "Open" banding with a huge slit in your stomach that goes from your boobs to your belly button, because your spleen got nicked during the surgery by mistake, and along with your band being put in....having to have that nicked spleen removed. Now that is sore. I had my surgery on 3/28/08

Well, Jason, when your surgeon or his team tell you about possible risks and complications from lap band surgery....listen closely. The statistics are only 1% of lap band surgeries that have complications. BUT, to that one person who falls into that percentage....those complications are REAL. I am one of them. I am not telling this to scare you, just to make you consider your surgery with wisdom. What happened to me? I went into the operating room at 11 am on 3/28/08, just 10 days ago. When I woke up, I was being wheeled into my room and saw the clock that said 6 oclock in the evening. That should have been my first clue. I groggily looked around and had tubes in my arms, tubes up inside my nasal cavity, and when I put my hand up to my neck which seemed sore...I had stiches down the right side of my neck in the jugular vein. Then I felt my belly, and relized I have staples all over it. Then the attending physician told me that my surgery is over, and I have the band, 'but' surgery went 'differen' than planned. He told me I had had an 'open' lap band surgery instead of the laprosopic surgery. I groggily asked 'why'. He continued to tell me that after all the surgical instruments were placed inside me and the operation began, my spleen was nicked. (if you know anything about the spleen....you will know that when the spleen is punctured you can bleed to death). So when the speen was knicked, of course, I started bleeding very fast and profusely. They had to save me by cutting into my jugular vein in my neck to give me blood transfusion to replace the extreme blood loss. The tubes in my arms were for replacing other vital fluids. The tubes up my nose? I don't even remember what they were for, but I do remember them having to pull out those long tubes 2 days later. I have an open incision in my belly that goes from my breasbone all the way down to my belly button. Also I have the other 4 smaller incisions in my belly because they had started the surgery with all the laproscopic tools already. Total of 36 metal staples in my belly, and also my speen was no longer any good after it was ruptured and had to be removed. So my simple 'minimally invasive surgery' turned out to be a Major surgery with an organ removal and a total open incision. I was released from the hospital 6 days later. My surgery was done at a word renowned Medical Center in Pa.....deemed a certified "Center of Excellence". So, sometimes things do happen, and you should be aware of this when considering surgery. The chances of complications are very small, but can happen. I am very sore and weak, but plan to get on with my weight loss journey with my band as soon as I can recover from this Major surgery. Annie Lou

Well, it is one week out for me today. Banded on 3/28/08. But just be glad you had NO complications and you had regular Lap Band Surgery. Be very glad everything was normal. I went in expecting to be like everybody else....but I was in the 1% that had complications. When they got inside me and started putting in my lap band...my spleen was nicked, and when that happens you can quickly bleed to death, and this DID happen to me. To make a long story short...my band was not put in laproscopically with the 4 or 5 little minimally invasive surgery you all had. I was opened up and have almost 40 staples in my belly with my incision running from between my breasts all the way down to my belly button. I also have my port incision and 2 other little slits besides where i was started to be done laprascopically then got my spleen nicked and it had to be removed and I had to have blood transfusion to keep me from bleeding to death. I have stiches in my jugular vein in my neck where they had to transfuse me. So be VERY VERY glad my friends that you have had a normal banding surgery. You would not like to recover from the way I had to have my surgery. I only wish mine was as easy as yours. AnnieLou