Kami63

Great! Walking outside is a nice change as long as we don't have a heat stroke lol good luck to you too!

I agree! It was nice to not have to do the swallow and get fluids as soon as my nausea went away. I would definitely recommend Dr Nick as well. I haven't ad much experience with the PA yet though. I will keep that in mind.

Glad to see you didn't back out! Right before my surgery I must have had a look on my face because everyone who came in told me not to run off lol

Good luck to you both! Try to enjoy yourselves over the holiday. The answer will come...

Wow! I also had surgery on 6/25 at Forrest Park with Dr Nicholson. Small world I still have the pain on the left side too. I had nausea after surgery but never vomited..yay! I just went for my first walk outside this morning since it was only 80 degrees. What have you been doing for exercise with his heat?

First remain calm! I altered my eating habits for over a year and lost 50 pounds including 10 on the preop diet. Basically you will take one day at a time and make a lot more good choices than bad choices. You have one month to lose 10 pounds so find something that you can stick to and choose foods that you don't mind eating routinely. The Southbeach diet is one that has worked for several of my friends. Usually in phase 1 you can lose 10 or more pounds. I never had trouble losing weight, it was just keeping it off that was my problem lol good luck!

Sleeved on 25th and mine big incision hurts pretty bad. Taking it easy and taking pain meds still. Hopefully in a few days we will all feel better.

I am sorry to hear about your knee. I hope that you and your doctor find the right option for you. Also, i do believe that everything is meant to be and has its timing. I was scared too because I already had the lapband fail. I also,started to get scared that I would not make it through the surgery but I tell you, everything fell into place so perfectly that I had to believe this was the right choice for me. There were so many things that all had to be perfect and they kept all happening. I told my husband that I felt I was meant to not be approved 3 years ago because I would have had the bypass and that surgery scared me and I already have problems with my Vitamin levels so I don't need the mal nutrition. I took it on faith that this was the right decision for me and I had my surgery on 6/25. I am not going to say that recovery is easy but I know that I will be able to live my life again and my back will get better and better as my weight decreases. Good luck and I will pray for you. Also, if you have any questions feel free to message me, I would be more than happy to answer them for you.

Ridiculous!

Oh no! Better take my allergy medicine lol

I accidentally drank too fast I recommend not doing that my tummy hurts. Thankfully it was only about two ounces. I won't be doing that again...

My husband ate a hotdog the other day and it smelled terrible! I thought for sure I would throw up lol but I didn't. I guess everyone is different!

Congrats!!! My last few days felt like months but I was having a stressful time at work with taking my leave. Hopefully it will pass quickly for you!

What the he**? I hope you went to a new surgeon. That is crazy! I am so glad you got the band out. Hopefully us ex banders will thrive the sleeve

I had lapband removed and sleeved in 50 minutes. Was in OR for prep and surgery a total of 1 hr 20 minutes.

Fascinating...I wonder if that means tat my husband might naturally be able to eat more if he had the surgery. He is 6 feet tall. I would think the taller you are the bigger your stomach might actually be.... Good post thanks!

Yeah I got the Gatorade so I will try some of that. Thanks!

I am sorry. I guess the coordinators can make mistakes too! Hopefully if they approved you for a band, they'll approve you for a sleeve. Hang in there ...

I crush mine per my instructions. I put the in the chocolate protein shake. It seems to mask the taste the best. I tried swallowing one small pill whole and it hurt so I will crush mine until I see the doc for my two week.

Yup, dr's office told me they are fine as long as you are drinking slow and taking my Pepcid. If they become uncontrollable though then to call back. I am ready to not have them lol

Wow. I have had trouble getting in liquids today. Is everyone else still having trouble getting liquids in? The color of my pee still looks ok. Sorry if TMI. If that changes I'm going to call the on call Dr.

I quit the week before my preop diet because I knew I would already be battling with not eating lol. So I didn't feel great for 3 weeks but I think I would have felt worse if I tried during my preop diet. I don't want soda by the way. I am trying hard enough to ge liquids in that Soda is not appealing at all. I did have decaf coffee in the hospital which tasted great but you have to balance that with water and protein so I don't think I will go back to having coffee every day.

Hey there! There is a section for band to sleeve revisions if you want to see some stories. I had my band revised to a sleeve on 6/25. I am newly out of surgery so I still have pain. But I have no regrets. I am just tired. If you are like me, you may have horrible chest pain from where the band sits. That pain never went away for the 6 years I had the band. Right out of surgery it was gone! This was the right decision for me because my band failed 7 months out of surgery. The rest of the time was spent throwing everything up and fill then unfilled then fill... They could never get it right. then test after test where they told me there was nothin wrong with my band. This went on until 3 years ago when I got a NEW surgeon and he completely unfilled my band to let it heal. We started trying with the insurance at that time to approve the removal. After being denied several times, finally in May of this year I got approved with my current insurance for both the removal and the sleeve. Here I am, sleeved I am sure I will have more to tell as my journey goes on. I already feel a difference between the two though. Good luck with your journey and I don't mind answering any questions you at have.

Sounds like you are on your way! You have support here. I just had my revision Tuesday so I am still navigating the sleeve...lol no regrets just tired as hell. The Band surgery was worse for me in the way of pain , but this surgery is worse on being tired bc it is difficult a first to get your liquids and Protein in. Good luck on your journey

Great! Glad you could go home where you could be more comfortable.