Kimmy89

Hi, Jez!
Congratulations on your decision for the lapband! My name is Kimberly and I got the lapband last October and it was the best decision I ever made. I am about 5'8 and weighed 300lbs before surgery. 7 months later I now weigh 223 and still have a little over 40lbs to my goal weight. You will feel so much better physically,mentally, and emotionally. Everyone on here is very supportive and can answer any question you have. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. good luck on your journey!

Hi, Jez!
Congratulations on your decision for the lapband! My name is Kimberly and I got the lapband last October and it was the best decision I ever made. I am about 5'8 and weighed 300lbs before surgery. 7 months later I now weigh 223 and still have a little over 40lbs to my goal weight. You will feel so much better physically,mentally, and emotionally. Everyone on here is very supportive and can answer any question you have. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. good luck on your journey!

I had the gas pain about a week after surgery. One thing I learned....walk,walk,walk! Seriously. You'll start burping and you'll feel so much better! I had the worst gas pain in my chest and once I started walking,just around my house, I was able to burp and it went away. Even now,2 months late,when I walk around the mall I start burping. Lol.

Thank you all for the input some of this stuff can make u feel like ur goin crazy. Walking and the heating pad are helping alot..

For any pre-ops reading this thread- the pre-op diet is designed to shrink your liver. Please try your best to follow your doctor's orders. While it does not happen often, some surgeries are not completed because the liver is not small enough. So you get cut into for nothing. It's a very small percentage but it does happen.

8 days postop, I too have left shoulder pain and had a substantial hernia repaired. Last night I put rotisserie chicken in the food chopper, had less than a cup and used a baby spoon, after The pain in my shoulder was evident. I am happy to report a 14 lb loss from preop and postop diet, this forum is so helpful to know what you are feeling is normal.

Wow, thank you all so much! Surgery went well....now to start my new life!!

Hello everyone. I am new to this forum and go in for my lapband surgery in about 3 hours(ahh!!). I am getting scared about the actual surgery but I'm so happy to finally be getting this. I have been overweight my whole life and always struggled to lose. If anyone has any good advice or just some words of wisdom, I would greatly appreciate it. Take care!

I had the Buddha belly as well! Super weird looking! On day 4 now and it seems to be starting to go down!

Oh I bet it'll be nice to eat something other than liquid!! Surprisingly my stomach really didn't bruise at all. My incisions are almost completely healed already, which is nice. Enjoy some mushy food for me! Lol.

At least you're near the end! Nothing can stop you now!

So yesterday I finally got my lapband after trying for 4 years. It's still hasn't quite hit me that I've actually got it, but the pain now reminds me. Thankfully it's not as bad as I thought, but it's very uncomfortable. I have no desire to eat though. Is that normal? I had nothing but Water yesterday and still don't have an appetite. I don't feel sick, just not hungry(which is kind of nice.). Does anyone have advice on how to stay comfortable once the anesthesia wears off and the pain is more intense? Thank you everyone for being so encouraging.

I totally understand that feeling! I had to go to monthly appointments for 6 months before my insurance would approve the surgery. I kept saying I wouldn't believe it was happening until it happened. Surgery day I was in my gown and all and still said I wouldn't believe it until it happened. It seems like when you want something really bad, there's a lot of obstacles. But you only have one more week and it WILL happen!

As long as there are no more hoops to jump through! They do have a week to put more obstacles in my way! I went yesterday and the doctor decided I needed cardiac clearance before surgery! I was lucky enough to find a cardiologist that could get me in today! I got cleared!!
I am so close I'm not going to let them stop me!

You're so close! I can't wait to hear how it goes!

I've tried warm fluids but they didn't help much. Thankfully this morning I'm feeling better. I sure hope the worst is behind me! When do you go for your surgery?

So I had my surgery last Thursday. For the first few days I actually felt AMAZING. Then, after a few days, I just crashed. My stomach was hurting, my chest was killing me, and if I even tried to stand up, I felt like I was going to be sick. I had to have the surgeon's assistant call in something for nausea and had to stop my prescription pain medicine and start liquid Tylenol because I couldn't eat anything so the medicine was making the nausea worse. I haven't slept well and have been pretty miserable. But by some miracle, I woke up this morning and felt pretty good. To be honest, I was getting scared I would never get back to feeling myself. I was suppose to go back to work yesterday, but I ended up having to take the rest of the week off. Can anyone tell me if you really start feeling like your normal self after a while? Today is the first day I actually ate something. It was wonderful. Sorry to write so much but I've had so many emotions going on inside me this past week I thought I was going to go crazy!

Congrats on your band! I'm very sore,too. So I take my pain meds like clockwork so it will make me sleep and I don't have to feel the discomfort. Hopefully we won't be as sore in a couple days!

Wow, thank you all so much! Surgery went well....now to start my new life!!

Well I feel like I need to chew something. The liquids are driving me crazy. I can't go in the family room because of all the good food that's out there. I don't understand. I see different post op diets. Maybe some one can also explain why 2 weeks of liquids.

Honestly, if I am REALLY craving something sweet and haven't had any treats in awhile, I just have a little bit of what I'm craving. So if I'm craving chocolate, I'll have a single candy bar and just count the calories towards my daily total.
Again, it's not a regular thing. I'd say I do it about once a month. I just firmly believe the band is about moderation not deprivation so if I really want something- I have it.

16 months post op.....i jiffy pop all the time.....(i dont burp much)
but seems normal to me .....its gotta work its way out some how.