LynneB

Hi welcome to LBT. I was banded Thursday. So far I feel great. Just very sore. My Dr was able to remove almost all the gas b4 closing me up so I havent had any pain from gas at all. Hope u get to feeling better soon!

Good morning! So far so good, no gas pains! I feel pretty good today, sore but no pain meds needed. I am just coughing alot & that hurts bad but not excruciating by any means. Still cant poop but peeing like a racehorse (gross I know) I do wonder if my band is really in there cuz I dont really have alot of pain even in port area. Just general soreness. I should be going home sometime around noon today, hopefully they let me do the barium test cuz I really wanna see my band "face to face" LOL

they kept saying it was an exclusion. my contract stated the surgical an non surgical tratment of obesity was excluded unless, authorized by a physician for medical reasons. Guess they couldnt read past the comma.

I didnt think it was really gonna happen today...it was a comedy of errors right from the start! First, they call to tell me not to be here at 5am, but 7:15 am instead, AFTER I had already left the house & was on my way! Then, when I got here, they couldnt find the Drs orders. Then the computer system crashed in the preop registration room. Then best of all, I hear "Code Red, East tower, Penthouse". Great the flippin hospital is burning down now!!!!!!!!! So my surgery was delayed almost an hour due to a fire somewhere. But, after everything was calm again, surgery went perfectly. I got in around 11:20, & was out by 11:50. Liver was perfect. My band is an Inamed AP Regular 10cc. I am not hungry at all, but I have had some warm broth since it feels great on my throat which hurts SUPER BAD! The lip balm and throat drops have been big helps too. Although I find myself dozing w/ the throat lozenge in my mouth, gotta be careful not to swallow that! I am very sore, but I havent had pain meds in about 7 hours now & its not too bad. So far no gas pains & I hope it stays that way! My mom & kids just left (I am staying the night voluntarily) So I am gonna go nap again. I just wanted to tell all of you, THANKS SO MUCH!! I never woulda gotten thru all this without the support & knowledge I gained on here! Luv u guys!!! xposted in Avengers

I didnt think it was really gonna happen today...it was a comedy of errors right from the start! First, they call to tell me not to be here at 5am, but 7:15 am instead, AFTER I had already left the house & was on my way! Then, when I got here, they couldnt find the Drs orders. Then the computer system crashed in the preop registration room. Then best of all, I hear "Code Red, East tower, Penthouse". Great the flippin hospital is burning down now!!!!!!!!! So my surgery was delayed almost an hour due to a fire somewhere. But, after everything was calm again, surgery went perfectly. I got in around 11:20, & was out by 11:50. Liver was perfect. My band is an Inamed AP Regular 10cc. I am not hungry at all, but I have had some warm broth since it feels great on my throat which hurts SUPER BAD! The lip balm and throat drops have been big helps too. Although I find myself dozing w/ the throat lozenge in my mouth, gotta be careful not to swallow that! I am very sore, but I havent had pain meds in about 7 hours now & its not too bad. So far no gas pains & I hope it stays that way! My mom & kids just left (I am staying the night voluntarily) So I am gonna go nap again. I just wanted to tell all of you, THANKS SO MUCH!! I never woulda gotten thru all this without the support & knowledge I gained on here! Luv u guys!!!

After everything I have been thru w/ cancelling/rescheduling...blah blah blah... I wont believe it till I wake up in the recovery room! To everyone else scheduled for tomorrow & Friday, I will be praying for all of you & please pray for me too!! Cant wait to wake up in bandland around 8:30am tomorrow morning!!! Just dreading having to be up at 4am & at the hospital at 5am! I am not a morning person, maybe I just wont sleep at all, plenty of time for that while I am recovering.

Very true I was on phentermine, however, anesthesia stated it made no difference what I was taking, that any diet pill whether RX or OTC was not allowed before surgery. ALLI was on that list of meds that would cancel surgery. They showed me a whole list of meds that would be grounds for cancelling. Phentermine just happened to be the #1 on the list. ALLI was #9.

not necessarily looking for answers, mainly just ideas & suggestions of what questions to ask them on Thurs morning. Sorry I guess I didnt clarify that to well, after almost 3 weeks of liquids, my brain is a puddle!! LOL

I know there are stickys for surgeon FAQ's, but I am looking for questions to ask only of anesthesia Dr & team. A couple I thought of were: Do you use brainwave monitors to check for awareness during surgery? What meds are given for nausea both before& after? I went for preop testing today & anes. was the only ones I didnt get to meet with (they were really backed up) so I wont get to talk to them till Thurs just before I go into the OR & I want to have a list of questions ready for them since I wont have much time w/ them like originally planned. Thanks for your help!

Good luck!! I go Thurs @ 5am. Hope everything goes perfectly for you! I will keep you in my prayers :smile2:

I just wanted to add that 5 shakes a day seems like alot (depending on how much protein is in them). Be careful of taking in more than 100 grams of protein a day because it can affect your kidneys.Other than that, you are doing great. The fact that you made it work even when the choices were limited says alot about you. You could have gone for the "last supper syndrome" and eaten that fried fatty foods, but you went with the best choice possible in a difficult situation. Stay positive & you will get there!

Please STOP taking it NOW! My surgery was cancelled last Fri due to diet pills. The anesthesia reacts to the ingredients and can cause heart arythmias and spikes in your blood pressure, leading to cardiac arrest. My surgeon did not know, they put me on it pre op. It wasnt till my preop hospital appt that the anesthesia Dr put the brakes on. I now go in Thurs instead of last week. You have to be off of it 10-14 days before surgery.

I am so happy, after everything I have been thru w/ 2 cancellations, now the Dr just called me & moved me to Thurs instead of Fri! YEAH!!!!!!

Same here Livn4jesus! We can deal w/ our disappointing delay together. Mine was due to being on phentermine, so now I have to wait till the 18th to. Oh well, we will get there!

:drool: surgeon put me on Phentermine 3 weeks ago to get the max loss possible b4 surgery & I went for pre op appt at the hospital this morning & anesthesia Dr refused to do my surgery because a pt went into cardiac arrest last week on the table & anesthsia found out that it was due to diet pills. Apparently they have found out that all diet pills counteract the drugs they give to put you to sleep & cause heart arythmias & skipes in blood pressure. So now I have to be off the phentermine at least 10 days before they will do it. So now I am resched for 4/18 instead of 4/11. I am so bummed, this is my 2nd time doing the 10 day liquid diet & 2nd time being cancelled, 1st time was cuz of insurance. I am glad they arent taking chances w/ my life, but really sad to have to wait & continue w/ liquids for another 10 days. :frown:

Mine is Friday, gotta be @ the hospital 5am, surgery starts, 7am. I am getting nervous! Good luck to everybody!

Send me one too please! Starting 4/11/08 so I can track from date of surgery. BnGMacawMom@aol.com Thanks so much!!

I decided to get my hubby to take me out to get some liquid Vitamins to help me ensure I'm getting all the nutrients I need to recover well. We went to a well known Vitamin shop. (I won't mention the name.) I got a large bottle of "good tasting" liquid vitamins. Well, at least that's what it said on the label. It was darkish orange when I poured out the measurement of the liquid and smelled horrific. I took a little taste and nearly lost it. I'm going to stick with Flinstone's chewable I think now.:regular_smile: I know exactly the ones you are talking about! Talk about puke inducing! Drinkink Ipecac syrup is less likely to make you barf than those. I had some too, the store will take them back, they did for me at least. It was pricey stuff too! Very gross!

Welcome home! So glad you are doing good!

omg, what a visual... too funny! I bet that was strange!

I am so happy to see this thread. I am type 2 diabetic, no insulin, just glyburide. I am hoping to get off of it ASAP after banding. My sugars have been really wacky on the 10 day liquid pre op, they go between 70 & 250 for some reason. Cant seem to get them regulated. Hopefully surgery will help! Just 6 more days!

oh man that sounds so awesome! Hurry up mushies!! Cant wait to get past this liquid pre op/post op diet!

Anyone use them or going to use them? I love Dr Bunch & his assistant Kris. I would love to know if you went to them, how did it go? Any info you can give me would be great. My date is 4/11/08 so its getting close!

wow congrats to all of you! I hope mine and all the rest of us soon to go goes that good! Keep us posted on your recovery.