Kimberly Henson Edwards

Sunday evening I was eating supper like I normally do before I get ready for work had part of a pork chop, carrot and potato. Well I got really heavy feeling and got in the shower to get ready for work started dry heaving then started throwing up. Got in my car to come to work and my chest was hurting and my stomach and just kept throwing up. Got to work which is 30 minutes from my house still throwing up. Got to where I couldn't swallow my own saliva. Called panicking looking for my surgeon. Guess what you guessed it HE WAS OUT OF TOWN!! The surgeon on call told me to meet him in the ER. He had the directions and an emergency tackle box, to me to floro radiology and accessed my port to relieve some of the saline in my band. Got pretty much immediate relief. My pork chop came on through. Still had to spend the night in the hospital, did alot of damage to my stomach. Taking carafate slurry for 3 months and nexium liquid, also on clear liquids for the next 7 days! This is my preaching lesson for now. CHEW CHEW CHEW and cut your pieces up into little bitty child size or eraser size pieces I mean it or you will wind up like me in teh ER thinking that you were gonna die and have your lap band surgically removed.

CONGRADULATIONS!!!!!! I'm excited for ya. Try not to dribble don't talk about politics or your exes and you should be fine. Between you and me I've not been on a date in 3 years! I would love to just doesn't seem to be anyway asking lately

Hello, My name is Kim need to update my signature I'm over 3 months post op. Like you for the first several days I felt winded. It is a normal occurance with being put to sleep. When you are put to sleep the machine breathes for you and your lungs don't expand like normal so for awhile you will get short of breath. Practice pursed lip breathing breath in your nose for 5 seconds, hold 5 seconds, then crunch your lips together and push the air out of your mouth for 5 seconds. Do that over and over 4-5 times a day for a week you will feel better. I was nauseated after my surgery for a few weeks, I did feel full at first with just drinking water. As time passes you will not feel as full. You seem to be doing fine. Gas is expected and walking, lots of walking is the only cure I found to help. I also got fed up of clear liquids and went to full liquids a little bit ahead of schedule. I was eating pudding by the 4th day and making yogurt smoothies, my tummy didn't like all the protein shakes I would throw them up!

I had the same problem with my doc. I have had one fill but now eating a little more and getting hungry quicker but since I've lost 46 pounds in 2 months he refused to fill me, didn't want me losing so fast

I must say I feel more encouraged after reading your post. I have been sick the past week not exercised and I work at night so missery has set in the past couple of days. People are actually starting to notice I'm losing weight. It makes me excited and scarred all at the same time.

THank Ya'll so much. It makes since that we are hiccuping because we are full.

When I first had the surgery for several days I had severe hickups. Well Monday I got my first fill and Monday night Tuesday I was having severe hiccups. ANyone else have this problem? Drinking water doesn't help, any suggestions.

You should come to Tupelo and let Dr. Pinson do your surgery. Fills are only 22.50 for me after my free period. Self Pay I'm not sure but that much you quoted is outrageous

All you can do is ask, who knows knowing my doctor in Tupelo, he might. 377-slim

Can someone add my date, 3/24

Mine is the 24th and the doctor said if I was loosing good he wasn't going to fill me :thumbup: but I think I need the restriction, Im currently in bandster hell

Trust me I didn't think I would be able to sleep myself. I felt like I had just gotten to sleep and they woke me up and put a CPAP machine on me. My doctor made me go without caffine or chocolate and not take a nap for the day. By midnight even with all them wires I was sawing logs. I have felt 300 times better since getting diagnosed with sleep apnea and sleeping nightly with my cpap.

25 pounds down

Thanks so much for all the support! Like most of you food is having alot less control over my life than it did pre surgery. I'm not really hungry but am working on healing my new stomach and like some of you said boy does it act weird and digestive surgery is a really big deal. This morning my stomach cramped and cramped but it was trapped gas. I walked some and this afternoon I've been walking and took a nap guess my body is still really gassey!

I was banded on 2/5/08 currently on clear liquids and graduate to full on next Tuesday I've gained a pound, anyone have that problem?

broth chicken, veggie, beef, sugar free popscicles, crystal light, some propel fitness water, jello, lots of jello, and drink lots of water.

Well I knew it was more calories than that LOL like any fat person we believe we are consuming about half of what we really are. Needless to say I don't think I will ever visit any of my old fast food buddies again, might as well just eat plague

3 times a day, I'm a nurse and have never seen anyone have to get heparin 3 times a day you would bleed to death.

I agree girl scout cookies are the DEVIL!

Clear liquids diet is the pits. 4 more days of clear liquids. Then a week after surgery, my surgeon is mean lol. Well I guess I should look at it this way my liver will be small and not in the way, my waist will be smaller since I'm on the liquid plan at the moment. This morning I had to pee really bad I was on the way to my hair appointment, I pulled over at Hardees just walking in the door the smell of biscuits and meat I wanted to throw up. I used to dry by Hardees on the way home and get me a big ol Biscuit and sausage, hash round, and a orange juice, mmm what probably 500 600 calories all in one whack?

CONGRADULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for posting that. I will be getting my band on 2/5 and like you am a food whore. I work at night and eat all the time, well not right now I'm on clear liquids!

He has done around 300 now. My Surgeon spent almost a year doing them in Alabama at UNA, also he has done the gastric bypasses in the past as well he is very experience and a good surgeon. As a scrub tech I spent some time in his OR and I know I'm in good hands.

Wendy, Great news for me, my insurance approved me early!!!!!!!! I found my contract for LA weight loss and my physician in his documentation did say that I was going to LA weight loss periodically when I was. I lost some weight but quit in August of last year and gained most of it back. In November I went to the doctor and had him put me on a diet and get a referral for surgery. After going for three months to the doctor and returning to my bariatric surgeon Wednesday he stated I was ready for surgery. This is a new program, the surgeon did gastric bypasses previously but the hospital quit paying on his malpractice and he stopped doing it till getting a deal with the hospital. He got a deal last year and they created a whole Bariatic Clinic, and designed a special area of the hospital with even mile markers and education rooms. The Bariatric Clinic of course has nutrition, counseling, everying it is the one stop shop. Since the program is new, Dr. Pinson has been pushing people through insurance, and well time is money so I'm getting to go on with the surgery now! WOO HOO 2/5/08

well I finally got approved for surgery! WOOOOO HOOO less that two weeks

Feb 5th is my big day