YorkshireRach

Hi Sharpie, I'm a week out now and I have to say I wasn't expecting the pain I had. I was meant to be a day case but ended up staying overnight to due to intense pain levels. I stayed in bed for a few days (getting up to walk around where possible) but getting up felt like my insides were being ripped apart (sorry, graphic but the truth lol). I didn't have the gas pain in the shoulder but all in my stomach. I was bloated and uncomfortable. It's much better now though. What was your weight loss like over the first 6 month or so? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I lost 4 stone on the Cambridge Diet 2 years ago and slowly but surely 3 stone crept back on over time. Surgery had never crossed my mind before. I stumbled across an advert online initially for a type of liposuction then my research progressed from there. The point I realised I had to do this was when I stopped going out. I was ashamed of the weight I had gained. I stopped looking in the mirror, my nice clothes didn't fit me anymore, I was drinking more. The final straw was when I was at a good friends wedding. I am known for being the life and soul of the party with this group of friends, but I was quiet, subdued, couldn't muster up the enthusiasm to make small talk with people and I felt fat and frumpy. I confided in a friend that I couldn't stay and I was leaving the wedding early. She was so lovely about it and told me 'I always looked good' but I didn't feel good. I knew I couldn't do something as drastic as the Cambridge diet, or any diet, again without any extra tools. The weekend after the wedding I had a consultation for a gastric band and had the surgery within two weeks (18th July). Other than depression and anxiety I had no underlying health conditions and my weight wasn't preventing me from doing anything physically but I wanted to take action before it got to that point. My life was already closing in on me and causing deep depression. Enough was enough. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'm not as far on as you but would be very interested in seeing other people's answers. My port is pretty much in the same position as yours. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

That must have been a huge worry for you. I'm glad you were still cleared for surgery :-) Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hi Kbarbs, I am having my band surgery tomorrow so I can't offer any real advice but I was reading a post earlier about someone experiencing increased symptoms of depression a few months after surgery, something to do with extra hormones being released? I can't give you the science - perhaps someone else can? Could it also be that you've been anticipating having the surgery for a while and now it's happened you are on a 'come down' (and recovering from the surgery)? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hi all, I'm having my band surgery tomorrow. I don't know how I feel at the moment, mostly a mixture of excitement and wondering what the hell i'm putting myself through. I really hope I end up being one of those people with minimal pain and discomfort after surgery. I've never been under anaesthetic before and I think that's making me the most nervous. Pre-surgery diet has gone well. I only had to do it for 7 days and only wanted to kill my husband twice! I'm 5 ft 2 and about 14 stone. I've lost 4 stone before but 2 stone crept back on in 2 years and I wanted this surgery before I end up back where I started (over 15 stone and for my height that's just not healthy physically and mentally). I'm in the UK and paying privately so the process has been quick. My surgery was booked for two weeks after my consultation. I'm glad I don't have to wait as my weight was really starting to have an impact on my mental health, my marriage and self esteem. I have this very uncertain feeling in my gut right now but I'm hoping that's just fear of the unknown rather than a gut instinct I should listen to. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I am having my band put in on the 18th July (UK). I just wondered...2 years down the line, do people still eat the same way as say, 6 months in? food chewed to a mush, very small mouthfuls, small portions etc? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I booked my surgery through Healthier Weight (in the UK) for the 18th. Paid the deposit and did the paperwork. Then they said I would get a call directly from the hospital about a pre-surgery appointment to take bloods etc. Granted my timeframes are short, but I waited two days and no call. Got the call this afternoon wanting to see me Monday morning. I can't?! I already have something on Monday morning that can't be moved and that aside, if I wasn't lucky enough to be self employed - what employer would give time off at such short notice? Apparently they ONLY do these appointments on Monday mornings. So he's going back to speak to a nurse on Monday about doing it another day. I'm worried this will affect my surgery date, even though I agreed this date with the surgeon myself in person. I chose this particular date because it works perfectly in terms of working around prior arrangements and running a business and organising doggy child care. Just needed to rant. I'm nervous enough about the surgery as it is. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App