JRT Mom

My surgeon gave me liquid ibuprofen right after my surgery and it worked wonders. I guess it must be OK if you are only using it for occasional pain...

My surgeon said that 85% of people with sleep apnea get relief when they lose weight. I'm really hoping so....would love to come of my Bipap!

I guess I'm either tough or just lucky. When I woke up in recovery NOTHING hurt. I actually thought they had cancelled the surgery! I was up walking an hour after I got back to my room. No gas pain anywhere! I slept on my right side, my left side and my back and was comfortable. The next day when I got home I got the liquid lortab prescription filled just in case but never took a single dose of it. The only time I felt pain was if I was lying down and sat up I'd get a pain across my stomach of about a 6, but it would go away after about five seconds then I was fine. Two weeks later the only thing that hurts is when I bend over and the port pulls on my stomach, and that's just a minor pain that goes away when I straighten up. I hope it goes as easily for everyone here!

I have a chocolate whey powder that's actually drinkable when mixed with water. I get it at the grocery store--it's called "Pure Protein 100% natural whey protein powder. I also have the Isopure Vanilla protein powder but it's yucky. I also like the isopure drinks. Not only are you getting 40 grams of protein, but also 20 oz of liquid at the same time! I only drink 10 oz at a time also.

I will miss being warm while skiing in the winter when everyone else is freezing their ass off!

fluff-- The waiting is the scary part. You'll be in good hands and all will be well. Everyone of us goes through the scared part, and once it is over it's downhill from there! Dreams are funny, no? The day before I got banded I dreamed they did a bypass on me by mistake! Now THAT was scary. Good luck on Monday-we'll all be sending positive vibes that way!

Mine said 24 hrs after your last narcotic pain med. I came home on a Saturday, took no pain meds except ibuprofen, and drove on Monday without any trouble.

I participated in a Lipitor study at Virginia Tech and they did something called a Dexa scan--it's like your scan but they also scan your bones, and then superimpose the white light one with your skeletal one. I looked like a bag of fat with bones in it! Maybe after I've lost my weight I can get them to do another one for comparison!

I'd go for it in a New York minute! Have lots of pictures taken of yourself, and when you are a goddess next year go back to Vegas and have then taken again...what great "before and after" pix they'll be!!

If you want a cheap and chewable calcium, use Tums. I tried Viactiv, but when I chewed it it didn't dissolve in my mouth and I was afraid to swallow it. So y'all have used it and it's ok?

Here's the band forming a triangle shape: (I'm not sure which band it is--the video doesn't say....) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKvmCVDVDY]YouTube - Inflating a gastric band (Swedish)[/ame] I wasn't given a choice because my surgeon only uses the Allergan band...

never mind..nothing to see here...please keep moving....

This is a great thread! Right now I am totally consumed with my lap band life--it's all I think about. I'm looking forward to getting to the solid food stage and maybe can stop obsessing. But I know what you mean--everyone I meet wants to know about getting banded and life with a band. I think the band companies should pay us money with all the advertising we do for them! Manatee-can you find a new circle of friends that never knew you were heavy? Join a new club or something? Then you won't be "the fat guy who lost all the weight", you'll be the new guy who's so hot! (yes, I've seen your pictures.....:Angel_anim:)

It's a good thing you caught it! Clots are dangerous because if pieces break off of a clot in your leg in can end up in your lungs causing a pulmonary embolism, or in your brain, which causes strokes. Not trying to scare y'all, but this is why the docs are so cautious with the stockings, leg massagers and the anticoagulant shots. The odds are small for having a clot, but even one is too many!

Clear liquids for two weeks? That's rough! My doc says two weeks of just liquids (not clear) and it hasn't been that hard. I really haven't been too hungry yet, but I can feel what's coming because when I'm somewhere and can smell good food my stomach starts growling. But I get to start pureed food on Saturday and I'm already planning what I want to eat first! Bigjedda--Don't worry if you have no appetite at first--it'll get so you won't be hungry but at least you'll be able to tolerate drinking lots of liquid. I actually had to force myself to drink and "eat" the first four days after surgery.

Mine did--I only had to make a $35 copay with my visit.

Congrats! Getting a date is exciting and scary at the same time---you have a date knowing when your life is gonna change for the better, but you will start scaring yourself with a big round of "what if"....I always suggest to people to make two lists---one list put all the good things about life being thinner, and the other your fears about getting banded, and you'll see the plus side list will be waaaaay longer than the minus! And remember if you start worrying you have lots of support here on this website. Good luck!

I got one of the Sunbeam "bullets" at Walmart for $25. Works like a charm but I wanted more of the larger cups. I called Sunbeam directly and they don't sell the cups separately! Bummer............

Wow, I'm glad to see I'm not alone! We should start a new club--the "code browns"! (hospital terms for what happened!)

The chicken and veggies isn't bad if you add lots of garlic powder to it--my answer to everything! There is a tomato soup called Campbell's select in a gold box called Tomato and Basil that has loads of garlic in it and it's delish!

Hi Mariliz, We are band sisters! (also banded June 13th) I don't have an appetite yet either. I only have to be on liquids 2 weeks and then start "mushies". As I get more active and don't just lay around I'm finding it increasingly harder to get all the protein and water in also. I haven't been off this long since I started my job 30 years ago and I'm catching up on years of housework! I'm even going to organize my CD collection--now THAT'S bored! ps you lost 30 pounds in two weeks?? Phenomenal!!!!:grouphug:

Actually, the gas doesn't go into the shoulder--what happens is it's trapped against the diaphragm, which irritates nerves that cause the feeling of pain in the shoulder. It's called "referred pain" but it doesn't matter--it STILL hurts!:ohmy: A lot of people have reported relief with a heating pad, and lots of walking.

The list says I've lost 10 doz eggs, but I think I like a Jack Russell Terrier before, considering my user name.....

When they give people blood they give it slowly, usually over 4 hours per unit. That way if there is any adverse reaction they can stop the blood before a whole lot has been transfused---it's a safety issue.... I'm glad it all worked out!

I'm going to have the same trouble when I go back to work, but I am off six weeks due to lifting restrictions also. The water is also going to be a problem--I work in a hospital lab and we can't have any drinks in the work area. I guess I'll be taking lots of quick breaks to guzzle down water!