emily111

My incisions were glued by my surgeon no stitches or staples. Today I woke up the glue is soft like its slowly wearing away and the incisions burn and hurt like they will pop open. Is this normal for anyone else? Im scared to move and I know I need to be walking so I dont get blood clots. Any info is helpfull :scared2: Thanks

i was banded on the 16th and cant even go anywhere much less work lol But I have a friend who did like you went back to work after a few days and she did fine. If you go in and ur hurting just go home. Just dont push urself :thumbup:

ahhh Im glad you mentioned about the weight thing. I have been on clear fluids only for 4 days now and I was banded wednesday I got on the scale and it said the same as it did before I banded. I was losing a pound a day before the surgery... So Im glad to hear that will go away :thumbup: With me its not so much the Gas pains it the port pain.. That cut is the biggest one and I feel like it will rip out my stomach. It also burns. But anyways thats my gripe

Hey Emily,

Thank you!!!! :thumbup: for the infor you gave me. I completely understand what you mean I guess I was not looking it at that way but since then I've done more research and reading the posts here make me realize that this is a tool to help out. Again, thanks for the explanation and I'll probably be bugging you with questions since you just got banded. I

no problem .. ask away lol

Dear DreamingSkinny,

:confused2: Aaaaahhh how did I personally attacked you??? I was asking a question that was it. I dont know "I dont know anybody here for that matter" We are all in the same boat why would I attack anybody in here its a FORUM . Anyway, like everybody else in here we come to vent about everything we have in our heads. Im not banded and Im loooking into it. I dont know about you but I have a looooooooot of questions about it. I have no idea what I said that makes you feel attacked by me. :thumbup:

hmm I did not see this attack either. OK I have only had my band for 3 days but people keep telling me the same thing your saying miami. They say well if you can go 4 weeks with no food then you dont need to surgery.. NOT TRUE I can go 4 weeks without eating because I know I have a tool to help me once I start eating again. I look at it like this if you do what your supposed to do and get the fills and follow the instructions then you can have a healthy life and loose the weight. But it will take a while to get there. You have to look at it like this... You can diet all year and loose 40 pounds just to gain it back next yr or you can try to get the right fill over the next year and not have to worry about your weight anymore. I dont know if I am of any help after all I am still pumped with pain meds from the surgery lol

no I was insurance... what you dont see is that I had 7months of heck and jumping through hoops before I got that approval lol... Also yes I am sooo hungry tummy keeps growling

I was banded on the 16th also :thumbdown: In lafayette la. Anyways I was soooo surprised when I woke up so hungry. My tummy will not stop growling. I didnt even have this on my 2 week pre op liquid diet. I do feel alot of port pain. Like when I cough I feel like it will rip open We should keep in touch since we have the same band date :eek:

i feel you I was banded wednesday.. I hurt also and breathing is a lil hard. i am sure it will gett better for us:) we just have to deal with it for a while before we start to enjoy it.

im still on Clear Liquids so all I had 4 days now is Water and popscicles. Tomorrow I can have my Protein Drinks and I am really looking forward to it lol

OK so this is my third day with the band or really 2 1/2 day because my surgery was around 12 noon on wednesday. Anyways... This is what I am experiencing... Its hard to breath and I am doing the breathing excersize but then of course I cough and man it feels like my port will rip straight through my stomach. It HURTS. Also I have been sooo hungry. Before the surgery I did the 2 week liquids and I was not near as hungry as I am now lol. Of course I will not eat I like to follow my drs orders 100%. :thumbdown: So I know I am complaining but I really just want to hear what yall went through the first few days and encourage me pls lol

i was banded yesterday and i am more hungry than before the surgey and I didnt est for 2 weeks pre op liquid diet. my tummy is just growling away lol

i was banded yesterday n i have a big problem getting out of bed and the bathroom. I feel so sore and my port cut hurts so bad

well when I needed a doctor for the surgery I called my ins. and they told me who I could use. Did you try this? They are supposed to know at the ins. office. I will search for you also when I can

hmm i just had my surgery not even 24 hrs ago and its hard for me to breath.. i figured because of my asthma and maybe the gas they put in me for the surgery. They didnt give me breathing excersizes but I am trying to do some anyways. If I were you I would call the nurse and ask what she thinks

i have no dressings. I had my surgery today and I only have glue. I thought that was odd. But oh well lol My dr said tomorrow I can wash in the shower and it will be fine

hmm well that would make since as it seems but I am not sure they can see the fatty slime in the ultra sound. The liquid diet is very hard for all of us trust me I finally had my surgery yester day and I did 10 days liquids 2 days clear. I dont like Soup without anything in it so I only dranks to KO Protein Water and Atkins drinks. They actually are good. I didnt like they other Protein Drinks. So dont beat yourself up just tell yourself you have to do this and do the liquids the remainder of time you have. You dont want them to open you up just to close you back because of your liver or worse complications because of it. My surgery went great. As you can see I was banded maybe 15 hrs ago and Im online lol

I just had surgery today. I am in bed in a night gown lol No way I can wear a bra one of my cuts is right at the bra line. I brought a very comfy cotten slip on summer dress. Its great. I am in a hotel tonight because my surgery is out of town but in the US. Anyways I really would say no dont life anything. I need help getting out of bed because It stings the port cut and it actually bleed a lil so now my husband gets me out of bed. :cool2: Im doing great dont worry so will you :smile:

Surgery is DONE :smile: It went so well they let me leave about 2 or 3 hrs after the surgery. I am not in a hotel because my surgeon is about

1 1/2 hrs from my house. I am actually more hungry now than before. lol I have been walking around the room and I at some Jello and pop scicles. So far everyting is good :cool2: I will keep everyone updates.

very excited for my surgery tomorrow :embaressed_smile: tomorrow starts a new life as my cousin who already has the band says :huh2:

well I am not an alcoholic but my dad was.. the key word here is was.. I lost my dad in march he was 44 because of alcohol. I miss him more than anything and I am having a hard time in my life without him. We all tried to get him help but he didn't want it. He tried to quit but he like you would have withdraws and then drink. I begged him to go to rehab he said he will not go somewhere with those kind of people. Do you think the day my dad died he knew he was going to? I'm sure not his house was full of vodka. He just thought another day. He told me the day before he died that he was an alcoholic not a drunk ( I have never seen my dad drunk in my whole life) and that if he went to the dr for pills to help him sleep or for depression whats the difference. There really was no reasoning with dad. But now I don't have a dad I feel pretty much alone since he was my friend not just my dad. It has been about 3 months now and I still wait for him to knock on my door or to call me on the phone. I will never have a dad again now I have nothing because of alcohol. I am telling you this so you will know there are people who love you and will miss you so much if your gone. Please go to rehab and change your life.

OK I want to be able to go to a amusement park and walk all day without my legs swelling or my thighs being irritated from rubbing! I hate that. I would like to be in a bikini again. I like the ideal some of yall said about the photo shoot I think I will do that. I would like to travel many places after I loose the weight. I might just be naked all the time lool

I was wondering, as long as I go 6 times during the 6 months, am I OK? I went the end of April, end of June. I'm set up for end of July. Then I was planning end of August, end of Sept, and end of Oct. Do you think they will accept this. It was about 2 months between my first and second visit. Or do you think that I even need that end of Oct visit?

I was told by the ins that it is very important to go once a month each of the 6 months and if not I would have to do 6 months after the missed appointment. I have bcbs of mn also like I said. My dr also had someone denied for missing her apt one month and she had to start from the begining.

I have BCBS MN and am going through my 6 month diet. I haven't lost but a couple of lbs so far. My BMI is right at 50. Does anyone know what their requirements are? Do I have to lose a certain percentage or do they deny or approve alot? Just curious about your experienced with them.

Thanks for any info!

Karen

I have bcbs of MN and I gained weight on my 6 month diet. I was approved in 2 days :confused_smile: dont worry just make sure your dr is taking the notes correctly :smile2:

Emily,

Your surgery date is the 16th? How long before that did you start all your testing and appointments and stuff??

well I started my process in Dec 07 it took so long because my ins required the 6 month diet. If you dont need a 6 month diet you can get everything done in a week. I had all my test ran on the 9th. I am soooo excited about my surgery!!!

well I dont know whats going on... on the ninth I had all my testing so I am fine 100 % its just very strange and I really dont want to call my surgery center because I dont want to have my surgery pushed off I just really was curious if anyone else had the same problem. I will see on monday how I feel. :biggrin: But I know I am not consipated because I have not eaten in 7 days. I am drinking Protein Water and Atkins honestly I dont like much else so I thought maybe because I am consuming so little I was having the pain. I dont know.