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I have Cigna too. And was banded on July 9th and I still haven't seen the hospital bill nor claim yet.

Hello Ladies, My name is Shanetta I 'm 28 yrs old Born and raised Washington, DC I live in Alexandria, VA (Northern Virginia) I'm an Office Manager I work for the Federal Government Agency Im a single mom with a 3 year old son Hobbies : Reading, Shopping, Traveling

I bought these items below and had to return them because I never used them. ·Gauze to cover incisions/tape ·Pill crusher? ·Heating pad/icepack

Ive been banded 29 days and I have never threw u.

I got mine put in on July 9th.

I was just banded by Dr. Halmi on July 9, 2008. I use the Woodbridge, VA office. I had my surgery at Potomac Hospital. If you have any questions about the practice I can help you out. My surgery was a success and I have not had any problems so far. Dr. Halmi, Tran and Brittany are good folks.

Im in Northern, VA. Dr. Halmi is my surgeon.

I've been eating honey nut cheerios for breakfast for the mushy phase. I let them get a little soggy and then eat and then pour the milk out.

I bought alot of stuff for surgery, and some of the things never were used. Here's a list of items I never opened: paper banddage tape gauze heating pad hot cold ice pack Items I used: bottle water crystal light Campbells soup at hand Liquid Tyenol Chapstick Sugar free cough drops Sugar free mint instant cream of wheat 1% milk sugar free jello Sports Bra/No wire bra Slip in shoes Lots of Gas X Nectar chocolate protein powder Books Magazines All of these items can be purchased at Walmart. With the exceptions of the protein powder.

I was driving the day after surgery since I am a single mom. I got in the car and put a pillow in between the seatbelt and my stomach. My dr. said it was fine to drive as long as you didn't take any pain medicine in the previous hours before. During the daylight hours I used liquid Tylenol and at bedtime I used Lortab.

It took mine about 2 weeks to go all the way down.

Can you get too much protein in?

I used surgar free cough drops.

Im eating about 800-1000 a day too. And I have stop losing.

For everyone that's missing Orea too. I just called the hospital and they said she was discharged today. Im sure she will check in soon. When I returned home from getting banded the Lortab (pain medicine) had me sleepy for the first 3 days. If no answer from her tomorrow, I'll call her over the weekend.

Im missing Orea too. Im gonna leave it in God's hands. Orea and I have the same Dr. Im sure Dr. Halmi took good care of her. I was banded on 7/9/08.

I was banded on 7/9/08. And I was expecting TOM to come this past Friday and yet nothing...nor any signs. I know I'm not pregnant. Has this happened to anyone? If so, WTF is going on with my body?

I was inbubated but I never seen the tube cause it was inserted once I was sleep and removed before I woke up. I did have a sore throat and was very horse.

Let me try to give you the short version of my surgery day story. Banded 7-9-2008 Woke up 5:00am and drove myself and my mom to Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, VA. Arrived at the hospital 6:30am. Went straight to registration and signed in (I was already pre-registered). Waited for the lab to come around and take my blood just incase I need a blood transfusion. After they took my blood I proceeded to the OR staging area. The nurse came in and gave me a gown to change into and a pair of puff puff boots. After I changed clothes the nurse came back and asked me what type of surgery was I getting? I guess just to be sure I knew what was going on. Then Dr. Halmi (my surgeon) came in all dressed in a suit to talk to me and ask me how I was doing. Then he left to change into his scrubs. Then the OR nurse came to hook me up to the IV, gave me a heparin shot followed by the anesthesiologist Then the anesthesiologist gave me some medicine to calm my nerves followed by the medicine to make you sleepy. At 8:00am I was rolled on the gurney into the operating room. The OR was bright and very cold. They asked me to slide over to the OR table and then they told me to think about my favorite food. 1 hour and 40 mins later I was in the PACU where a nurse was calling my name. I woke up and my first instinct…… was to look and see if I was bandaged in 5 areas and ask if I got the lapband? When I woke up I couldn’t tell how long I had been sleep. It felt like it happened in 10 mins or so. For those of you who hasn’t been banded yet. Waking up I feeling a burning sensation in my stomach (like I was a gun shot victim). So I asked the PACU for more pain meds. My throat was a lil sore and it felt like a lil lump was in there. I did a lot of coughing trying to get the gunk out from surgery, but it wasn’t moving. I tried to talk but my voice was gone. I was then moved to my room by 1230pm. My room was like a luxury hospital. I had a flat panel TV, a phone and full size pull out coach for overnight guest. Once I was in my room the breathing person came around with that breathing thing and ask me to keep blowing into it every 30 mins to make sure my lungs were fine. The nurse came around and took my vitals, hooked me up to the puff puff boots, and brought me some ice chips. After the nurse left I took a nap. Also after the surgery I had the cotton mouth. If this happens to you ask the nurse to bring you some mouth swabs. I was able to get some mint flavored swabs and it help a whole lot. About 2 hours later I was up and out the bed walking along with the IV machine around the nurse station. Dr. Halmi came to visit me at about 400pm that evening to check on me and his other patients. The hardest part was the 1st time I tried to get out of the bed. After that I was up and down the remainder of the day and night. Every time I looked up a nurse was coming to poke me and take my vitals. Also, I made sure I was receiving my pain meds on schedule so I wouldn’t feel any discomfort. When it was time to go to sleep they gave me some meds to help me sleep that night. Also, I was given a total of 6 heparin shots to avoid the blood clots, which no problems occurred for me. I was able to get a lil sleep that night. By 800am Thursday morning was wheeled down to take my upper GI test and everything looked good. Dr. Halmi came around to give me the ok to start liquids. I was excited because by then I was tried of the ice chips. So for breakfast I ordered tea, plain yogurt and cream of wheat. I was only able to get down a little bit of tea and the cream of wheat. After eating the food my voice came back. I was released to go home at 1100am on 7-10-08. If you don’t pack anything make sure you pack a tube of chapstick. If I had to recommend a Dr. I would recommend mine because he took great care of me on my surgery day.

My port is 2 inches lower my right breast.

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Congrads....you can be my band sister. I was banded 7/9th too.

Ashley Stewart or the Avenue.

Im in bandster hell too. My scale hasnt moved since last week.