AliNSanDiego

Very cool!!! Thanks for sharing.

I took my BC throughout as well. My doc was fine with it.

Oh yes, I had major regret the first week out. I was even going to the extent of emailing friends and family telling them I wish I had never went through with it....The pain was just miserable for me. Then, at about the end of week 2, my mind became much clearer and my pain was going away. Now I loooooooooove my band and wouldn't change a thing!!! It gets better, I promise!

Group Seminar Pysch Eval Diet class (1 class) Private session with a dietician I'm really surprised that your Dr. told you to take the BP pills and come back in 6 months. I would be looking for a new Dr. too!!! My BP was just about where you are when I had surgery. In fact, my high BP helped me get approved by my insurance!

I'm VERY tahnkful becuase It was a very fast process for me. I started the process on May 23rd (that was my consult) to being banded on July 9th. As soon as I got out of my consult appointment I started making calls to set appointments for all the tasks Dr. Bohyrul requires prior to him submitting my case to the insurance. I finished by the end of June & insurance approval took 1 week.

Dr. Bhoyrul (Scripps/La Jolla). Excellent doctor & great staff!

I can eat anything I want, just smaller portions. Saying that, I have to watch everything I choose or I will gain every pound I have lost, back! I'm only at 3cc's in my 10cc band so things may change when I get more fills.

I get the same thing. Especially after not eating for long periods of time and then eating a meal. I think it's gas?

I didn't have to get my GP's OK to have the surgery (although she would have supported it). I just went straight to my surgeon. It must be an insurance requirement. I go to Dr. Anita Jackson (off hwy 79 in Temecula). I like her, but she is hard to get in to see. Who is your band surgeon?

i had the same thing. i practically lived on the toilet. I just kept the liquids going in so i didn't dehydrate & i stayed close to the bathroom.. after about a week, it finally subsided. hang in there & keep drinking!

I spent one night in the hospital and needed constant I.V. pain meds while there. My Dr. gave me liquid vicodin to take home & I needed every single drop of it. I took it as often as it was directed on the bottle. My first week post-op was very painful! If your Dr. gave it to you, take it as long as you need to!!!

I have UHC Choice Plus. I went to my first appointment on May 23rd and I was banded on July 9th. UHC was fairly easy to deal with. The day my paperowrk was submitted for approval I started calling them and inquiring. It took them less then a week to approve me and then surgery was scheduled for a week later. At the surgeons office I filled out my paperwork that I have been overweight almost all my life and I had aprox 3 years of weight history (39-42 bmi) from my PCP records. Good luck and I hope your approval comes fast!!

I have no problems eating lettuce. In fact, I can eat more lettuce qty's then I can most other things. It goes right down. :biggrin:

Count me in as a baby too then! I was absolutely miserable the first week post-op. I had surgery on a Wed and had planned to go back to work that following Monday... That didn't happen! I ended up taking an extra 3 days. Then, the first week I was back at work I was a mess. Nearly falling asleep at my desk & downing mylanta as often as possible. I also took liquid Tylenol as often as I cold. Hang in there, it gets sooooooooooooo much better!!! Now I am 6+ weeks post-op and I feel like a new person! I am sure you will too!

I felt like I had been run over multiple times by a semi truck. Everything seemed to hurt & nowhere I would sit or lay down was comfortable (bed, couch's, chairs). I had a routine where I would take my pain meds, go outside and walk laps around the house for 10-15 minutes and by the time I came back in the pain meds would take effect and I could sleep for an hour or so. Then I would wake due to pain/discomfort and have to get up & walk laps inside the house then try to sit or lay again and repeat until it was time to take my pain meds again. I spent a lot of that first week walking laps inside and outside my house. The walking & the liquid vicodin seemed to be my only saving grace! I did have some gas/shoulder pains, but those were not my major complaint. I have allergies and was off my allegraD post surgery. I coughed and sneezed a few times and thought my port incision was literally ripping open. I fell to the ground in pain on those occasions. During week 2 post-op I was FINALLY able to sleep more then 1-2 hours at a time. I was in absolute HEAVEN to sleep in my bed again. From then on, things have done nothing but improve! I feel EXCELLENT now.

I'm 6 1/2 weeks out and I feel GREAT too! This band is my BEST friend! I wont lie though...the first week post-op, I thought life was going to end before I felt better. After that first week, every day got better and better and now I feel 200 times better then pre-band!

I am proud of my band! I told my boss and quite a few of my co-workers prior to the surgery. I am a terrible liar...trying to hide it would have been impossible for me. Now that I am down 3 sizes in clothes, my co-workers who didn't know are approaching me and asking me if I am on a new diet plan (hehe). They all see the pounds falling off of me and want to know what I am doing. I openly tell them and even show them my scars and port site if they are interested. A handful of my co-workers are now interested in getting the band for themselves! Everyone is different though and I can totally understand the other side of the fence where you would want this to be a private matter. Do whatever makes you more comfortable!

My terrible acid reflux did not go away with being banded. I was taking prilosec daily, but my band doctor gave me AcipHex after surgery & it's working VERY well. One pill every morning and I have no problems!

I'm near my half way mark! Had my first fill today (It wasn't painful at all!). I had 1cc put in during surgery (10cc band). He gave me 2 more for a total of 3cc's. So far I feel no difference, although I was doing OK with just 1cc (slow losing). I do hope I get more restriction then I had before. Congrats to everyone else on their loss!!! I loooooooooove my band!!!

I went from a size 20 to a size 14 very quickly. I tried staying in the bigger sizes longer to save money, but I looked horrible & just could not go to work like that. Money is flying out the window on new clothes lately! NO complaints from me though!!!

Dr Bhoyrul did my surgery at Scripps in La Jolla. He did an excellent job and I had a very easy time going through the steps I needed prior to insurance approval. Here is a website to contact him La Jolla Surgical

I had surgery on a Wed and I was back to work the next Thursday. There was no way I could have returned prior to that. I was in a lot of pain the entire first week. The first week I was back to work was tough. I was on all clear liquids still and exhausted! The 3rd week I was OK'd to start Mushies and felt MUCH better.

I had nausea badly. It started a few hours after coming out of anesthesia. Thankfully I stayed in the hospital overnight. They gave me IV meds for nausea...helped right away. My doc also sent me home with pills to take. I took them the entire first week to ensure I wouldn't throw up. I haven't had an episode since being in the hospital.

My doc said I could drive on day 5 post-op. To protect my incisions, I brought a towel with me in the car to put between my stomach and the seat belt. That was a big help to make myself more comfortable.

Are you eating/drinking a lot of sugar free things? I had no problems tolerating sugar free prior to surgery, but post surgery I can't eat or drink it without major gas/cramps. I avoid the stuff like the plague now.