RestlessMonkey

Yes, call your surgeon and get a slight "unfill". You should be able to eat and drink; don't put it off or you can become dehydrated (you'd be amazed at how quickly that can happen!)

I agree...shame on your doctor. You need a great multi Vitamin. You need a balanced diet including 60 g of Protein each day. Where is your surgeon? How can he not give any instructions? As to your hair; most lose some, then it grows back. It has more to do w/the trauma of surgery than with any supplement or lack thereof (for most of us)

Wow I would never tolerate a physician who treated me that way! Different strokes I guess. I know they are busy but I am paying for their time (usually too darn much!) On the bright side, since he won't tell you anything (including you can't drink) then it won't bother you not to have any liquor!

Ask your surgeon. You could have an electrolyte imbalance of some sort...or something else going on.

Do what your doc says but I agree; we were told never take longer than 30 minutes to eat (while chewing well, small bites etc) Are you sure that the doc didn't say 3-4 oz an hour and you took that to mean over an hour?

If you can't eat, you are too full. I'd get a slight unfill.

Another reason to ask your doc! LOL I couldn't even have Protein shakes 8 days post op, let alone wine! Your doc will guide you in this.

Ask your surgeon. Per mine, the answer is yes. HOWEVER...once the band has been in a while and your body has adapted (like a year or so?) its possible that you'll be able to drink carbonated beverages. Personally I like a beer every once in a great while and haven't had one since banding; it hurts me to drink carbonation.

Please follow your doc's advice to the letter..hard though it may be! For example, what Preciousfriend's doc has cleared for her was NOT on my list for week 2...at least most of it wasn't. Not until mushies. So it's hard but hang in there!

What HeatherO says. Really not good for you right now, for many reasons. It's not forever; just hang in there and discuss w/your surgeon when you see him/her.

Yes it's worth it. FYI I have to drive almost an hour to get to my doc and he's in the same city (BAD traffic and construction everywhere!) I'd drive 2 hours for that; it's so important to have a great experienced surgeon, and great aftercare! Go for it!

Just follow your doc's directions post op. I too was hungry from the start; in fact I came to in recovery ready (I thought! LOL) to eat a steak. I didn't though; it was 6 LONG weeks before I had my steak dinner. Hang in there; it is important now that you heal.

I'd suggest you ask your surgeon. I can't drink soda because it hurts too much.

FarmGirl7...Haagen Daaz (spelling?) is in your future; you don't have to give it up forever. But I think you're really smart to pass on it for now. That is a LONG preop diet but mine was 3 weeks and I only wish I'd stuck to it like you are. Good for you!

It happens sometimes. I had one that probably would've gotten infected if not for me being a nursing student and my husband being a long-time RN...we recognized where it was headed and stopped it in time. ORs are very sterile but we humans have bacteria on our skin, and we encounter it all the time. So what happened to you isn't that rare! Just be sure to take ALL your drug (don't stop if your incision clears up before you are through taking the drug!)

If you are sure you are chewing well and taking small bites, you are too tight. Call your surgeon and have a little saline removed. What you describe is the classic sign!

Ask your surgeon! That is the safest route for you.

I lost 15 pounds dieting "my" way instead of what doc told me to do and my liver was too thick. Seriously just because you lost doesn't mean you lost it in your liver! You really should tell your surgeon....because you didn't just have "a meal" or whatever. Your call; but I can tell you it's not fun to come to in recovery and not have the band. I wish I'd told my doc and we'd put it off a week or two.

Sounds to me like thrush and if so you need meds for it. Call your doc tomorrow.

An exclusion means it is not covered. Period. The coverage is not selected by the purchaser (usually an employer) and is not paid for and is not availablel. Not that it is debatable, but that it is not covered.

Take what you weigh. Subtract from that what you "should" weigh. Whatever that figure is, divide it by 2. For example: Say you weigh 400 and should weigh 100. 400-100= 300 (your excess weight) 50% (or 1/2) of that is 150.

It depends on how quickly you recover, how "in shape" you are to begin with, how you adapt to the post op liquids only diet (some feel faint, some thrive) and so on. AND I agree (as a nurse, you know) there will be lifting restrictions post op. That may impact you, depending on your job. You are safest to discuss this with your surgeon; he would be the one who knows his patient base the best.

Ask your surgeon!

Well since beer is carbonated and my doc says no carbonation I'd have to say pretty much forever. I suggest you check with your surgeon.

Call your surgeon and tell him. Depending on your situation you may be ok, or because of your liver you may need to postpone.