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6 weeks before another appointment im sure it will ease that seams to be the genral concensus, oh and thanks for your reply

hi all, its now exactly 1 week since my op and hey im 9lbs lighter. i do however have a problem, staight after surgery i experienced severe pain in my left shoulder, this eased of after half an hour, i have had bouts of shoulder pain over the last week but nothing like today, its agony, i am getting a sharp nerve like pain in my shoulder which extends down my back and accross my neck. it is worse when i breathe in. has anyone else experienced this problem and how did you cure it, after surgery i was told it was caused by trapped air in my abdomen which eventually works its way up, if this is the case why is it so bad today a week after the op. anyhow if anyones got any ideas i would appreciate them. kind regards mick

hey please excuse my ignorance but was does pb mean?

I have a small problem, i need to crush my medication and find it impossible to crush metformin tablets, i contacted my gp today to ask for it in liquid form but they refused because of the cost, even though the hospital advises liquid medication only. has anyone else had any similar problems, i can crush all my other drugs but the metformin is to tough.

hey your big day today , it will all go to plan best wishes mick

your right and thanks for the support, day 3 now and feeling much better, apart from the old saying "it only hurts when i laugh". conditioning myself to the next month on liquids, but so far have no real hunger problems, i think boredom will be the real problem. good luck to all.

thanks for your support, its strange in the uk as this type of surgery is still thought of as for failures with no will power, even in hospital i felt guilty as if i was depriving someone else of important medical care, when will people realise that obesity is an illness and not just gluttony

hi all just taking this opportunity to introduce myself. im mick I live in the midlands england and on friday 3rd april i had my lap band inserted ( 2 days ago). I work for the national health service as a fire officer and previous to this i was an operational firefighter for 30 years. all my adult life i have truggled with my weight even though i was in a very active job. since retiring from the fire service my weight reached 312lbs, the knock on effect being type 2 diabettes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, joint problems etc. I decided to pursue lap banding via the nhs as i could not afford to go private and as i fell into all the right catagories my healthcare trust agreed to carry out the procedure which has been about a year from application to band insertion. anyway 2 days in and feeling a little rough still, when in the recovery room i was suffering severe pains in my chest and was told afterwards that this was due to no painkillers being administered directly to my stomach during the operation because i cannot take anti inflammatories.still not complaining it was not to bad. spent 4 hours on oxygen as my levels were pretty low. I returned home on the same day and slept for pretty much the rest of the day. well thats it for now just thought id say hello