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i was banded on the 5th so i'm a january 10 bander.

alright so i was just banded on tuesday the 5th. i don't feel too bad, i'm just TIRED. sleeping is such a hassle. i barely slept in the hospital. this whole sleeping on my back thing is not getting it done. last night was my first night home, and i slept most of the night (from 10 to 5:30) in my own bed, but at 5:30 i woke up and my back was killing me. all i wanted to do was roll over on my side, so i called my mom and had her come help me out of bed and move me to the couch recliner. so now here i am, about 20 mins into taking my pain meds and my back still hurts. so heres the big problem; i go back to school (only half days) on monday the 10th. if i keep lacking sleep, i'm never going to make it. how did you sleep? how long did it take before you were able to comfortably sleep through the night? did anything help comfort wise?

ugh, at least though i know what to expect right! i can't do it over christmas break because they don't do any surgeries around that time because of the holidays [my birthday falls two days after christmas] but i can do it beginning of january. when i talked to the school they said that i am most likely eligible for homeward bound. which will allow me to go to tech to take my cna class, and then i can go home and after school a teacher will come to my house and teach me math, gov and english for the two weeks or so. how are you feeling now? & we have so much in common xD

that doesn't sound bad at all! today my doctor was asking me questions like where i see myself with the lapband, why i want it, and how fast i want to see results. things like that, it was a little nervewracking because i was worried i was going to say the wrong thing, but i was as honest as i could be and he agreed to write the letter! hopefully i can leave tomorrow with a big sigh of relief.

hey everyone! thanks for all your responses you honestly eased my nerves! now my pysch eval isnt until tomorrow but i just wanted to let everyone know i went to the doctor today and he is writing my letter for surgery, and i also was diagnosed with pcop eeeek. which explains a lot of things going on with me! my mom is also now getting the surgery. she's getting it before me though i believe, because she doesn't have an age requirement to meet and when she does all her stuff, she can have her surgery within like 2-4 weeks after it all.

hey everyone! thanks for your feedback! i really appreciate it. i go to talk to my counselor/ principal monday morning about what they want me to do. i absolutely must go to my cna class, otherwise i wont get my cna license, so i think i will go to the class and then go home afterwords for the rest of my classes [math, english, gov] i will update everyone once i talk to my school!

I have to be honest I am FREAKING out about the psych eval. Honestly it has to be one of the scariest moments in my life. It all comes down to this, and a doctor saying yes or no could change my life. It has really taken an effect on me the past couple of days, and I was hoping someone could tell me how they felt doing the pysch eval and what types of questions they were asked. thanks!

Well haha we have some things in common. First of all, our name and our lapband situation, with school and everything. I can't speak from a lapbander perspective, BUT, I don't regret the decision to get banded on my 18th birthday [which is this december] I would rather make this decision young, because either way if something goes wrong and it has to be removed, I'm still young, and if not, I get to live a long happy life, that I've always wanted to live. Today I went to the county fair, and there is this one ride, and its a tight squeeze going in, but when it came my turn to get in, I coudn't climb in, first of all because it was up to my breasts, and I do not have that much arm strength to pull myself up, and secondly because it was a very TIGHT squeeze and I was SO embarrassed, but that made me realize that this time next year not only will I be healthier but I won't have to deal with everyone staring and laughing at me. More or less, every single day I cherish my decision more and more... hope I helped somewhat. Good luck!

Well, I won't be doing anything seriously physical, its just thats around the second semester when the CNA classes switch to working at the elderly home. :/

I'm getting banded during christmas break of this year, and it's my senior year, & well I was wondering what the typical recovery time is in regards to returning to school. I will be doing a tech program that works with my school and getting my CNA, and the program says that you can't have a certain amount of absences otherwise, you don't get a chance to take the test to get your license. Did anyone else have their surgery while they were in school? I just don't know what to do. My surgery is around the 27th, and winter break ends the 1st! Help please!