Megan9463

I had surgery on 9/2/09 and I'm down 86 pounds! I had Dr. Robinson from B&W and although it's been challenging, I'm happy with the results from the band. Other than getting healthy, my MAIN motivation for getting the band was to finally conceive after 5 years of trying. IT WORKED!! I'm now 6 1/2 weeks pregnant!! My question is, do I HAVE to get completely unfilled? I know Dr. R wants patients to wait to get pregnant, but it was unexpected (but we're beyond THRILLED)!! Anyone have any experience with this??

So glad I found this!! I used to be 28 days like clockwork...and I'm 3 days late. AF was supposed to come on Thursday and so far no sign. Is it hormones or could it possibly be that I'm pregnant??? I really don't want to get my hopes up OR buy expensive tests if I'll just be disappointed again. Although it would be unplanned, we were going to start trying in March anyway. BUT if you all have experienced similar changes, I'll stop getting my hopes up and just wait for the inevitable TOM.

One of my main reasons for the surgery is to impact our (completely unexplained) infertility. For you ladies that are pregnant, had your AF changed post op? I used to be 28 days like clockwork...and I'm late. AF was supposed to come on Thursday and so far no sign. Is it hormones or could it possibly be that I'm pregnant??? I really don't want to get my hopes up OR buy expensive tests if I'll just be disappointed again. Although it would be unplanned, we were going to start trying in March anyway. BUT if you all have experienced similar changes, I'll stop getting my hopes up and just wait for the inevitable TOM. Help and thank you!!

I'm TOTALLY with you!! I'm down 48 pounds and no one has said a THING!! People that know that I had surgery make comments, but other co-workers? Not a PEEP!!

So I'm now 3 weeks and 1 day out of surgery! I've been bad about posting, but have loved to read all about what everyone's been doing! I'm on week 2 of the mushies and so far, so good! My main problem is that I don't really "feel" banded. Is that just because I haven't had a fill yet? I get my first fill on 10/19. I've been SUPER strict on all phases of the diet (pre-op, liquids now mushies) and haven't cheated but I don't really feel full. Then again, I don't really feel hungry either. The only thing restricting how much & what kind of food I'm eating is the diet instructions. Should I feel different? I lost 2-3 pounds per day (I know I probably should stop weighing every day, but bad habits die hard!) for the liquid phase but not much since then. In fact, I've been flat for the last 5 days. Is this normal? Also, for those of you that have gotten fills, do you need to have an x-ray of the band after the fill? What's that appointment like? Although I'm happy with Dr. R and his staff at Brigham & Womens, I feel like I haven't gotten a lot of direction. Any advise would be great!!

LOL! I thought I was the only one who gains 4 pounds on Dr. Robinson's scale!

I was banded on 9/2 and am back to work today! So far, so good!

Hope all is well with everyone! I'm 6 days out and so far so good. I'm trying to get out and about, although it's slow going. How's everyone else?!

I'm 6 days post-op and so far so good. I had to spend 1 night in the hospital, it wasn't too bad. I'm sore at my port site, but the gas hasn't been too bad. I'm on Roxicet (TMI...that also means I'm on stool softeners, YUCK!). I've been trying to get out and about but I get pretty tired. This whole process has been pretty surreal, but I'm glad to be almost 1/2 way through stage 2!

I have my in-laws in from Ireland as well as my mom up from Atlanta taking care of me so I haven't been on here in a bit. I'm 6 days post-op and so far so good. I was supposed to go back to work tomorrow, but I'm going to take the whole week. I'm scared to tell my manager, but he's been saying all along that he'd be supportive...we'll see! I'm sore at my port site, but the gas hasn't been too bad. I'm on Roxicet (TMI...that also means I'm on stool softeners, YUCK!). I've been trying to get out and about but I get pretty tired. How's everyone else doing?

Can't wait to hear how everyone's surgery went today and I will keep all of my fellow 9/2 bandsters in my thoughts! I had my pre-op today and it went well! I have to leave at 7am tomorrow for my 9:30am surgery...FINGERS CROSSED!!! :thumbup:

BEST OF LUCK!! I would suggest calling every day! If I hadn't done that, I think that I'd still be waiting!

I'm Sept 2nd as well! How are you doing? I'm getting that nervous/excited feeling!! Let's make sure to keep in touch! I'll post once I do my pre-op tests tomorrow!!

I'll keep you all in the loop!! I have my pre-op appt tomorrow...will it really take 3 hours? What do they do? I still haven't 100% decided I'm going to tell people at work. They just think I have in-laws coming into town! I suppose once the weight starts coming off, I'll come clean! Everyone I have told has been really supportive so far!

That's AWESOME!!