SeaBreeze

Just into my third week and have stalled a bit as well. Lost 15lb before surgery and 15 after but have been flatlining for the last 4 days. I'm happy for what I've lost but can sure see that my body needs a break to deal with the changes before hopping on the slide again!

Thanks Pinkgirl, and I hope you are feeling better soon. At 2.5 weeks after surgery I still feel twinges and general 'stomach aches' but nothing I would medicate. I was in the hospital for 5 days and they managed my pain by giving me meds if my pain hit a level 3 (on a 1-10 scale). They used paracet or oxycodone iv's the first 3 days. After that it was non-Iv (don't ask :-/ ) paracet. Overall I was fairly comfortable through the process and found the more I walked the better off I was. I continued with paracet for almost a week and a half though usually just at night to sleep. I'm now walking about twice a day for around 15 minutes...but I still get really tired. Not sure if I should push more at this stage or lay off when I get tired...

Hi All, I had a band removed and gastric bypass performed on Dec. 16th. During surgery the spleen was nicked and had to be removed. So instead of the 5 little cuts, I have 4 little cuts and one REALLY big one. The staples came out today (don't ask) and I am healing nicely. I was wondering if anyone else has a similar story and what your healing progress is like. How much exercise can you do? How much are you eating, etc.? Cheers

Hiccups are the worst! I've been on IV but not today. Had protein yesterday and today and trying for 1.5 liters water today. Walking and sipping. The walking helps. The drain sounds scary to me, but I'm sure it will help. Best of luck!

My spleen was scarred by the lap band and was nicked. Couldn't stop the bleeding so they had to take the spleen too. So got a bigger scar and annual vaccinations with my bypass. Talk about freebies. Still in hospital. May leave tomorrow or the next day. Sip, sip, sip!

Bit of a complication, but on the mend.

Congrats! I'm December 16th too. Getting ready to start the pre-op diet Monday and am more nervous about not losing enough than the surgery. They/re very relaxed about the pre-op stuff here in Norway. Good luck!

Hi All, Well I'm back on the boards again and have an appointment for Bypass in December. I started this journey in 2006 with a LapBand in TJ,Mx. I moved to Tucson, AZ later that year and found that no medical center would accept me as a regular patient. I found a doc that was doing a private practice in weight loss who agreed to work with me, however it seemed I could never make it past 8 weeks without major swelling that called for a re-adjustment...and starting over with an unfill. After a few years of this I just couldn't afford the 300$ weekly visits as I went back to university, so I unfilled it in 2010 and there it sat. Now I am through university and am living in Norway. I made the decision to have bypass and the date is coming up fast! What I'd like to know is, what are the 'normal' preparations people experience in the States? I'm wondering if it is different here. So far I have had a one-day seminar (in Norwegian, with an interpreter trying to keep up) on the procedure, what to expect, specifics on medical staff involved and a guest speaker with personal experience. As I don't speak Norwegian (my fault, but there it is), I missed quite a lot. I have an appointment with a nutritionist next week to 'prescribe' my pre-op diet and the surgery is mid December. Am I missing anything??

Good News! I'm back from TJ and the band is fine...no slippage. The Doc said that the fills and unfills I had done caused my stomach to move a tiny bit so that the band was around a thicker part of my stomach. So the 1.75cc fill was actually tighter than 2cc's was before.! Thanks for all the support.

Can fills and unfills cause band slippage? I'm concerned that I may have slippage and can't get to my surgeon for a few days yet. My symptoms are not as severe as most I've read, though. I'd be interested in hearing more about symptoms, corrections and recovery times. The history (if you're interested): I was filled to 2cc's for 4 months with only a little restriction and went to a local NP for a fill. He's assistant to a local bariatric surgeon and sounded like he knew what he was doing. He gave me a 1cc fill. It was WAY too tight, so we unfilled the next day to 2.5cc. I could eat that evening, but the next AM I could hardly get Water down. I thought maybe it was swelling and waited a few days. Dehydration sent me back, and the NP completely unfilled me and prescribed Prednesone for the swelling. A week later we put back 2.1cc's. Again, I could eat thick liquids that day and drink anything. The next AM, same story. Again, waited a couple of days for swelling to go down, but no go. Back again for an unfill down to 1.75cc's. Kept to liquids for almost 3 days, then tried thick liquids (cream Soup, yogurt) and vomiting occurred (though not retching). Now, in the morning I have trouble getting even liquids down sometimes. Other times I can eat yogurt. At times (though rarely, and usually in the evening) I can eat softer foods and even crackers, but most of the time I can't eat anything.... That's where I'm at. I can't get to my surgeon until next week.

Wow, aloe... didn't know about that. I'll check it out. I have NO IDEA what it was, but it seems to be gone now. Had Slimfast, then tomato Soup....YEAH! Thanks

You may have a point. I've had lots of PB's in the past, and this felt nothing like them. But maybe it's a different kind of PB?! It does feel like my stomach though (it is both Water and soup coming up). However, this may be a moot point. I've been sipping Slimfast for about 15 min now and so far, so good. Maybe It's just a crazy coincidental flu bug! Who knows... We'll see how the rest of the day goes. Thanks Again

It's from the stomach, though fortunately there's no acid. That's the confusing part. I take a few sips, it goes through fine; no golf-ball-in-the-chest feeling, then 10 minutes later, that un-well feeling and...you get the idea.

I thought swelling might be the issue. I know what too-tight feels like, and can actually feel both the Water and thicker fluids going through the band with only minor restriction. The problem is when it reaches the lower stomache (now I sound like a cow!) and gets rejected. I'll give it the rest of the day, just drinking water, then see if I can keep down thicker stuff tonight. Thanks for the support. It helps!

I thought swelling might be the issue. I know what too-tight feels like, and can actually feel both the Water and thicker fluids going through the band with only minor restriction. The problem is when it reaches the lower stomache (now I sound like a cow!) and gets rejected. I'll give it the rest of the day, just drinking water, then see if I can keep down thicker stuff tonight. Thanks for the support. It helps!