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I dunno. Its hard to take her comments about the "Red tape " of the pysch evaluation and sleep apnea testing" out of context. She made it sound like even there was MORE testing that was done , she just couldnt remember the names of them all , what kind of mom doesnt know what all her daughter does to get approved for surgery ? Granted she may have been nervous. But those things were pretty clear cut . It doesnt take a whole lot of tape for me to see ignorance . Just my opinon though Mindy

First of all both docs that performed the surgeries on her should have their licensed pulled . The doc that did the lipo and the tummy tuck should because he performed it on the a 12 yr old AND because he went around after wards advertising it as a " weight loss Method Or tool" . Basically he did it because they paid him to do it . DESPICABLE TOTALLY . He disgusts me . I have a friend who wen to him and he talked her into more lipo than she wanted by saying " You really need work here and here she said she left there feeling MORE self conscious about her self than she did when she walked in " . The doc that did the lap band should be shot as well for doing this on a 13 yr old. Again Money talks and BS walks . He did this for money . I really think this mother needs to be investigated by CPS . She's allowing her daughter to get what ever she wants regardless . I agree the mom is not having her daughter take responsibility for anything . IF she has a compulsive eating disorder deal w/ THAT . Everyone in this situation makes me SICK . I knew when I first heard of this girl last yr this would happen , i knew she would end up w/ surgery I didnt know it would be this soon because I didnt figure anyone would touch her until she was 16 at least. Mindy

I just saw this on my local news. remeber the 12 yr old from Austin that had Lipo done last yr ? Here parents took her to Mexico to get a band ? After seeing the reaction and the interview from her mom All I can say is STUPID ! Local | Video On Demand | News for Austin, Texas | kvue.com |Her mom doesnt even think the sleep apnea testing and psych evaluation are needed. What are you opinions ? Mindy

I would ask your doc when he/ she gives the ok to "workout " for me my doc said walk the day after surgery . But no working out for until 6 weeks post op, no lifting anything more than 20 lbs for 6wks post op . So like others have said start walking now , Ask your doc though when he/she gives the ok for work outs more than that HTH Mindyh

this is an interesting question. I wanted to start doing yoga ... I dont know what the difference is between yoga and power yoga but I would like to know? Have you asked your doctor ? Or found an answer ? Mindy

I agree I would say the worst part was the gas pains up in my shoulder. I had one day like i said my 3rd day of surgery that was quite painful. I walked and walked around my house and up and around my drive way . Really it is not bad at all. Its going to be fine and what we are all saying and what your reading is the best advice, we have all been through it. Love Mindy

You know how after you give birth you forget how painful birth was at the time and you just remember the great parts of the birth and how wonderful it is to have a baby now ??? THATS exactly how getting the band is . At least for me. Even though its only been 3 weeks since my surgery I have forgotten the pain and I just remember the great part of having the wonderful band . I too am a control freak and the best thing i can tell you is if you trust your surgeon just give the control over to him . Being a control freak myself something that helped me is watching a lap band surgery , ( I also like the medical stuff so that interests me too ) If you havent done it if you think you can handle it it might help. Why u might ask ? Because you will KNOW what is happening . It helped me to know . If you dont want to know then dont watch . But I wanted to know everything. Anyway , I HTH Mindy

I had a sleep study several yrs ago for my sleep apnea. Its a breeze a little weird to try to sleep w/ those wires attached to you but its fine for one night. You will see once you have your date it will fly by . I got my date and went " WAIT a minute Am i REALLY ready for this " LOL Then I couldnt wait . Let me know when your date is Love Mindy

my doc said no lifting anything over 20 lbs for 6 weeks. My friends daughter was over there the other day and shes' 15lbs , So I was just watching how much I was lifting her. I would say if she's under 20 lbs then your probably going to be ok. But you might want to double check w/ your doc. As for the hunger , I really was not hungry for about a week after surgery . Are you drinking lots of water ? I was constantly drinking after surgery . HTH Mindy

Yeah by time you get into the room your in la la land anyway and your feeling no pain, I dont even remeber getting into the OR . LOL Mindy

Hi all im Mindy from Buda , Im kind of between Austin and SA . I im about 15 minutes north of San Marcos. But I was banded in San Antonoio on July 16th . So Far including my pre op diet ive lost 20 lbs. ( I was only on pre op diet for 3 weeks) . As of yesterday I was able to start semi solid foods. Anyway ,, Feel free to email me or PM Me i would love to have more support during this time Love Mindy

Im from Buda about 45 mintues from SA ,,,, I was banded in SA . Mindy

Do a search for Kaiser , Look under the insurance responses, There is quite a bit of info on them . It looks like it goes either way depending on where you live and what policy you have . You can get some good info , My suggestion would be find someone in your area on the boards that has had luck w/ approval and tap into their resources on how they got approval . Good luck , I had to pay $12000 self pay for my surgery . I hope your insurance goes through Mindy

Oh and I might add too I had to be at the hospital at 530 am I think i slept about an hour the night before surgery LOL. I think its totally natrual to be nervous and jittery , Things will be just fine I dont know if you mentioned ,,,, when is your surgery just want to loose ? MIndy

I felt fine the day I came Home as well . I didnt sleep either. The 3rd day for me was the worst and only day i felt pain. I was up walking around my house all week. As for hunger ,,, I didnt really get hungry until the saturday after my surgery and I had surgery on Monday . I made sure like Kermit said and drank all the time .. But hunger didnt set in until after about a week . The only time I has soreness or pain was like Kermit said getting up and down , I found that it went a lot better if I had my husband pull me up and I did not use stomach muscles at all. HTH Mindy

Did you ever find anything ? My hubby wants something too ? I think he just wants some place to bitch about me and my band LMAO . He says im obsessed w/ my band LMAO Let me know if you find something or we can exchange emails for our hubbies maybe ?? Thanks Mindy

I was going to stay out of this topic but here i go LOL I have not read through all the comments but most of them I have . I was banded 3 weeks ago . I like alot of others used LBT almost exclusivly to inform me about the band. Frankly if you ask me its one of the best tools out there to let people know what being banded really IS Like . I read the negative posts on the board as well . Why ? because those are things that CAN happen to you after being banded. I went into this feeling 100% informed , more so than had i gone to a doctor and they had told me " this is what you might go thru , you could experience ABC...." The fact of the matter is everyone's experiences IS Different as others have said. I had 1 day 3 days post op where I was in quite a bit of pain . I had one day a week post op where I pretty much lost it , was hungry as all get out and had a mental break down . I do not regret having the surgery . At this point im on semi solids and I can eat anything w/ no problem , i know I have no restriction , I have lost 20 lbs in 5 weeks ( including my pre op) . I have a friend who is a yr out and has NEVER PBed not once . She has never gotten stuck . We have the same doc and our doc is very conservative. Now on to another point. I think the OP is having a hard time right now , looking for some understanding . Maybe she did not go about it the right way , did not express herself the right way but the long run I think that's what she was looking for was some understanding and support. ( NOW I Might be wrong LOL ) Do i think its totally inaccurate to generalize that everyone will only be able to drink Soup and throw up the rest of their life , TOTALLY , But I think it A. shows the frustration in the OP B. Shows she might not be in proper after care hands C need some support Just my 2 cents Mindy

I am sorry you are getting nervous but I think its perfectly normal . I cant say there is anything I would have done differently ... I did not get nervous until the day of surgery , I was sitting in the room waiting to go into surgery , they had me in a recliner and they told me " Dr Rincon wants you to have 2 liters of saline ran through you before you go in " I remeber looking up at those bags and thought " OMG This is going to take FOREVER " They started telling me everything that was going to happen next and my husband said all the color was draining out of my face . LOL I really started to get nervous , but i think it was more anxious . Just kind of get it over w/ already I have waited 2 yrs for this now i have to wait for this damn saline to run through me . Then finally they came and put me on a stretcher and said " This might make you a little light headed" I told dh i loved him and that was all I remeber until I woke up LMAO . I dont regret it , nothing I can say I would do different, Sure had a few second thoughts leading up to it . But NOT now and I am only 3 weeks out of surgery . Hang in there. You can do this .Feel free to PM me if you like Love MIndy

Hi all . Sorry I have not been on in a while. this thread is so hard to keep up w/ so I wont try LOL I was banded on the 16th and im feeling good . My port incision and the one between my boobs is a bit sore but other than that im feeling good. I need to work on my walking a bit more. Tomorow is my 2 week post op visit so im sure my doc will let me have it about walking then LOL. FINALLY Tomorow ends my 14 days of 3 times a day of heprin injections. THOSE were SO fun let me tell ya . Just wanted to say HI and i hope to be more active on the thread more. Love Mindy

I got my first one of these rashes last yr some time and I was HORRIFIED . I thought OMG IM FINALLLY FAT! Never mind I was 250 and THAT never occured to me . LOL That was on of those , " OH Im one of THOSE people" moments ya know ? I posted about it on here too. I am still getting them I get them under my belly too so bad that they bleed. I usually use Lotrimin . Mindy

This is something I tend to do too , well I did before surgery , Im newly banded and Im still on liquids . But I addressed this issue w/ my nutrionist concerning my pre op diet. Mainly because I am a night owl . I never go to bed before 1 or 2 am . And I told her this , I will have a snack late at night. My "Breakfast " Usually is around 10 or 11 am lunch around 2 or 3 and dinner around 8 . Then a snack late at night around midnight. She told me it was " OK " to have a snack at this time as long as it was a "Good Snack" . But I also am a Hide and eat person. I would eat " ok" during the day but hide my junk eating at night. So I tried the snacking for my pre op and ate things that were better for me and I could do it. It might not be the best thing to do . And I might not be able to do it once im able to eat it solids again ? Having sleep apnea the best thing for me to do would be to go to bed. But over the yrs I have learned that 4 or 5 hours of GOOD sleep w/ my cpap makes me feel JUST as good as 8 hours off my cpap or even ON My cpap for 8 hours. So I adjusted . sorry im rambling. LOL HTH Mindy PS Your not alone

That is pretty much what I figured LOL Not a good deal . LOL im better now I think . Thanks for the input on my out put LMAO Mindy

While we are on the subject. .... I'll ask ... I was banded on the 16th . Is it to be expected that my BM's are watery or at the very best very loose ? im guessing yes since I am "Drinking" most of my food. But is this to be expected ? I have even had a few " accidents" SO embarrased, luckily I was at home. But anyone else have this issue. I also have IBS ( Irritable bowel so i suspect that might have a small portion to do w/ it ) t Thanks Mindy :car:

Thanks , If im still having problems tomorow I think i'll call the doc just to be safe. BUt its slowly getting better. I have more output today than I did yesterday . Mindy

Thanks Faith, Although that does not sound at all appetizing right now I might have to give it a try . LOL the apple prune juice I might be able to stomach but prunes themself ??? I dunno. Thanks again Mindy