skinny2Bme

I enjoyed your blog about your Christmas events. When did you have your surgery? I'm only 3 mo into my lapband journey. I did pretty good this first Christmas. I still lost a few pounds, in spite of the few cookies and othr desserts I "sampled". .Are you LDS2 or does your username have another meaning?

For tinkeringaround: I had the surgery done 3 mo ago. I have not had any problems. I would do it again for sure if needed. I have lost over 40lbs. The hardest part was the pre-op diet. After that, it gets easier. I did have a cold a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't eat anything for a day. Then I found that if I drank something warm (broth or apple cider) it cleared the mucus out of the opening so I could eat again. I'm still losing, in spite of the Holidays. I eat mostly what I want, just much less. I do not deprive myself. I do eat healthier than before, but I still ahve a bite of two of my favorites (after I have the healthy stuff). GO FOR IT AND STOP WORRYING!! It is worth it!

I just had my surgery in Sept (3 months ago). I would guess that you just made the area a little sore. As long as you can gt liquids down and have no bleeding, I'd just wait and tell the Dr, on Wed. I sometimes get an irritated feeling when I forget to chew enough and the uncomfortable feeling goes away by the next day. Hang in there!! This too will pass...

I was just banded Sept 22. I have not had my first fill, yet. My insurance has a clause that they do not cover any procedures for obesity. To make sure my ins covered the labs, I had my family doctor order the lab work and then I sent a copy of the results to the bariatric doctor. If the ins knew that it was for a bariatric Dr, they would not have paid. Doing it this way, they paid for the lab work. However, I did pay for the psych evaluation. I did not want that on my insurance record.

I had my surg on Tues ad went back to work Fri. I sit at a computer most of the day. I have been going home (next door to my office) to take a 1 hr nap each afternoon to make it through the rest of the day for the following week.

I was banded last week and I had those dreadful shoulder pains for a few days. I found that putting a heating pad on my shoulder gave me lots of relief each time.