SoccerMomma73

Relax and breathe, you'll be fine. And you've got a zillion people here to help. My doc gave me liquid pain medication but other than that I was back on pills by post-op day 2 with no problem. I was told if I had any issued to split them (as long as they aren't time release) but that hasn't been necessary. Yes, you should have stopped smoking a month ago but you didn't know so now is the time to do it. Breathing after the lap band is a bit of a challenge (for the first couple days) and you are going to need your lungs as healthy as possible. I know you're freaking out and probably wanting to smoke twice as much as usual but for your own good please don't! Again, every surgeon is different but it appears fairly common to have 2 weeks full liquids after the surgery (I had 24 hours clear liquids then full liquids after that). My surgeon requires you to drink 64 ounces of half juice (100% juice)/half Water a day. Everything else I was allowed to eat was essentially sugar free and I found if I didn't do the juice I got weak and shaky (the first week). With you being diabetic (I assume from the metformin) you're going to have a challenge keeping your sugar stable and you really do need advice from your doc. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend this surgery, but if you aren't comfortable doing it so soon and not having answers then by all means don't do it yet. Good luck! Fingers crossed for ya!

Hey everyone! New here and thought I'd say hello and introduce myself. I was banded on 12/16/09 and back to work on 12/21...by noon the first 2 days I was shaky in the knees and thought I'd die but things got easier on day three. The first week was fabulous with no desire to eat at all (which is a bizarre feeling for me!) but by week 2 I was starving to death on liquids so I cheated and moved to mushies....I'm doing okay but not as well as I'd like, not staying full long at all and taking much more to get full than I'd like. First fill on 1/12/10 and hopefully that wll all get a little bit easier! I am walking and hitting the Wii fit daily so, so far so good! I've loved reading your stories and feeling like there are other's out there with me on this journey. Good luck and keep up the good work!

Ahhh, y'all have made me feel almost normal, I'm so glad I found this thread!:biggrin:

I'm just shy of 2 weeks out and in a word...HUNGRY...my surgeon's instructions were full liquids x 2 weeks then start adding slowly. I did fine until day 7, no hunger at all and essentially had to make myself eat but on day 7 woke up at 4:00 a.m. hungry and full liquids just wouldn't do any more.... My energy level is fine but like others above if I do much my incisions get sore. I did manage to start wrestling (carefully) with my 5 year old son again today, it's been killing him not to be able to!