Mary Ash

Here are pictures of my incisions. The first one is one day after surgery 1/6/2010 and the second is from 2 weeks post op 1/19/2010. Two weeks post op and they are healing nicely most of the scabs have fallen off. The redness around the incisions is from a reaction to the DermaBond but the incisions themselves look good. They incisions sights are opposite in each picture because one was taken in a mirror and the other one not. Thats why it looks like my ports site is on the opposite side in them. haha I was a little confused when I first looked at them together. 1 Day Post Op 2 Weeks Post Op

My surgeon just used DermanBond on top of the incisions. I never had any bandages or anything. It was like that newskin stuff over top of the the incisions. It started to come off after about a week and a half

Here are pictures of my incisions. The first one is one day after surgery 1/6/2010 and the second is from 2 weeks post op 1/19/2010. Two weeks post op and they are healing nicely most of the scabs have fallen off. The redness around the incisions is from a reaction to the DermaBond but the incisions themselves look good. They incisions sights are opposite in each picture because one was taken in a mirror and the other one not. Thats why it looks like my ports site is on the opposite side in them. haha I was a little confused when I first looked at them together. 1 Day Post Op 2 Weeks Post Op

Hey I saw your post about getting the band about a week ago and regretting it. I'm pretty new, banded on Jan 5, and right after surgery for about a week I really did think a lot about it too. I wasn't sure if I regretted it or not but I kept thinking why did I do this to myself? Was it really necessary? etc. Not sure what your regretting about but I know I kind of got past that. I had to do a six month program before surgery so I did have a lot of time to think about whether or not this was the right option for me. And when it all comes down to it I do believe this was right for me. I'm sure it will be hard, a major lifestyle change at least, but this is something that I know I needed to do for various reasons and I'm sure you have plenty of your own reasons.

Hey I was recently banded on January 5th and am a sophomore in college. Luckily for me though I had about a week after surgery before I had to move back to school. I do think it would be hard to be back the first couple of days right after surgery. The main problem I am having as you said is having to make/provide my own food because the cafeteria food is not ideal for our situation. My surgeon only had me eating mushy food for the first week after that I am pretty much eating normal food now just chewed A LOT and mostly Protein anyway. It is a little bit hard. Im doing a Protein shake for most breakfasts and a have a lot of yogurt and applesauce, stuff like that stocked in my room fridge. Keep in touch maybe we can end up sharing tips with each other as time goes on. Anything helpful I come across I'll try to let you know I'm still getting used to it.

Right now I am 11 days post op and my actual incisions seem to be healing very well. Saw my surgeon on Wednesday morning and he said they look great. Right after surgery he put Dermabond on the incisions so they were not bandaged up or anything just a protective layering over them. Now that the Dermabond is almost completely gone the area surrounding each of my incisions is bright red and kind of hot. They are deffinately not infected the actual incisions look good but I'm thinking maybe I had a reaction to the Dermabond? It is ungodly itchy and pinkish red:sad: I'm hoping it will just pass but I do have an appointment now for Monday morning for my surgeon to look at them. Any body else experience this?

Right now I am 11 days post op and my actual incisions seem to be healing very well. Saw my surgeon on Wednesday morning and he said they look great. Right after surgery he put Dermabond on the incisions so they were not bandaged up or anything just a protective layering over them. Now that the Dermabond is almost completely gone the area surrounding each of my incisions is bright red and kind of hot. They are deffinately not infected the actual incisions look good but I'm thinking maybe I had a reaction to the Dermabond? It is ungodly itchy and pinkish red:sad: I'm hoping it will just pass but I do have an appointment now for Monday morning for my surgeon to look at them. Any body else experience this?

Moving back to school went as smoothly as it possibly could have. I was pretty worn out last night though after unpacking tons of clothes and countless other unnecessary things that I brought home with me over Winter break. No problems with the friends acting weird yet which is good. Actually my room mate got her wisdom teeth out 2 days ago so she also can only really eat mushy foods! So funny because we are both stuck eating mushy foods for completely different reasons but its still good to not be the only one! Today was my first day of classes up 7 am and I was good and brought some powdered protein shake in a water bottle and filled it up with skim milk in the caff for Breakfast. I Tried to eat some chicken in the caff at lunch time, chewed it up really good and everything, but with no success. It ended up getting stuck and basically a pretty painful sliming episode. Ugh I tried to prove to them I can't eat most of this food that they offer but was denied even with a doctors note to exempt from a meal plan. O well as I heal more I'm sure I'll be able to handle the food a bit better. So now I better be off to start working on the many pile of homework and reading I've already been assigned by day 1. O well best to not complain I guess. O and I have decided.... This is MY year To work with my band and get healthy and get awesome grades. I want it all this year:thumbup: hahahah

Moving back to school went as smoothly as it possibly could have. I was pretty worn out last night though after unpacking tons of clothes and countless other unnecessary things that I brought home with me over Winter break. No problems with the friends acting weird yet which is good. Actually my room mate got her wisdom teeth out 2 days ago so she also can only really eat mushy foods! So funny because we are both stuck eating mushy foods for completely different reasons but its still good to not be the only one! Today was my first day of classes up 7 am and I was good and brought some powdered protein shake in a water bottle and filled it up with skim milk in the caff for Breakfast. I Tried to eat some chicken in the caff at lunch time, chewed it up really good and everything, but with no success. It ended up getting stuck and basically a pretty painful sliming episode. Ugh I tried to prove to them I can't eat most of this food that they offer but was denied even with a doctors note to exempt from a meal plan. O well as I heal more I'm sure I'll be able to handle the food a bit better. So now I better be off to start working on the many pile of homework and reading I've already been assigned by day 1. O well best to not complain I guess. O and I have decided.... This is MY year To work with my band and get healthy and get awesome grades. I want it all this year:thumbup: hahahah

Hey! I was banded on Jan 5th and I also had extreme pain/pressure in my upper chest area the first few days after surgery. It felt like I was having a heart attach! My surgeon said that was also gas pain because the gas can rise up. Try taking gas-X they come in strips like breath mints. Not sure how much they will help it helped me a little bit. Good Luck with everything!

So today makes one week since I have had my surgery. Honestly this week has went by really fast and I am definitely healing. It does still hurt to sit/stand/bend down but it is getting better each day. I move back into the dorms tomorrow and classes start on Thursday. A lot of new worries come about with going back to school. Just little challenges I guess. My first request to lower or drop my meal plan was denied so they want me to pay 3000$ a semester for meals that are I will not be eating because of sheer volume and lack of healthy options! A little bit mad about that but I am working on that problem now getting in touch with different people. I'm interested to see how all of my friends are going to react when I get back, even the ones that know about my surgery. There was mixed reactions from the people I told most supportive but still a few "why would you need to do that"s. Soooo basically tomorrow and the rest of this week should be interesting to say the least. Hopefully will get back on here at some point. Until then.... Mary