Mary Ash

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

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

Thanks for the support!! Ugh yes I am lucky no pre op diet for 2 weeks . My surgeon used to require that thankfully changed his policy!

Alright so I'm three days post op now. Things are going ok and I seem to be doing fine. I had major pains from gas in my upper chest area the past two days but they are less today. What hurts the most now is the incisions. They feel like they are stretching a lot and hurt whenever I stand or sit down. I'm also having a LOT of trouble sleeping, just cannot seem to get comfortable every night : / Now that it has been a couple of days I am starting to think about moving back to school and starting classes in a couple of days. Its bringing up issues that I didn't think about pre surgery. For example my abdomen area is still going to be really sore because I am going back in four days and I'm worried about not being comfortable in the tight desks. Another issue is trying to get off the mandatory meal plan that my school forces me to get. First of all its physically to much food that I cannot eat and second there is honestly no healthy options that I could be making from that food. So that is going to be a long process I guess trying to talk to the right people and prove that I need that done. O well it all has to work out right? haha

Alright so I'm three days post op now. Things are going ok and I seem to be doing fine. I had major pains from gas in my upper chest area the past two days but they are less today. What hurts the most now is the incisions. They feel like they are stretching a lot and hurt whenever I stand or sit down. I'm also having a LOT of trouble sleeping, just cannot seem to get comfortable every night : / Now that it has been a couple of days I am starting to think about moving back to school and starting classes in a couple of days. Its bringing up issues that I didn't think about pre surgery. For example my abdomen area is still going to be really sore because I am going back in four days and I'm worried about not being comfortable in the tight desks. Another issue is trying to get off the mandatory meal plan that my school forces me to get. First of all its physically to much food that I cannot eat and second there is honestly no healthy options that I could be making from that food. So that is going to be a long process I guess trying to talk to the right people and prove that I need that done. O well it all has to work out right? haha

I'm on day six of my pre op liquid protein diet and yea it really sucks. I know what your going through. I spent a lot of time in my room or just sleeping because I didn't want to be around my family enjoying all of their holiday foods. I almost feel the same way, if it is this hard for me know how am I going to be able to cope with the band??

Hey I'm getting my surgery on the 5th 6:00 am and I also am getting nervous. Best of luck for surgery and beyond!

Wow I can't believe I'm actually getting surgery in two days. This whole process feels like it went by pretty fast. I'm into day six of the liquids pre op diet and it really sucks. I guess it is especially hard because I couldn't eat over the New Years celebrations. But honestly I cannot wait to just get surgery over with now although I am getting nervous now that it is so close :/ O well heres hoping all goes well.

Wow I can't believe I'm actually getting surgery in two days. This whole process feels like it went by pretty fast. I'm into day six of the liquids pre op diet and it really sucks. I guess it is especially hard because I couldn't eat over the New Years celebrations. But honestly I cannot wait to just get surgery over with now although I am getting nervous now that it is so close :/ O well heres hoping all goes well.

I'm on day six of my pre op liquids diet. Unfortunately this pre op diet took place over the New Years holiday and I am dying. Everyone else around me is eating some pretty great looking food. I haven't cheated but am extremely tempted. I cannot wait to just get surgery over with now, January 5 2009!