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Surgery is 3 days and a wakeup away! I am staring to think more and more about it of course. On my liquids I have lost 13.5 pounds. I have "cheated" though and the guilt is killing me. I am not hungry, stomach wise, but my mental hunger is still there. Please tell me someone understands that. I am used to eating even when I am not hungry. This battle is going to be mostly mental for me anyway. I am spending time this week making homemade Soups and pureeing them, then freezing them. I hate how much sodium store bought soups have. I am going to be making homemade popsicles today and homemade chicken broth so I should be set. I haven't had the surgery yet, obviously, but I scared to death of my first fill. My doc does mainly bypasses and sleeves but since he is an insurance provider that is where I needed to go. He does first fills at 2 weeks post op and I am worried about it. We live 3 hours one way away from the doc so I can't just come back in a few days or so if he tries and it doesn't work...especially not with gas prices :-)! The bad thing is walking around WalMart last night is I saw a lot of people just like me, morbidly obese. It is so sad to me that this surgery isn't easier for people to get if they need it. Seeing those folks renewed my wanting to do this. I want to be healthier and I want to look better :tongue2:. My hubby was helping me take off my bra last night cause it was hurting so bad on my shoulders, he saw the bruises the straps had caused and he just said, you need this surgery, you are going to feel so much better very soon. He is a sweetie, said what I needed to hear! Laura
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Told my MIL- that was a mistake, LOL
BethFromVA replied to tomatogirl's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
My mom is notorious for saying one thing one time and then flip-flopping on it later on. She suggested surgery to me a couple times in the past, but frankly, the only surgery I knew about was gastric bypass which scared the bejeepers out of me and was a huge NO in my book. However, I know if I told her before the surgery that I am doing it, she would probably start talking against it. It also doesn't help that one of her neighbor friends is a very opinionated nurse. You can do the math from there. :sad_smile: Heck, even hubby doesn't know yet, and I just got my surgery date today! I was going to tell him about it last night, but we are still so jet lagged from a trip we got back from on Monday and he was so tired I said I'd tell him today. I wanted to be sure of what I was wanting and getting myself into before I involved anybody else. -
You can get PB8 online if your local health food store or drugstore doesn't carry it. Our grocery store carries it in the section with the vitamins/supplements/health food stuff. Nutrition Now PB8 Acidophilus is the website. March 12th -- it's only been a couple days and you are still feeling lousy from surgery. Don't worry -- give it a couple weeks and you'll be feeling great. Gas in particular is band those first few days. 2 oz of food at a time is less than a bandster eats for a meal. When I hear someone say that, I think they must have a doctor or nutritionist who works with Gastric bypass patients and doesn't understand how the band works. Once you are past the healing stage and eating normal food, you should be eating ~3 oz of Protein and 1/2 C or so of veggies or fruit at a meal. Keep in mind, though, it sometimes takes awhile to get to the right fill level where you'll be able to do that without being hungry between meals. If you have a long stretch, like 6 hrs, between meals, you probably want to plan a small snack to tide you over. There's the possibility of pouch stretching, for people who are tight and maybe eat just a bit too much as a matter of habit. Over time the pouch might stretch. But the idea of the band is not so much to stop you from eating (i.e. small pouch size) as it is to give you the sensation of satiety. You can get that if the fill level is right and you are eating following the bandster guidelines, regardless if your pouch has stretched a bit. It's about the stoma opening being small enough that food sits in the pouch long enough to stimulate the receptors to signal your body that your stomach is full. Hang in there -- you will feel better soon! And don't forget, the healing stage is short. Don't get too anxious about immediately losing weight during these few weeks while you are trying to heal up. You probably will anyway, but if you don't, you'll have plenty of opportunity to once you are on solid foods and get some fill in the band. You're going to do great!
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IMO, a surgery that involves cutting holes in the anesthetized patient's abdomen, sticking instruments in there, moving around organs, and clamping a medical device around the stomach is invasive, so to me, both the band and the sleeve are invasive. But... the invasiveness of the sleeve is permanent. If you don't like it afterwards, you're stuck because the 75-80% of your stomach that was removed is never coming back. Neither is the sleeve adjustable. I lost my band for various reasons (mostly unrelated to the band itself). I thought the sleeve was going to be a good 2nd choice because it would elliminate my physical hunger, and it wouldn't require numerous adjustments to achieve optimal restriction, but I was wrong. Since my sleeve surgery, my physical hunger has been ferocious no matter what or how much or how often I eat, and I have to eat 8-10 times a day to keep my blood sugar under control. I've become anemic because of micronutrient malabsorption and have to take an Iron supplement every day. I've had to start taking metformin to treat my type 2 diabetes that was always controlled with diet and exercise before. I've also discovered that sleeve patients can dump just like gastric bypass patients do because the sleeve capacity is so small, food gets "dumped" into the intestines very quickly, causing me miserable discomfort from nausea, dizziness, and drenching sweats. Finally, I've discovered that sleevers can experience stuck episodes for the same reasons that bandsters do: careless eating. I've been told that I take a dim view of the sleeve since I loved my band so much. That may be true. I was sleeved on 8/16/12, so it may be too soon for me to judge anything about my sleeve. It's also true that the band isn't risk-free - but there's no such thing as a risk-free surgery of any type. The good news about my sleeve is that it's made it possible for me to lose the weight I had regained after losing my band in April. Jean
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Hey I was banded yesterday by Dr. Sim's in Waco, TX I had surgery at 7:30AM and I was in recovery around 9:00AM and went to my room at providence around 9:30AM. I never knew what hit me once in surgery. However I can say that I really hurt today and my stomach is just growling big time too! But I only desire the liquid diet at the moment. I did find out that if your not having the gastric bypass then things at the hospital are different than it states in the Patient Manual at least it was for me. I was really disappointed. The 4th floor is not just for Bariatric/Lap Band patients it is for all having surgery. Whe you have the foot pumps on well good luck when having to get them off to go to the bathroom. I was not able to bed forward so I had to wait on someone to come and help me and well after an hour of waiting last night to go to the bathroom and yes the dam was ready to break someone finally came in to help me. I was told if you had bariatric surgery not the lap band then you get 2 nurses and 2 assistants per patient if you had the lap band you get who ever you can get. Now Dr. Sims was vary nice and professional I seen him 3 times before going home. He seems to be a very nice person and I was glad to have had him as my Dr. I cannot wait for my first fill. I passed the fast food resturant test this evening while waiting for my perscription at be filled at Walmart my hubby and I went and sat down in McDonalds he ate a fish sandwich and I just sat there, trust me I had no desire to eat it much less smell it. Well good luck with your up coming surgery. Sharon
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Hi, everybody, my name is Jackie and I had VSG last August. I've been on OH for over a year now but I came here to check out your board. at 8 months out I've stopped losing: I'm about 5 pounds above goal and over-all feeling pretty good. no more honeymoon, though, so there are issues to tackle! who is here, mostly pre-ops? revisions? whoever you are, nice to meet you! :thumbdown: Jackie edited to add: what does "furl this post" mean?
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Band, Bypass or Sleeve in 2014: Which one?
Skywalker replied to Dr-Patient's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
May I suggest the sleeve? Unless you're extremely heavy (like 600 or so) or looking for a quick diabetes reversal, I think the sleeve is able to help you drop some lbs, while being simpler/lower complication than the bypass and also not being malabsorptive--you can still keep the Vitamins from food you ingest. -
Once you are approved, you are approved. I am also under the BMI with comorbidies and getting a revision from band to sleeve on Feb 8. If they deny you have the surgeon do a peer to peer, that's what I did and I got approved right away.
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Four hours postop
BlueGirl1920 replied to BlueGirl1920's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
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Nausea When I Lay Down At Night
GermanShepherdMama posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm about 2.5 weeks post op gastric bypass. Pretty much every night, after I've been laying down for like 5 minutes, I have to get up and take a Zofran due to the nauseous feeling coming over me. The Zofran helps tremendously but I don't want to have to take it forever if I can avoid it. I had a Protein shake several hours before bedtime, those are the easiest on my stomach. Has anyone else had this problem? Did it go away eventually? -
Revision Surgery - Band With Plication Set For My Birthday!
Mamacita14 replied to Mamacita14's topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
Well today marks my week post surgery (revision surgery Nov. 14th) and I am glad to report that I am down 10lbs. I can also tell the difference between being just banded and also having plication as well. I hope to keep moving the the right direction but as of today I am very pleased. -
Protein puddings for all you that can't eat breakfast folks.
Kayford posted a topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Hi there, I found some Sylvester Stallone high Protein pudding at GNC and it works great for all of you that can't eat Breakfast or lunch like me. 20 grams of protein 1 g carb 2 g fat. It really helps and makes you feel like you had something which is more than tea, coffee, or Soup does. It is a little expensive at $1.75 a can but heck a Starbucks is $4 and does not have the same nutritional value. They had choc, banana, and vanilla. I liked the choc the best. A bypasser turned me on to it. Yummm Kay in St Jo Mo:hungry: -
It's natural to be afraid that this won't work. After all, if anything else had ever worked for us before, we wouldn't have had to have surgery. I would recommend you do NOT tell many people before you are banded. Choose some support people to share with, but otherwise don't put that pressure on yourself of everyone asking you all the time. When most people hear about WLS they assume you will start losing right away, like with gastric bypass. The band is different; many people don't lose weight at all for a few months after surgery, and that gets tough when they've told a lot of people and they are asking them all the time. If you are worried about how to face people who expect you to lose a lot of weight right away, do yourself a favor and limit the people who know to the ones who are closest to you. Once you are obviously losing weight, you can tell people who ask if you want to. But it's up to you, it's your body and it's no one else's business. There are people for whom the lap band doesn't "work". Most often it seems to be people who aren't getting good education from their doctors' offices and/or aren't following the rules. Not always, of course. The biggest confusion seems to be about restriction--a lot of people feel they should get lots of fills until they can only eat a few bites of food. The band isn't supposed to work that way. If you work closely with a GOOD doctor (and his/her team) who is good at educating you about what to expect and what to do, you should be successful. Of course there are no guarantees. Just remember that this process can be slow, but that's part of why a lot of people choose it. Healthier weight loss is slower (1-2 lb/week average) rather than losing 40 lbs a month like with some of the other procedures. Don't put pressure on yourself to be anything more than "average". Good luck to you.
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thanks for the welcome, everyone. Karey, I just had the sleeve: never had a band. you need to get imput from revision people. I can tell you I am very glad I didn't get a band, did not want fills, am glad I never have to worry about a slip. about "eating around" it - you can defeat any surgery. experiences differ, I had a honeymoon period of just over 6 months where I could not have gained weight if I had wanted to but now I am to the point that I could. it's still a tool - you have to change your eating habits forever. yes, I exercise and it's easier than when I was obese! Jackie edited to add: I can eat any kind of food, it's all about the amount.
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CAN you eat vs SHOULD you eat
OutsideMatchInside replied to ShelterDog64's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
A lot of people think the sleeve or even the bypass will prevent them from eating certain things. The thing is even with surgery. food addictions will make people eat things they shouldn't ignoring pain and discomfort. Nothing but not wanting to is going to stop people from eating things. I purposely chose the sleeve over the band and the bypass because it offered the most normal life post op. I knew I would be able to eat basically anything if I didn't have complications. That was the appeal of the sleeve. After months of eating healthy and getting results from it. I never want to go back to eating how I did before. Not even a little bit. The benefits of losing weight and being small far out weigh the taste of any food. Yet, I don't feel deprived at all because the sleeve helped me change my attitude about food. I hope that more people can make the life changing mental changes with food that are really the key to success. Surgery, the physical part is such a small fleeting thing. -
Only 9 pounds almost 4 weeks post op
Kstar1311 replied to GiGi 1970's topic in Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums
I had the bypass 11/30. 3 weeks out I am only down 16lbs. I get your frustration! Following everything to the t. Getting in the right amount of protein and fluids. Was hoping I’d feel all of this is worth it but haven’t yet. All I can say is stick to it and hopefully the progress will follow. That’s what I keep telling myself anyways! -
I had surgery 10 months ago. I was a self pay, and really wanted the gastric bypass because my sister had it and lost over 100 pounds in one year, but I couldn't afford it so I chose the lap band. WELL!!! I was changing my shirt the other day and my sister looked at me amazed and asked me where was all my hanging skin? HA!!! I told her with the lap band it comes off more slowly and she was still amazed. She has a problem with her skin on her abdomen sagging after losing her weight so quickly. SCORE : Lap Band = 10 Gastric = 0:thumbup:
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I have to stress that everyone is different. But my bypass was the first operation I've ever had, and I'm 54. And it ended up being so much easier than I ever imagined. My only real pain, and it was very minimal, was from my drain. And that was well taken care of by my pain pump. I was up and walking within hours of my surgery. The drain was removed the day of discharge. I had arranged to stay with family for a week, as I live alone. I stayed there one night, slept in a bed, didn't need a recliner, and drove myself home the next morning. I honestly felt that good. Had arranged for my dogs to be cared for out of house as I was concerned they would jump on me. Got them back the very next day. Didn't need the at home pain meds. The only downside for me was I was very tired, and I did take a lot of naps. I took a full six weeks off, to heal and adjust. But if I'd been forced to, I could have gone back in a week. Sometimes I wondered if they really operated on me, I felt so good. But at 11 weeks the weight is definitely coming off, so now I'm sure! ???? Hope you both have as easy a time. Good luck!
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Someone recently started a thread in which they asked if would we have our bands proactively removed because of the erosion fears that have spread like wildfire. That thread settled it for me. I am not going to live in fear over the chances of something going wrong in my life. From erosion to being in a horrible car wreck and being paralysed from the neck down the rest of my life, there is an un-numberable amount of things out there for us to fear. And if we let them, they will imobilize us. I am thrilled to have my band and I am coming to understand that what I choose to accomplish with the band is up to me. It is not designed to make me lose weight. It is not an overnight miracle cure. It is not going to prevent me from failing. It is however wonderfully designed to keep me from eating myself to death. 307 pounds and on the verge of diabetes IS achieved by someone who can't control themselves. That was me. Fear of PBs, erosion, slippage, etc.. those to me are all things which motivate me to make the best of this while I have it. Just like we should all make the best of the time we have with our loved ones, for who knows how long we will really have them. I plan to eat like I'm supposed to, excercise 30 mins a day, and drink a minimum of 64 oz of Water a day. I might slip, that's where you all come in.. ready to kick my arse and get me back on track. *grins* Some may say, "But I got the band so I didn't have to do anything". Well, folks.. the only option I know of for that is the bypass which leaves people looking and feeling like crap. And even they don't lose it all or keep it all off. So, no thanks. I want to lose weight so I look and feel healthy. I want a long life to spend with my family and I want to live out my dreams.. not sit in my house embarassed to go out, avoiding most activities with my family because I physically can't. I personally am going to give thanks every day for this opportunity while I have it. And I'm going to do all I can to help my band help me. I am not going to fear losing it. I am not going to fear infections or erosions. That might happen, I'll deal with that if and when I have to. You know what I fear more than erosions? Diabetes. High blood pressure. Hip replacements. Heart disease. And having to look at myself in the mirror everyday as I try to fix myself up a bit and hear those words in my head, "Why do you bother? You're still fat and ugly."
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Don't do what I did today (1 week post surgery)
marfar7 replied to SqueakyWheel&Ethyl's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
The first weeks after my band surgery (I'm revising soon due to a slip) 3 1/2 yrs ago, I would go into Alberstons 2-3x a week to stock up on tomato soup, jello, popsicles, etc. Everytime I'd walk thru the door, the smell of the deli fried chicken would get me. I swore every single time I walked in that very chicken would be my first "real" meal. It wasn't. Know your pain! -
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American Gp Totally Against Wls. :(
Finding Myself posted a topic in Mexico & Self-Pay Weight Loss Surgery
I went to my GP today and she totally discouraged me. Is NOT a fan of weight loss surgery at all. I got the same ol, same ol', "diet and exercise and let's send you to a nutritionist". I didn't even WANT to tell her that I was considering going to Mexico. Good god I can only imagine the lecture I would have gotten. I emailed Dr. Kelly to ask how they handle this. I would obviously have to go back to Dr. Kelly if I had any complications. Anybody else deal with their GP being dead against it? meanwhile another friend of mine who had a bypass said her bariatric team here in the US feels that the sleeve surgery is showing a LOT of promise. I feel so let down. -
Considering band, but being pushed for the bypass
Wheetsin replied to Momx03's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
FIrst - don't let anyone pressure you. It's not their decision. High carb foods can be a downfall with the band, but I think most of the concern should be on liquid or "easy" carbs to eat. Soft calories, etc. With proper restriction, grain-based carbs may not even be an option. It's the ice cream, juices and sauces you need to watch out for. Part of the challenge is that it's hard to know what behaviors you can or will change before you're actually in the situation. My surgeon gave the advice that -- if someone really, in their heart of heart believes they won't be able to give up the soft calories, then maybe bypass IS their best option... because if you can't change your behaviors, that one forces it more than the band. -
Considering band, but being pushed for the bypass
kygal replied to Momx03's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I am waiting for insurance approval, hoping to be banded soon. I have observed two co-workers...one who did banding, and one who ahd bypass surgery. I can tell you that the byapss caused a much more rapid weight loss, but my friend was perpetually ill...throwing up etc,,, and lost lots of her hair. I also think that her copmplexion was poor, and her skin tone was poor, and her skin appeared very loose and saggy. My theory is that she lost too much too fast. My friend who was banded lost his weight...over 100 lbs over about a year and a half, and he looks great, and says he feels great. He just seems healthier. My family doctor encourages lap-banding as the "best option" out there. KYGAL
