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My surgery was April 8th but I came home without the band. I aspirated into my lungs after being sedated and was in a bad situation for several hours. I will have to wait 3-4 weeks until the pnuemonia clears up and I can try again. The doctors said what happened to me is very rare . I am very disappointed things did not go smoothly and was very worried because I am self pay but, with my package deal came an insurance policy for the next 90 days so it covered my hospital expenses. Feeling a little sorry for myself today.
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They gave me Optifast shakes, three flavors, chocolate, vanilla and strawberry, really good. I had to take five a day. It wasn't that difficult to stick to the regimen. After the second day your body kinda goes in shock or something and you stop having those powerful cravings. This is my tenth day pot -op and I feel really good. I walked two miles and jogged one. No pain at all. If you don't like your shakes change them for another brand that suits you better, any GNC or nutrition store will have a nice variety. Don't sweat the small stuff and focus on the big picture. I hope you do great!
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Notsofluffy, I have heard good things about both Doctors, but I chose Dr. Aceves because of him having more than 700 VSG surgeries without a leak. I also could not find anyone that had anything bad to say about him, his staff or the Hospital. I check on-line and also was able to talk to people from my area that had used him for Lap-band surgeries. All spoke highly of him and his staff. I also liked the fact that Dr. Aceves keeps you in a Hospital where he and Dr. Campos both check on you three times a day. I paid $8750 for my surgery. You have to make your mind up which will do the best job for you and I'm sure both Doctors do great job. This is just what made me choose Dr. Aceves and why I would go back to him in a heartbeat. Good Luck on your journey. Anything else I can help with please let me know. Gary
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Tell me about your progression of foods...
Moorekat replied to LisaMergs's topic in Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums
I didn't try raw veggies until about 10 weeks Post Op. I'm about 3 months now and I eat whatever veggie I want cooked or raw. I just chew really good. I cut them up really fine or even use my potato peeler for cucumber, carrots and radishes if I have a small salad. That way it is thin sliced and easy to chew. I haven't had dumping from eating anything but I have had it from drinking right after I ate. I just mindlessly did it as habit and paid for it. Anyways, I think you'll be fine if you chew really good. I just recently added peppers to the mix and those were fine too. -
2 weeks post op need a little advice
Wickedgirl7 posted a topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
I was banded April 3rd stayed the night in hospital (my dr makes that a def mandatory thing) any way I have only lost 4 pounds since surgery and I am frustrated am hearing of everyone's great success with weight loss, someone lost 15 pounds since surgery, another lost 25 pounds since surgery, and so many more on and on and here I am 4 pounds and I barely eat anything, everyone is having great success what am I doing wrong? Now I am on mushies and I feel nervous that I will gain weight...now afraid to eat at all....help!!! -
2 weeks post op need a little advice
mellsztav replied to Wickedgirl7's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Not every doctor gives a pre op diet. I was suppose to follow a two week pre op liquid diet but i didn't do that. Therefore i didn't loose anything. -
No, it's not too early. I recommend waiting about 3 weeks if it's pretty clear you have no restriction. If it's iffy, I recommend waiting 4 weeks or at least through one menstral cycle. I never recommend having them only 2 weeks apart. It takes time to get good restriction (3-5 fills sometimes), so you need to get started on that road. jayme
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How much time to take off of work?
Tgarden replied to cutiepieinchi's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I work as a part-time tutor in a middle school, and my doctor thinks that I should be able to go back after a week. Maybe short days at first, but it will just depend on how I feel. Like someone said earlier here, everyone heals differently! I think it is important to just not rush it. You have the rest of your life to get back to work, and you want to do it as healthy as possible. -
How much time to take off of work?
Doing It 4 Them replied to cutiepieinchi's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was told mandatory 4 weeks and I needed every day. My Dr would have let me stay out longer if I wanted. It was a rough week when I went back to work. I'll be 7 weeks out Friday and I just started feeling really good last week. Some people go back within a week or two. People recover differently. Good luck on your journey! : ) -
Hi Robin! And good for you to be making the plans and jumping through the hoops to get your Sleeve. It is a life changing event and the time will pass more quickly than you think. How to get started.....maybe slowly. Do you watch tv? Get up at EVERY commercial and walk in place. Set a timer to walk outside for 5 or 10 minutes every couple of hours. Sometimes baby steps are really just baby steps. I loved, loved, loved food. My pre-op diet was not as strict as a lot of the ones I see posted here and it made me feel so good. All I had to do was cut out sugar and carbs. Everything else was unlimited. Meats and most veggies plus added 50 additional grams of protein per day. I lost more weight doing that than I've lost in the past 2 weeks; and I didn't feel deprived. Just some suggestions. I know you'll do it if it's what you want in your mind, body and soul. P.S. - Don't lay around with a cold (that's how colds turn into bronchitis and pneumonia) get outside and walk around. Your lungs will thank you! Good luck, we're here for you!
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So here I am, 4 days after full band replacement surgery. Feeling weird because I've done this before so I don't really relate to those who have just gotten their bands for the first time, but at the same time, knowing that what I'm going through isn't much different. S why did I get a band replacement? Well my band has been leaking for 15 months now, maybe longer. I was first banded in 2008 and had great success with the band, losing all my excess weight and more. In fact the band was so successful for me that I eventually had to make a conscious decision not to lose anymore. I finally settled on a 'happy' weight of 128lbs and maintained for 3 years before one day feeling almost like something 'popped' in my belly. I was able to eat more for a while before hand but after that day, there wasn't anything I couldn't eat. I felt no restriction. So I took myself off to see my surgeon. March 2012, I got port replacement surgery. The tubing had an obvious leak in it. All done. Leak sorted. Right? Wrong. I still couldn't keep any restriction and soon they realised that, yes, I was still losing fluid from my band. This time, in Aug 2012, when I went in for a port replacement though, they didn't find any leak, so they didn't change anything, just sewed me back up. Fast forward to early 2013. I have given up on my band working. I've gained 37lbs and with diet and exercise, I lose 15lbs of that, but it's annoying me, niggling me, that the band isn't working, so I make an appt to see my dr again. I've lost fluid from my band. Again. So after all that, 4 days ago, I finally got a full band replacement. I tossed up the idea of revising to a sleeve but decided to stick with the band because when it works, it works a charm for me. Right now I'm really sore and sorry for myself. I remember feeling better far more quickly after my initial band op. They also moved my port from my right hand side to the my left hand side so I'm sore in both places now. I've got some localised swelling but I'm hoping that it's subsiding. In the meantime, I'm having liquids, and have lost 2lbs already in 4 days, though I know enough not to really count those lbs in the long run! I have a fill in 3 weeks so I'm hoping that I've now rejoined the band life for real.
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So..........I'm getting ready to head out to go to the surgery center. I am calmer than I have been all week, but still a bit nervous. I am looking forward to coming back to LBT and say "I'm banded!"......whenever I feel up to it :-) Hey to all of my 22nd-ers...........and I can't wait to see the rest of the 23rd-ers check in! Prayers please!!!!!!!! :blushing:
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I was also banded on May 23rd! Massive gas - I think I am killing the atmosphere with methane!! Taking Maalox for relief. I went ahead and moved to mushies today without a problem because all of the Slim Fast was keeping me in the bathroom. Tonight I drained a can of water packed tuna, added 2 Tbsp fat free dressing and chopped up dill pickles w/o the rind. Ate it with no problem at all. Weird thing was, right after I ate I started sweating profusely and felt dizzy, but no nausea or vomiting. This was really weird. I am still sore at the port site and diaphragm where a hiatal hernia repair was also done (that was a surprise). Hurts to get up and down or in and out of chairs/bed. I am working from home the rest of this week and go back to the office next week.
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Another June-Bug reporting in!!
Great2BThin replied to Great2BThin's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Thanks Lana, I am hoping and praying I get sooner. At least I know it won't be later than that!! BTW, I used to live in Sacramento and my daughter just moved here from there last week. She lived in Citrus Heights, I lived in the Natomas Park area. Where are you having your surgery? UCD??? -
First Fill-No Restriction- should I go back??
travelinsnorkel replied to lipstix64's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
My doc says I can have a fill every 4-6 weeks. I am scheduled for my second fill next week. I have noticed that in the past week I feel a lot more restricted at breakfast which makes it hard because I am pretty hungry by lunch. -
I had surgery on July 25 and had my first fill on August 20th. It's been rough. Those first few weeks I was sore and tired, but hungry. I was 3/4 of a pound over what I was when I had surgery. My doctor gave me a hard time about it. This morning I weighed myself and I'm down 2 pounds below my lowest weight so I was happy. Not feeling restriction yet, but I'm more active. I'm riding bike again (haven't done that in probably 10 years!) and walking more. My clothes are getting looser so I know things are happening. Hang in there and good luck!
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Newly-banded (11-19-07)
jmaynard207 replied to crispy98a's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Yes, the port site is the largest incision. I was banded on November 19th, and it took about a week and a half for the gas pains in my shoulder to go away, but using the heating pad and getting up and walking around for short periods of time as often as possible REALLY helped. It also took about 6 to 7 days before the tightness in my stomach went away for the most part (which is dead on for what the doctor said, he told me I would feel better Saturday and my operation was on Monday), but I again found that getting up and moving around as much as possible REALLY helped that dwindle away as the days went on. As far as sitting comfortably, I usually carried a pillow around with me when home to help support my back and allow me to sit more comfortably. Also, when going anywhere in the car, I brought one pillow for behind my back, and one to keep pressed to my stomach for the trip so that things wouldn't get jostled around too much on bumpy roads! Good luck with the coming days and I hope you start feeling much better soon! -
I'm one month post op and feeling frustrated! I'm eating the right way, working out 3-4 times a week and the weight is not coming off! I lost 17 lbs with pre op, but since the the band I've only lost 4 lbs and that was week one post op. I'm just feeling so frustrated!
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Got The Consult Appointment!
mary818 replied to Mandaqt532's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Dr Kurian was my surgeon, I had my lap band revised to gastric bypass.. I love her to bits. Just saw her yesterday for my six week post op appointment. I highly reccomend her!! -
So I have been told that I have to have surgery prior to getting another surgery. I have never considered WLS in the past because I have always been able to keep my weight down with diet and exercise.....until I had a colon resection that I have yet to heal from. The last year has been a painful reminder that I am getting older and unable to recover like I used to. Because of my colon resection, I am unable to get the bypass surgery so my only option is the sleeve. I hope that it will be enough of a tool to help me lose this weight so I can get my second surgery done and on with my life. I have a four month wait period because my insurance still says that this is an elective regardless of the fact that my doctors (I have seen 4 different doctors and have been told the same thing) say that it is medically necessary. Next week I go in for my psych examine and to finally see my nutritionist, as well as have a ton of blood work done, a chest x-ray and something to do with my heart. I have tried to look at this as a plus, as it will help me lose some weight that I have been unable to lose as I have grown older. But at the same time, it is an extreme response to a problem that was created by another problem. I am not given any other options so I have no choice but to accept the diagnosis and move on. If anybody has any insight, I would appreciate it.
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I started getting my info together in February of this year. My surgery is scheduled for Oct. 17th. I have lost 10 lbs so far in the past 4 weeks. My doctor didn't tell me to lose any prior to the surgery. I am getting nervous, but not to the point of backing out. I have battled with being overweight for most of my life. I am tired of the yo-yo of diets. I am excited about getting to have the surgery, getting to the road of recovery and getting to the point to where my hips, knees and back don't hurt. I have been surfing thru this site. I have started purchasing some of the protein products and budgeting my finances for while I am out. I am a nurse so my doctor says I will be out for 6-7 weeks. He knows that we lift and pull and run constantly. My hubby is very supportive. He is afraid that because I have a tendency to skip meals at work that I will make myself sick. I told him that I would drink protein drinks for a meal at work. I have discussed this with my doctor as well and he understands where we both are coming from and agrees that I do need to plan for meals and that the protein drinks could be that meal at work.
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Hello....I need some advise...I am 4 weeks post op today....have lost alittle over 30 pounds since is started (2 weeks of diet before surgery) anyway....I am struggling with vitamins and meds....I bought the VitaFusion Gummies for my multi-vitamin and Calcium....everytime I take them I get the worst headache of my life and I feel like I can not swallow....I chew them to death....I mean nothing left of them before I swallow...I get all this pressure in my throat and jaws start hurting really bad ( sorta like when you have sinus trouble) and my head hurts....I am just wondering if anybody else has had this problem or anything like it? What types of vitamins do you all use? This may not seem like a big deal but I feel terrible! I can not hardly stand to be sitting upright my head hurts so bad! Pleas help!
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Hello,I've had one fill,am not feeling much restriction at the moment so have been keeping my meals below 800 cals a day in total,except for a Saturday when I allow myself about 1500. I've lost 2 stone in 10 weeks,but this week I have gained 1 and 1/2 lb. I don't understand what I've done wrong,am i eating too much or not enough?
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Losing weight isn't symmetrical every day or week. Carbohydrates, sodium, menstrual cycles, stress, traveling and medications can all cause our bodies to retain Water. 1.5 lbs is only three glasses of water. Easy for our bodies to retain this much in one day. You'll see similar posts like yours and you'll continue to have similar experiences over the rest of your life. It's natural. But you are doing so well, keep going, never let small setbacks like this effect you. Again, it's going to happen.
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Am Going For The Sleeve Surgery Soon!
Flyingsaucer replied to Thegoddesszili's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
You can def start walking as soon as your out of surgery. If you plan on just making walking your main workout you can do that ASAP. Put the other things will take a couple of weeks.
