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Good Luck! I would be nervous and cautious. Ask plenty of questions.

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Hey how are you?? Great ur seeing the specialist. Far out poor girl who died OMG that's scary.

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Aww sweety hope you feeling better today :)) hmmm scary stuff!! I'm only a few days away!!

How are you feeing now?? Hope you are doing ok!!

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I have a hietal hernia also, how long did you have yours.

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How long has it taken those of you that have already had the surgery to recover?

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hello march bandsters, I'm banded. Had a hernia repair done also. I was released from hospital last night. Outpatient surgery resulted in 2 day hospital stay. I'm glad to report that I am better now, but the gas pains are awful, taking my meds around the clock. Glad to be on the other side.

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How long has it taken those of you that have already had the surgery to recover?

I'm still recovering. I had a hiatal hernia repair then lapband surgery. the incisions from my lap band surgery don't bother me at all. the 1 inch incision hernia repair is what's giving me pain. pain is much tolerable today but still very sore. crushing my meds and I'll see my doctor on Friday.

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I'm still recovering. I had a hiatal hernia repair then lapband surgery. the incisions from my lap band surgery don't bother me at all. the 1 inch incision hernia repair is what's giving me pain. pain is much tolerable today but still very sore. crushing my meds and I'll see my doctor on Friday.

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How long has it taken those of you that have already had the surgery to recover?

I am still recovering from my hiatal hernia. The incisions from the lap band surgery do not bother me, what bothers me is the 1 inch incision from the hernia repair. I'm crushing my meds and I'm on a clear liquid diet til Friday when I see my doctor. I am still very sore at the top of my stomach near my esophagus. The pain is more tolerable today then yesterday.

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I am still recovering from my hiatal hernia. The incisions from the lap band surgery do not bother me, what bothers me is the 1 inch incision from the hernia repair. I'm crushing my meds and I'm on a clear liquid diet til Friday when I see my doctor. I am still very sore at the top of my stomach near my esophagus. The pain is more tolerable today then yesterday.

How long did you have the hiatal hernia? And what day did you get your surgery done?

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How long did you have the hiatal hernia? And what day did you get your surgery done?

I didnt know i even had a hiatal hernia? my surgery was march 1st!

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Hey how are you?? Great ur seeing the specialist. Far out poor girl who died OMG that's scary.

to be honest i dont know how i feel, certainly its made me a lot more nervous and uncertain. you wouldnt read about it ,would you?/ i mean?/ how often would this happend for goodness sake?? it had to be just before i go to see him?..

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I'm 5 days post op. I'm still having quite a bit of pain where I'm assuming my band is located. Also alot of shortness of breath. Is this normal 5 days out?

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The chance of dying is about 1 in 2000 for band, 1 in 200 for gastric. I would ask the Dr. what exact complications he has had- slips, deaths, etc. From what you've said the Dr. was incompetent, but then again you did hear it on the news so there may be more to the story than was given. Is this Dr at a center of excellence?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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