Hello everyone! I will be banded sometime at the beginning of April 2012 and am very concerned about having general anesthesia. I would appreciate anyone's input on what to expect before and after surgery regarding general anesthesia. I have asthma and am concerned regarding how the anesthesia can affect my asthma. I am very excited to take this journey and hope to achieve my goal weight. I decided to get banded due to health reasons and I don't think my poor body can handle 210 pds on this 5'3 frame. My goal is 125 but I will be happy if I simply made it to 140 pds. Everyones input and suggestions are always welcome. Thanks everyone and have a blessed day! Georgiana.

So how have you been doing since surgery? This is another concern I have......how do you feel the following two weeks after surgery? Does your throat or esophageal area feel swollen or sore?

I have been fine since the surgery. I was kept a couple extra days because I developed a fever and my heart rate was elevated but it ended up being nothing. My throat was a little sore and scratchy after surgery, I wasn't able to talk that clearly, but that soon faded away in a few hours. I too have asthma and I do think it may have had something to do with the fever (fever caused by mucus not leaving the lungs which leads to pnemonia). I just asked for an albuteral treatment and the respiratory dept came and beat on my back to lossen the mucus. Must have work because my fever went away after the treaments. Two weeks out and I still do have some soreness near my port area and I do develope cramps on my right side where the port is when I over exert myself. Spoke with the nurse and they said that was normal. I got real tired of the full liquid diet and am completely over purees. Lol.

I have also had asthma since childhood and had a fair few surgeries over the years, it really never affected my asthma at all, i was more concerned with having to lay flat as i have always slept with at least 2 pillows. The hospital were great they let me have my head raised till i was out cold and i never knew, didnt have any issues after surgery either. I have a 4 -5 hour plastic surgery coming up in June this year, now thats a lot scarier than my little lap band op

Anethesia pretty much just gave me a nauseous feeling, but that eventually went away. Other than that it didn't really affect me very much. I remember waking up again in the same room I had left my parents in, so apparently I was still out of it while doing 2 hours in recovery. I was banded last March (actually a year ago, today)

sark87.. how has this last year been for you?? have you had successful weight loss?

sark87.. how has this last year been for you?? have you had successful weight loss?

The last year has definitely been a rollercoaster. I had more than one breakdown after surgery about not getting to eat what I wanted anymore, or at least not WHEN I wanted to eat anymore. My grandfather had his 80th birthday shortly after my surgery, and my parents held a party for him with numerous finger foods - none of which I could eat. It was hard.

I still struggle figuring out how much I can eat, as my pouch tends to argue with me over not chewing enough or taking bites that are too big. I can no longer do really thick bread, onions, asparagus, raw salami, and some forms of rice. Also lately I've been having trouble with French fries or meats/fish that are too tough.

At some times my weight would hit a plateau, which also would happen when I'd try losing weight before surgery. It was frustrating, but going in to get a new fill in my port would jumpstart it, sometimes. Right now I've hit a plateau, again, so I may need another fill. I'm reluctant to do so, though, because even now with my current fill amount I'm having to throw back up a lot of what I eat, on account of eating too much or too fast.

But I wouldn't trade any of these setbacks for my pre-surgery weight. I was huge, and it showed. I never want to go back to that again. I'm glad I went through this.