My name is Christina and I have just begun the journey to have the lap band. So far I have had a physical by my primary care doc and have been placed on a 6 mos Dr supervised diet and have my first visit with a dietitian on the 22nd of this month. I know I am very early in the journey like the first day of the rest of my life. Looking forward to sharing this journey with others who have made that journey as well.

Welcome, Christina, and congratulations on starting your weight loss journey. If you have any questions, ask away!

I always tell people who are just starting out to read a blog called the sweet spot. It is so funny and sweet and she has been thru everything you are about to go through, including the 6 month diet and all the approval stuff. I advise to start on her first entry and just take your time and read it all. She lost 100 pounds in a year and really never exercised or dieted.

http://bandgroupiethesweetspot.blogspot.com/

Omg! Thank you for sharing this ladies link! I LOVE reading it now! How much weight has she lost?! I could relate to her on so many levels! Thanks again!

My name is Christina and I have just begun the journey to have the lap band. So far I have had a physical by my primary care doc and have been placed on a 6 mos Dr supervised diet and have my first visit with a dietitian on the 22nd of this month. I know I am very early in the journey like the first day of the rest of my life. Looking forward to sharing this journey with others who have made that journey as well.

Hello Christina, Welcome and congrats on your new journey! I am just wondering by any chance do yo happen to be military.... I am and had to do the very same process as this and will be having my surgery April 12th yay I so can't wait. good luck with everything

Hi everyone,

I am very new to all this,I am day 4 post op of my lap band,and am really struggling with the pain,i am not sure if this is normal but it sure is bad,I am not fitting much liquids down either ,not sure if that's due to the wind pain or me not yet understanding how the band works,can anyone give me some advice on this.

Thanks

Sarah t

Hi everyone,

I am very new to all this,I am day 4 post op of my lap band,and am really struggling with the pain,i am not sure if this is normal but it sure is bad,I am not fitting much liquids down either ,not sure if that's due to the wind pain or me not yet understanding how the band works,can anyone give me some advice on this.

Thanks

Sarah t

Sarah,

Is the pain at your incision sites, or is it gas pain? Did your surgeon give you a prescription for pain medicine? Is it not helping? If so, call your surgeon's office and tell them what's going on.

If it's gas pain, it's from the gas pumped into you during surgery, and that will take a week or so to dissipate. I found that moving around, including swinging my arms, helped. Some people swear by Gas-X, but that's for intestinal gas, and it hasn't worked for me.

As for the liquids, try to sip an ounce at a time, every 15 minutes. You may have to experiment with the temperature of the liquid to make it easier to swallow. If you're not able to drink at least 64 ounces of liquids a day, call your surgeon's office. You don't want to get dehydrated.

And hang in there! It'll get better, I promise!

Hello Christina, Welcome and congrats on your new journey! I am just wondering by any chance do yo happen to be military.... I am and had to do the very same process as this and will be having my surgery April 12th yay I so can't wait. good luck with everything

Thank you, I am not in the military, this is just the protocol according to my pcp. I did just yesterday make the appt with the surgeon and am really looking forward to getting this started. Good luck with your surgery, hope all goes well.