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Banded Yesterday!

isladelmar

By isladelmar, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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isladelmar    1

isladelmar
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Hi everyone! I got banded yesterday! Yay!

I'm feeling pretty good today, with the exception of my shoulders. Did anyone else get that intense pain under their collarbones after surgery? The doctor and my nurses told me it was from the gas they pump in you during surgery and to move around a lot to help it get moving. I walked around a bit yesterday and I burped a lot out, and now my tummy is making grumbles and I can feel the gas moving around. So hopefully I'll feel better soon!

I guess maybe I'm just excited about finally being banded but I'm not having any trouble at all with my liquid diet. I am hungry, but for now, I'm pretty good with my Isopure and popsicles. My doctor said to start full liquids next Tuesday and to see him next Thursday. He also gave me the okay for yogurt based (homemade) smoothies when I'm on full liquids! Yes!

My pain level besides the gas is moderate. I'm extremely sore, like I went to the gym for the first time in a while. Getting up out of a sitting or laying down position is a little uncomfortable but they gave me some pain medication and I'm feeling pretty good. I think tomorrow I'm going to try to eat some Jello and get down a little broth.

Also, and interesting point: my doctor had made me sign a release saying that he could fix a hiatal hernia if he found one, and guess what? He found one! Apparently this was the cause of a lot of my pre-op acid reflux, and he said that now that he fixed it, my reflux should be greatly reduced or even gone altogether! Yay!

All right guys, thanks for your support in my intro post! You'll be hearing a lot from me!

Riss

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DELETE THIS ACCOUNT!    12,703

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Congratulations!

The gas pain is normal and the post surgical pain/symptom I see people comment on most often here. I had it rather bad the first the couple days, but thankfully it passed in less than a week and then I was fine.

I think you'll be surprised how fast you'll feel "normal" again. I had surgery on a Friday and was back to my normal routine, including driving my kids, by the following Wednesday.

Best wishes to you!! :)

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kbliss78    123

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Awesome! I am excited for you and I hope your recovery continues to go well.

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isladelmar    1

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Thank you guys! I really appreciate the support. :) I'm going to go to my night class on Thursday night (my mom is driving me) and maybe my internship on Friday. I think I'll be feeling good enough to go. I was so surprised when I got home yesterday and felt mostly normal.

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yellowrose88    43

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Congrats and hope you have a speedy recovery. Sounds like you are. Unfortunately the gas is normal...

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Congratulations and the best of luck to you!!

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I am having surgery next tuesday, I hope I recover as well as you are!! Keep up the great work :)

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Congrats!! Left shoulder pain yup gas. Moving around helps especially walking. Your sore because they moved your organs around. Good luck and keep up the good work! :P

Wendy

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waitingpatiently    250

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Congrats!! Just to prepare you, I felt worse on day 3 and 4. But it felt more like it was from the hernia repairs ( I had 2, 1 hyatial, 1 umbilical) plus I had a lot of adhessions removed. Just be prepared...I felt like I was a little abnormal compared to others that seemed to bounce right back.

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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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