After 8 months of insurance hoops and appointments I FINALLY have my date!! I'm October 8th and my partner is October 1st. Anyone else here October bandsters? I'm getting very excited!!

My tummy isn't swollen or bruised either. Ate you happy to be a bander???

I didnt swell or bruise until a couple days after, now i think i have a permanent bruise from the heparin.

I'm pretty worried right about now. My last check up appointment with my Hematologist was today. Good news is that my Pulmonary Embolism is gone and I can get off my medicine in 2 weeks. I left after getting a copy of my CT Scan. Then' date=' I was looking at my results it in the car today and read that they "saw my gastric band and there was a 4.4x2.7 mass adjacent to the band - possible polypoid lesion" Uhhhhh, what? My Hematologist is also an Oncologist, she should of brought this up! So it's Friday and I'm pissed that I can't do anything until Monday. I called my surgeon and he said since they aren't really trained to look at lapbands on scans they could be wrong and to send him the video of the scan next week. But, at the same time, they know what they're looking at cyst/polyp wise - I was at a freaking cancer center! So now I've Google'd polypoid lesion of the stomach and all I had to read was possibly malignant to worry me. =(

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Thats not a good way to start the weekend. Keeping you in prayers today that they just read the scan wrong and that there is not anything there thats not supposed to be {hugs}

Let me know what they say when they look at your scan.

I'm pretty worried right about now. My last check up appointment with my Hematologist was today. Good news is that my Pulmonary Embolism is gone and I can get off my medicine in 2 weeks. I left after getting a copy of my CT Scan. Then' date=' I was looking at my results it in the car today and read that they "saw my gastric band and there was a 4.4x2.7 mass adjacent to the band - possible polypoid lesion" Uhhhhh, what? My Hematologist is also an Oncologist, she should of brought this up! So it's Friday and I'm pissed that I can't do anything until Monday. I called my surgeon and he said since they aren't really trained to look at lapbands on scans they could be wrong and to send him the video of the scan next week. But, at the same time, they know what they're looking at cyst/polyp wise - I was at a freaking cancer center! So now I've Google'd polypoid lesion of the stomach and all I had to read was possibly malignant to worry me. =(

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Ok wait a minute! Before you freak out ... U just had surgery

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Ok wait a minute! Before you freak out ... U just had surgery

They were poking around in you. They would have seen a mass! Don't freak out just yet!!

They were poking around in you. They would have seen a mass! Don't freak out just yet!!

I normally wouldn't be so scared, but my Nana passed away from stomach cancer in 08. I trust my doctor and yes, I agree, it's probably just from all the equipment and cutting or something, but at the same time... It's personal because of my grandmother. I'm a worrier. =/ Ahhhh! Hurry up Monday!

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I normally wouldn't be so scared' date=' but my Nana passed away from stomach cancer in 08. I trust my doctor and yes, I agree, it's probably just from all the equipment and cutting or something, but at the same time... It's personal because of my grandmother. I'm a worrier. =/ Ahhhh! Hurry up Monday!

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Deep breaths there dear! The weekend is long but I'd be pretty pissed too!

I normally wouldn't be so scared' date=' but my Nana passed away from stomach cancer in 08. I trust my doctor and yes, I agree, it's probably just from all the equipment and cutting or something, but at the same time... It's personal because of my grandmother. I'm a worrier. =/ Ahhhh! Hurry up Monday!

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I would be freaking out as well, but know in my heart that logically they couldn't have missed a mass that size, right next to the freaking lap band. I mean, if it was somewhere else in your abdomen, the surgeons maybe could have missed something. BUY NOT RIGHT NEXT TO IT. Keep that belief!

Let us know.

Thank ya'll! <3

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In also Oct 12!!! But I'm in Missouri good luck.

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Hey I'm in Missouri too getting banded on Halloween!

Ugh, woke up this morning with excruciating port pain. I pressed down and realized that it moved about an inch go the right. I'm scared to call my doctor because I don't wanna bug him and I already called him yesterday about the results from my CT Scan. Is this normal? The horrible pain? I know it's fine for it to be tender, but this is extremely painful.

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you really need to contact someone or go to the emergency room...something is not right if it is extremely painful? when did you have surgery? and are you on the pain medication if real recent?

Ugh, woke up this morning with excruciating port pain. I pressed down and realized that it moved about an inch go the right. I'm scared to call my doctor because I don't wanna bug him and I already called him yesterday about the results from my CT Scan. Is this normal? The horrible pain? I know it's fine for it to be tender, but this is extremely painful.

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Call your doctor... I'm sure they're use to it. And I hate to say it like this but... THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PAYING THEM FOR. That sometimes sounds to ignorant to say, lol, but it's the truth. I was banded on the 23rd and I had an ekg and all kinds of blood work because I wasn't "feeling right" and they were right, it was nothing... but I'd rather be safe than sorry!

Hey Fallon.. So sorry to hear you are going through all this.. Steffy is right.. call them up.. rather be safe than sorry.. besides.. they know how scary surgery can be I am sure they have people calling everyday for every little thing.

Awww, honey I pray everything is fine. I am sure once you call and get everything straightened out you will feel better. I do agree with everyone. Call your dr. They are used to getting calls from something minor to real emergencies. I Was only in excruciating pain the day of surgery. The meds at home keep me tolerating the pain. Please keep us posted on what happens. Hugs!!

I couldn't find out how to share my recipe for my veggie soup straight from MyFitnessPal, so I added it to my blog, and again, you have to be my friend on LBT to view my blog, sorry! It's that way so people can't randomly view it! http://www.lapbandtalk.com/blog/7154/entry-24727-my-veggie-soup-recipe/