in my personal experience ive never had blinding galbladder attack. ive had nasty bile burps before but they pass with antacids or pepperments. but i know 5 ppl personally who have/had lapband. each one had there galbladder removed after having lapband. Is this common? if so why dont they just take out the galbladder during surgery??

also.

i have a 6 months old. i realize i cant lift her...but can i hold her ? she is active and like to play on my stomach alot and play with my face or hands. with the port would this be a no no?im so concerned cuz she is a mommas girl since i just recently went back to work.

also...

the nutrient class, is this one time only? i go tuesday for nutrient and the physco apt. this process is going very quickly must faster then i expected.

thanks all who respond.

Sounds like you might have a heital (sp) hernia which many over weight people have and doctors fix them during lap band surgery. Most doctors don't remove the gall bladder at the same time as inserting the band. Installing the band is putting a piece of silicon around the stomach. Taking out a gall bladder is cutting part of the digestive system out which has all kinds of juices etc which can affect the surgical field. My surgeon will only removed the gall bladder at the time of surgery it is discovered that the organ is severely diseased. In all his years of surgery he has only removed one and it was literally gangrenous (meaning it could have killed the person).

For the first few weeks it will be hard to hold a baby that is squirmy. And 6 month olds are just that. Mostly because of the port incision which is about 3 inches long. The other incisions are itsy bitsy (like 1/4-1/2 an inch).

After you are healed no problem.

I had to meet one on one with a Nutritionist 3-4 times before surgery. I also had a one time "class" a week before surgery where they went over IN DETAIL how I was supposed to eat the month following surgery. The class was a group session.

I had a one on one with a psychologist at the very beginning of the process. I later had to attend 3 group sessions with a psychologist that specialized in eating disorders. These were VERY important for me. If your doctor does not require such sessions get a referral! These sessions helped me understand why I over eat and what foods trigger my over eating. You need to create a new relationship with food.