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Hi everyone. I just found this forum while doing searches about gas pain after banding. I decided to join and make my first post. I just had my band put in over my RNY gastric bypass. (May 1st for the band, 2/2004 for my first surgery.)

I stayed in the hospital the first night and they practically rushed me out the next morning into the discharge lounge. I think I am doing pretty well... At rest, I have no pain from my incisions and I am pretty mobile. I have some limited pain when I'm getting up, and a decent amount of gas pain periodically. I haven't had my first bm yet, but hoping that well come soon and help push some of the gas out. I do release gas after taking walks... It's just not enough.

About me... 32 year old female from Jacksonville, Fl. I look forward to reading and posting here. My pre-op weight from this round was 290. My first surgery hw was 311 and my lowest was maybe 150ish. I am hoping to take all of my lessons learned from round one and apply them and be more successful long term. I kept most of my weight off for six years.... Hopefully it's sixty this time around!

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You are lucky to have a second change. I wish you the best of luck. You may want to see if you can find anything on line about Carnie Wilson. She did same thing not too long ago.

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Im just curious, was this self pay for the band. I have had several people say that their insurance wont cover the band over the bypass..but they will cover doing bypass if unsuccessful with the band.

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Im just curious' date=' was this self pay for the band. I have had several people say that their insurance wont cover the band over the bypass..but they will cover doing bypass if unsuccessful with the band.[/quote']

My insurance covered it 80%, same as they would have if I hadn't had gastric bypass. My doctor did an endoscopy before we submitted for approval and my first opening was right sized but my second opening was twice the size. He said "you didn't fail, your surgery failed you." I thought that was kind if him to say and if he meant it, that made me feel less ashamed about losing my restriction and gaining most of my weight back.

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HI Jen.

I am scheduled for my Band over Bypass on May 10th. I would love to hear how you progress. I had my RNY surgery in 8/2003 and have gained almost 1/2 of the weight back after 10 years.

I hope you feel better with the gas pain. I remember that was horrible after my RNY.

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HI Jen.

I am scheduled for my Band over Bypass on May 10th. I would love to hear how you progress. I had my RNY surgery in 8/2003 and have gained almost 1/2 of the weight back after 10 years.

I hope you feel better with the gas pain. I remember that was horrible after my RNY.

Yes, let's stay in touch. My RNY was open s the healing has been so much better this time around. This has been a pretty good experience... So far...

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Hi Jen, how are you doing? My surgery was the 10th, I havent lost anything yet, still very swollen and sore. Im actually up 8lbs. Now that you are almost 2 weeks out, I wanted to see how you are doing.

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Hi Daisies -- I weight in this morning at 282, up from 281 so I'm a little frusterated. I guess I need to walk more. I just haven't had the energy at the end of the day to go walking. My swelling has gone down, but I still have some. My glue from my incisions has mostly disolved.

I will say that I think my recovery has been much easier than my open gastric bypass. My only real problem is being tired after a full day of work -- but I've got a major work project going on right now.

Oh -- one more thing that may give you some comfort: My doctor said my weight loss would be slower this time around. THe first 30 days are all about healing and once I get my first fill, then, the weight loss might speed up. My doctor is planning on doing 6cc's in about three more weeks (~5 weeks after my surgery date).

How are you doing?

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Hi JaxJen. I just wanted to wish you luck. And to say that I find you and your story inspiring. I love that your doctor explained what went wrong. And I totally admire your positive attitude and outlook. Best of luck!!!!!

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Hi JaxJen. I just wanted to wish you luck. And to say that I find you and your story inspiring. I love that your doctor explained what went wrong. And I totally admire your positive attitude and outlook. Best of luck!!!!!

Thank you so much for the encouragement! It goes a long way!

I re-read my post and I saw I some misspellings... probably from the pain meds and also from auto-correct. Glad my messages came across.

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I just had band over bypass with Dr. Aceves on Mexico, on may 30th. I would love to hear how you guys are doing!!!

I'm hungry :/

Lol

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