Well, I won't lie...I was in much more pain than I anticipated in the beginning. For those of you who never took your pain meds after surgery, you are a marvel.

For the first couple of days, even drinking an ounce of Water was painful for me, but today (Day Four) is going extremely well. I am weaning myself off of the meds in hopes that I can drive on Tuesday.

One problem I've had is that there are lots of discrepancies in the literature the surgeon provided to me. I didn't realize it until I after the surgery.

First, I realized that my doc/nutritionist never told me how long to wait between food and drink.

They gave me a pamphlet by Lapband (the brand) and it says 1-2 hours. I was thinking that some folks here said 15 minutes. 2 hours is forever.

Also...the Lapband pamphlet says to eat no more than 2 ounces of food, but my doc has me eating 4.

Additionally, the nutritionist provided me with a handout that says Isopure has 40 grams of Protein in one bottle. It only has 20. I'm just glad I realized the mistake before I went bald.

Seems like since this is the only surgery my doc handles, they'd be a little more diligent in providing accurate and easy-to-understand information to their patients. But I'm not bitter. In fact, I'm VERY EXCITED!!!

I can't believe I went through with it! Yay! The worst is over! :clap2:

Hey Derbygirl.

Congrats on your banding. I'm so excited to get a surgery date; won't be until approx January, but I'm here to gain as much knowledge as I can. So, if in the event I run into issues like you have - I'll be 'self educated' and not have to rely strictly on my nutritionist and doctors handouts! :eek:

And remember, there is no blue ribbon in the end if you go with, or without pain meds! heheeeeeeee! I plan on taking as many as possible to get me through the first few day!

I'm so glad to know you're so aware of all you're doing; and you're keeping yourself educated! Knowledge is power!

Good luck!

Sheri Lynn :girl_hug:

Just a congrats to your new life.

Good luck and blessings.

J~

Derbygirl, congratulations on your banding. I am 6 days out now and I feel really good. I did experience pain and still do at times, but it is nothing like the first 2 days. My surgeon advised that you not drink 15 minutes before or 1 hour after each meal. Also, 4oz. but take up to 30 minutes to eat. This I think is pretty consistant with what I have seen in these threads. Good Luck to you and happy banding!!!!!!!!!:girl_hug:

I felt just like you, a friend of mine was banded and took meds one day. I took them for four days and though the tightness in my stomach was never going to go away. It bugged me to no end. But good news, I had my surgery Aug 23. My stomach doesn't feel tight anymore and have lost 22 or 23 pounds something like that. I have been a slow loser but I believe that is due to the fact that the month of my surgery I missed my period and then in sept right before my first fill on the 26th I started again and went for 7 days. That is the longest I have ever been since I was a teenager. I put my scale up in the closet because everyday I kept stepping on it and thinking I might have lost few pounds but I wasn't losing. But again, I think it was due to my period complications. Anyway, back to you. Good luck and take care of yourself, don't rush healing, your body will take care of that itself.

Dieta