Hello all

Im going to see dr nottle next month and im just wondering how long his waiting list is just to get a rough idea at what im looking at

thanks

Kaylene:help:

hmmmm ok yeah i had the same probs with my hubby and family....but i told them the same im doing it whether or not u like it

If your flexible to go in on any day u ring the surgery in the morn to see if any cancellations have been made...if so u will more than likely be able to get in on that day...i did this once:)

Just keep phoning to see

Okay.. thank you i'll do that. Im so glad i came across this site as i personally dont know anyone thats had lap banding so its all been very new to me.

yeah same to me as well

Goodluck...let me know how you go

Hi, regardless of what some say, this is serious major surgery. I don't believe it should ever be performed as a day procedure, full stop.

Bronwyn, I am sure your hub and family will suport you when they start to see your results with it. It is for your health after all.

Are any of you thinking about having any kind of plastic surgery down the track? I am thinking of having a breast reduction and lift to give my girls a bit of a hoick up!:biggrin1: Susannah

Susannah - people don't mean it's not a major decision just that it's not an actual "major surgery" from a medical point of view. Lap band isn't considered a major surgery by surgeons unless you have something else seriously wrong with you (co-morbs) or a really high BMI.... the gastric bypass or BPDS are considered the major weight loss type surgeries as it cuts vital parts and the lap band is considered minor and minimally invasive as there are only a few tiny incisions made and no organs are cut/rearranged and most people are back on their feet the next day and right to go back to work within a few days to a week (major surgery usually means it leaves you out of action for a month or longer). Day surgery is common practice around the world for this procedure unless you have a complication. While it's a major thing "to us" to have it done it's nothing compared to a hysterectomy; heart transplant; knee reconstruction - those are considered by surgeons as actual major surgeries due to invasivness and the toll they take on the body. It's still a major decision for most people to have this surgery and we all just have to trust our docs judgement on day or overnight case.... if you choose day and have a complication they don't send you home, they send you to the nearest hospital.

Hi Cam, you have just made me feel so much calmer about having this procedure. I think any time you are under anesthetic though it is of concern. I like the way you explain things in your posts.Susannah

Hi... I havernt considered plastic surgery down the track but im sure i will. I'll think about it when ive had the op and then achieved my goal weight. mmm... the boob job may be a definate. After 2 kids ive already got the saggy baggys. I can just imagin... hot body with boobs down to my knee's!!!

I have already had a tummy tuck done a few years ago.

Im hoping for a boob lift of some sort

Hi Fee... Ive joined a gym so hopefully once i have my op i'll actually go instead of just wasting the membership. I plan to try to tone up etc and see if that works prior to considering plastic surgery. Gotta try.... Did you have your lap banding in a hospital or day procedure??

Hi ....i had mine in hosp at western private in footscray.

I work at a leisure centre and have a free membership which i have hardly used. I have full use of all the facilties which i seriously need to start using especially for my legs....they are really shocking:cry

I think i'll be having mine at Western Private too. How long were you in hospital? Did you have any post op problems. I experience a huge amount of pain in my chest, back and left shoulder post a past laproscopic procedure which they put down to the unreleased gas in my body. Im scared to go through that pain again. What pain killers did they give you after surgery?

I think i'll be having mine at Western Private too. How long were you in hospital? Did you have any post op problems. I experience a huge amount of pain in my chest, back and left shoulder post a past laproscopic procedure which they put down to the unreleased gas in my body. Im scared to go through that pain again. What pain killers did they give you after surgery?

I was in hospital over night....got done at 9.30 pm and left the follwing day at 2pm, so really not that long.

The only post op i experienced was not been able to go the toilet, i was really constipated. I had a little pain in my left shoulder but wasnt really to bad at all.

I had to take dissolvable panandol.... :notagree yuk...they were disgusting but you could be described something diff it just depends on the individual

Thanks for that. I think this waiting game is the worse thing. Ive finally decied to have the op and now i have to sit and wait. I hope after i see him on the 14th feb that im all booked in and ready to roll.

Hi Bronnie, It may take you a little while after your first consultation on Feb 14 to be booked for the surgery, because you will have to do several tests that can take weeks in between. Ask them how you can speed it up if you can. Good on ya! Susannah

what tests did you have to have?Do you have to do a pre-op diet. I heard some surgeons make people go on Optifast for 1-2 weeks prior. Did you go public or through private health insurance? Are you on meds for the MS? Im on Betaferon which may make my blood tests appear a bit out of range in some area's. My neurologist is going to send a letter in support of me having the procedure.