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leatha_g

By leatha_g, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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sassaay    1

sassaay
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Hi Leatha,

I am happy to hear that you are home and feeling better. It sounds like it was more than you anticipated.

I wonder if the doc didn't enter at your existing scars because he was not your original surgeon and has his own way of entering patients? Did he have any explanation for you?

I am going to need a band replacement due to a leak, but my doc did say she would go at the existing scar sites and also wants to move my port further over to my right side. She has had difficulty accessing my port even under floro. She thinks that my ab work has tilted it around my oblique muscles :) I guess my exercising is doing something underneath this layer of fluff!

I hope you are feeling better soon.

Take Care,

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Penni60    45

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Leatha: Glad to hear you are home. I was beginning to get concerned that we had not heard from you. Morphine does that to patients it is one of it's side effects. Demerol is also a bad drug for causing nausea and the headaches. We typically give an anti nausea med with any sedative drug. But oh well.

I am soooooooooooooo happy that you are home and ready to start anew.

Keep us posted.

Penni

Grinning sheepisly and thinking "Wonder if Leatha will let me play connect the scars on her belly?" LOL!!

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leatha_g    4

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Originally posted by Penni60

Grinning sheepisly and thinking "Wonder if Leatha will let me play connect the scars on her belly?" LOL!!

Thanks Penni!.. You touch my belly and I'll have to kill you! lol.. This surgery was actually worse than the first. lol. I have a killer bruise here. Better than Darcy's I think.

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Penni60    45

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Thanks Penni!.. You touch my belly and I'll have to kill you! lol.. This surgery was actually worse than the first. lol. I have a killer bruise here. Better than Darcy's I think.

OH OH OH OH we want to see it. Post a pic.

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New Hope    37

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Lethalwoman, I'm so glad that you're home and doing well! Just think, you got 2 things fixed for the price of 1! Getting the hiatal hernia fixed should also help you feel better, big time. When I got my band, the dr. also removed my gallbladder, several abdominal adhesions, and a benign tumor (I didn't know I had) right above the band placement. I was sent home with an abdominal drain for a week (an extra puncture). So I felt like I really got my money's worth. Please take it easy and keep us posted.

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donali    57

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Leatha!!!

So glad you're back, and everything went well, knife fight scars and black eye not withstanding... :)

May your recovery be speedy and uneventful!!

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leatha_g    4

leatha_g
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Originally posted by Penni60

OH OH OH OH we want to see it. Post a pic.

Well. I don't know how this turned out at 4:40am, but I can't compete in the bra thing just yet. lol. There's no way I could put a bra on right now. This thing is right on my ribcage and it HURTSSS!! :sick

I hope it's not too unclear and huge, but I'm no good with the photo stuff..

We'll see.

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donali    57

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YOWZA!!!

Oh, that looks absolutely awful!!! I love these little trophy photos - we'll have to have some prize categories in Vegas... lol

Heal fast, my friend!

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Penni60    45

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OUCHY!!! Want me to kiss your boo boo?? THat looks painful. WOW!! I never bruised like that. Well let me knock on wood. I still have a surgery this Friday so I might have to post some pics myself. LOL!!!!

Certainly will post a pic of Dr. Billy for sure. LOL!!!!

Prizes for the best belly pic, best bra pic, etc. Sounds like a lot of fun to me. LOL!!

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nightingale2u    42

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OWIEEEEEEEEE... looks like you bruise like I do!!!!!! I'm glad that the surgery is behind you and wishing you a quick and trouble free recovery!!!! Welcome back Leatha!:)

Darcy

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leatha_g    4

leatha_g
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Originally posted by nightingale2u

OWIEEEEEEEEE... looks like you bruise like I do!!!!!! Welcome back Leatha!:D

Darcy

Thanks Darcy!

That's a good one, isn't it? I had nothing of the kind with my first surgery. I'm still not too sure why I had to have this one? lol. Worst part is that it's right on the bottom of my rib cage and I think sometimes it's spasming? It seems like it tightens up right on the bottom of my rib cage and is really uncomfortable. Getting up and down from the bed or couch is very very hard. I'm hoping today will be a better day. I wound up sleeping on the couch most of the night because it's just too hard to get off the bed. :think

I'm sure hoping he didn't stitch this thing to my ribcage. :)

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