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I am glad I found this trhead. I just join LapBandTalk today. I am getting banded April 16 in Dallas. Dr orders. It is good to know other guys are out there to talk to.

Phil

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Hey Neal (OUSOONER)

Do you have the post op diet or philosphy out there you followed? I thought I remember you mentioning it once before but didn't see it on your personal web site.

Thanks

Hey Jonathon,

I mainly followed a low fat/low carb/high Protein diet and haven't tried any breads, fried foods, or sweets since surgery. Hope that helps. I need to put that on my site as I get a lot of questions on it. Thanks for the idea :)

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Dr. Benavides, LapBand Solutions. Who is yours.

I used Dr Cribbins in Plano. I have heard good thing about Dr Benavidos though. Congrats.

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hey guys,

I am 2 days post band.. and it seems whatever they had in me wore off. How long should I be sore under my left rib from the port?

Thanks,

Pat

You will be real sore for a week and then it should slowly start to go away over the next week or two. That incision is the worst one, but they all hurt for a while.

Jeff

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2 Q's----I am a belly sleeper,I am a full week since being banded I still feel weird trying to go back to sleepin normal,been sleepin on couch for a week,forgot to ask doc when it would be o.k. to go back to sleeping normal.----also forgot to ask when can have sex.

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2 Q's----I am a belly sleeper,I am a full week since being banded I still feel weird trying to go back to sleepin normal,been sleepin on couch for a week,forgot to ask doc when it would be o.k. to go back to sleeping normal.----also forgot to ask when can have sex.

I am not a doc by any stretch, and he/she should probably be your authority on these questions, but from what I remember in the information that my doc gave me you can do both when it doesnt hurt to do so. I know that my soreness prevented me from sleeping in any position but on my back. About 4 weeks out I was finally able to comfortably sleep on my port side. I could sleep on the other side about a week earlier.

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Hey guys

new guy here from british columbia canada just sent off 500usd to dr.ortiz and i'm gonna get banded april 26th my question for you guy's is do you think I could handle driving back to bc after surgery? the trip is 22 hours straight down the I5 the reason I want to do it is because I love driving my car but I also want to have the journey of the drive there to kind of say goodbye to old me and sort of start my life again after the band the only the problem with that is I have to drive my car back.

I can get a return flight out of seattle to sand diego for 253usd so it would be a lot cheaper to fly plus my car is a hog on gas it's lincoln mark viii with a superchip and I have a heavy foot well a heavy everything I guess

do you guy's think you could of handle a long car drive after surgery?

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Thanks Jeff,

Today I feel better. The only problem I'm having is when I burp..or try to burp it feels like the gas goes down, hits a wall (hurts) then comes out.

Ouch,

How ever, between the pre-band liquid diet, and the liquids after I am down 16 pounds.

Pat

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Thanks Jeff,

Today I feel better. The only problem I'm having is when I burp..or try to burp it feels like the gas goes down, hits a wall (hurts) then comes out.

Ouch,

How ever, between the pre-band liquid diet, and the liquids after I am down 16 pounds.

Pat

Glad you're feeling better. I still have the same feeling when I burp so I think its normal. Congrats on the 16 lbs! :clap2:

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Hey guys

new guy here from british columbia canada just sent off 500usd to dr.ortiz and i'm gonna get banded april 26th my question for you guy's is do you think I could handle driving back to bc after surgery? the trip is 22 hours straight down the I5 the reason I want to do it is because I love driving my car but I also want to have the journey of the drive there to kind of say goodbye to old me and sort of start my life again after the band the only the problem with that is I have to drive my car back.

I can get a return flight out of seattle to sand diego for 253usd so it would be a lot cheaper to fly plus my car is a hog on gas it's lincoln mark viii with a superchip and I have a heavy foot well a heavy everything I guess

do you guy's think you could of handle a long car drive after surgery?

The only thing I can say is that I NEVER could have riden in a car for 2 hours straight (let alone 22 hours) the day I was released from the hospital. Every little bump was agonizing. Everyone is different, though, and you might be able to cope with it, but it would be bad to get stuck in that situation to find out you cannot!! Good Luck with your decision.

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