I'm new here and 2 weeks post op with the lap band and was wondering what to expect at my appointment with the surgeon?

I had my surgery Jan. 29th and had my follow-up a week after surgery. I saw the surgeon for about 5 minutes. He looked at my incisions, asked how I was feeling, and reviewed what things I needed to do to have this be successful and would see in a few weeks for my first fill.

I am sure it is different for every surgeon, but nothing to fret about.Write questions down if you have any.

Welcome to the site and congrats on getting banded!

Jess

I have my appointment tomorrow and will let you know

When I had my first appointment, the doctor looked at my incisions, weighed me and asked me how I was feeling. Just a quick doctor appointment - no big deal

My experience was similar. The doctor checked my incisions to make sure I was healing. He asked a few questions about how I was feeling, gave me some physical restrictions and said I could move on to solid food - mushies. I was just so excited to be able to have something other than a Protein shake that I forgot my list of questions that I wanted to ask.

If you have any questions for the doctor, write them down and bring them with you so you won't forget. For my second appointment, I put them on the appointment page on the calendar of my phone. (I never forget my phone)

Good luck!!

I am about 2 years out; my follow-up appointment was similar to the above posts.

Lap band doctor walked in; looked at my decision and walked out. . . . took a total of 5 minutes.