Who's out there? We don't have too long to wait!!!:clap2:

Hi to all May Banders. I was banded on May 8. I have had a struggle with major depression since the surgery. Each day it seems to be lessening. I am on fluids....and in another week and half I can progress to semi solids. I feel full all the time...and am drinking all the time it seems. I am too starting to feel more energy , which I am so thankful for. Hope you are all doing well and keeping with the program. At this stage I feel I might live through this ordeal. Shar

Shar, I'm sorry you've been feeling down. I had my surgery on May 8th also and haven't bounced back the way I'd hoped to. Glad to hear you're feeling better. I've noticed that every day I truly do feel better.

Hello A May zing people,

I want to shout out to all 9 others that are getting banded with me on Monday!!! Are you all as anxious as I am. I just want it to be over!!!

Good Luck to all!!!

Me too!! I will be thinking of all of you! I can't believe it' already here.

I am almost at 72 hours post-op! I feel pretty good today. I had my second shower this morning. That felt great! My port incision is a little sore. It is by far of course my largest incision. It sits about 2 inches above and 2 inches to the left of my belly button. One of the others I have to put neosporen w/ antibiotic on, because it is oozing a little. For some reason it rubs on my ribcage when I breathe. Getting out of bed was pretty easy today. The gas is almost all gone, I think! I weighed this morning and I am down 15.10 lbs from May 2nd. Yea! Still a little swollen, so hopefully that number will go down a little more. I find it really hard to drink everything that I am suppose to drink.................

I'm two days post op. Certainly better than yesterday, but still have this pressure/tightness in my chest right between the boobs - what is that? Is that the band itself? My Dr. puts the apparatus (where the saline is injected) closer to the chest area towards the bottom of the ribs rather than the hip, is that what's causing the pressure too? (Dr. Spivak, Houston, TX) Really uncomfortable. Am I drinking too much such that it's buidling up and causing the pressure? Any insight anyone has on how to relieve this discomfort would be greatly appreciated.

I just wanted to say to those who are a bit worried about not getting their water in the first few days after the procedure that I had the same problem. I just drank what I was comfortable with for the first few days. Broth and Jello has water, too, I figured. Each day I was able to drink more until on the 6th day (yesterday) I got it all in with no problem. I think it's just so ingrained from the pre-op stage that we tend to worry when I doesn't happen so easily.

Just thought I'd mention it. :-)

I'm two days post op. Certainly better than yesterday, but still have this pressure/tightness in my chest right between the boobs - what is that?

My guess would be...yep, GAS!!!

Metalband and all!

Back at ya- I can't believe that tomorrow is the big day!!! I'm so excited!!!! I have to spend the night in the hospital so I'll be checking back in Tuesday or Wednesday.

Cheers!

Nurselaureli,

My bellybutton was really bruised too, that's where they placed my port. Tuesday I will be 2 weeks out, and it's almost gone now. I also had a really nasty bruise on my hand from my IV, that looked worse than my belly. But, that too is nearly gone.

marcinharrr,

I did the same thing. I was set to have surgery on 3/1, and chickened out 2 days before. I thought, and re-thought about it and finally decided to go for it a few weeks ago. I asked my dr to work fast before I chickened out again. I knew this was what I needed and I had to just do it. I was scheduled on a Thursday to be banded the following Tuesday. That Monday I began to freak out again. I talked with friends and co-workers about the pros and cons, as well as kept reading these threads, and worked over my fears. I needed this, and I was going to do it. I did, and now I am so glad that I did. I may finally be on the right track to getting my life back and I am so glad.<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> vbmenu_register("postmenu_474571", true); </SCRIPT>

crabdake...

I haven't been banded yet, so I can't speak from experience. but, i do know that diaphram pain is felt in the chest and sholder, and the diaphram can feel pressure from gas and possibly a little tramatized from surgery. When I've had bouts with my hiatal hernia (which will be fixed during banding...yipee!) I felt the pain in my chest, wondered if I was having heart problems, but it was the hole in my diaphram.

Nurselaureli,

My bellybutton was really bruised too, that's where they placed my port.

does that mean you'll get your fills through your belly button?

crabdake...

I haven't been banded yet, so I can't speak from experience. but, i do know that diaphram pain is felt in the chest and sholder, and the diaphram can feel pressure from gas and possibly a little tramatized from surgery. When I've had bouts with my hiatal hernia (which will be fixed during banding...yipee!) I felt the pain in my chest, wondered if I was having heart problems, but it was the hole in my diaphram.

makes sense. i feel like i have a trapped bubble and it keeps shifting between my side and my shoulder. ugh!

Metalband and all!

Back at ya- I can't believe that tomorrow is the big day!!! I'm so excited!!!! I have to spend the night in the hospital so I'll be checking back in Tuesday or Wednesday.

Cheers!

Good Luck...my insurance would only approve out patient surgery so I will be home tomorrow sometime. Surgery is at 12:30.

See you in bandland......:clap2::clap2::clap2:

Hello everyone, hope all the fellow bandsters are doing well so far. I don't get banded until Thursday, may 25th but I've decided to start with walking. With that said, I've been walking 2.5 miles for the past three nights but because my legs are so fat, my thighs rub together and I've developed a rash. Does anyone know what could help with this. I really dont' want the rash to mess with my ability to walk. I thought I read something somewhere that said rubbing baby powder before I walk would help but I'm not sure if my memory serves me right. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

cornstarch works great!

Hi all,

I had my surgery in Monterrey , Mexico on Thursday. I flew in on that same day. They did my preop and wisked me off to surgery. I will tell you I hate surgery because I throw up but this was by far the best experience I ever had. The doctor is Dr. Raul Chapa. He and his wife are partneres in practice. They speak english well enough. The hospital was out of this world wonderful. I was so well taken care of. I have no pain only a little soreness when I move just right. I flew home today. I stayed the first night in their beautiful hospital and then Friday night and Saturday night I stayed in a hotel near the hospital. I pretty much slept all day Friday and a good deal of Saturday. I had a terrible headache but I came to Mexico with one and couldn't shake it. I finally woke up late Friday and it was gone. Get this- my doctor came to my hotel room to check on me everyday. I'm sticking to liquids and Dr. Chapa isn't as strict about the coffee thing and I had an iced coffee today with skim milk. It was awsome. Well enough babbling for now.

Laurie