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HAD MY BAND+Gastric Plication Weight Loss Surgery YESTERDAY

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judgememaw    2

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I had my band/plication 6 months ago and I felt weak and kind of yuk for a week. I am down 42 lbs now and only started having fills 3 months ago. I am at 5cc in a 14cc band. I have NEVER been sick or stuck and I feel good! I'm off diabetes meds and my sleep machine. Life Is good! Hang in there friend! It will only get better. If you have any issues let me know!

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katie1967    6

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Youre a teacher? Me too - english. Oo thats a good idea to set a goal for the next day, & if the kids force you into action well... what can you do!?

Its 1 week ago now..no pain no meds,no probs except...no poop. Seriously. Feel bloated and taken 2 lots of laxative now & still nothing. I guess a week of clear liqiids just makes pee & theres nothing to come out? Today i start a week of non Clear Liquids, Soups smoothies etc. Hopefully that should start something off.

Have you dealt with head hunger yet? Last night i really wanted a takeaway & a beer...even though i didnt. I can never overeat again. slightly scared about that.

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manofsize    12

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Youre a teacher? Me too - english. Oo thats a good idea to set a goal for the next day, & if the kids force you into action well... what can you do!?

Its 1 week ago now..no pain no meds,no probs except...no poop. Seriously. Feel bloated and taken 2 lots of laxative now & still nothing. I guess a week of clear liqiids just makes pee & theres nothing to come out? Today i start a week of non clear liquids, Soups smoothies etc. Hopefully that should start something off.

Have you dealt with head hunger yet? Last night i really wanted a takeaway & a beer...even though i didnt. I can never overeat again. slightly scared about that.

Hi, K. -- Yes, I'm a writing teacher (college). I have to teach for four hours straight on Tuesday and I can't wait. I'm going a little buggy (my surgery was on Monday). I did poop (my major accomplishment of July) and I wasn't expecting that! I don't know where that came from - oh, I know! 35 years of bad eating! And this is what my diet is now consisting of: Water Water water + coffee in the morning, Protein drink, creamed Soup for lunch, Protein Drink, cream soup for dinner, Protein Drink. And today I think I'll mix it up and -- do exactly the same. BORING. I could go see people, but why bother when I can only sip sip sip. I don't have head=hunger, but I have "memory" hunger -- like "it's 7pm, time for a burger and fries." Thank god I didn't drink or I know I'd be craving that. And we will be able to over eat -- and over-vomit. So we'll just have to pick one or the other. Does life sound grand?

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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
      A looong story short, is that an assistant surgeon that was in the process of accepting money from my insurance company touched me while I was under anesthesia. That is what the bill was for. But hey, guess what? Some federal legislation was enacted last year to help patients out when they cannot consent to being touched by someone out of their insurance network. These types of bills fall under something called, "surprise billing," and you don't have to put up with it.
      https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises
      I had to make a lot of phone calls to both the surgeon's office and the insurance company and explain my rights and what the maximum out of pocket costs were that I could be liable for. Also had to remind them that it isn't my place to be taking care of all of this and that I was going to escalate things if they could not play nice with one another.
      Quick ending is that I don't have to pay that $7,000+. Advocate, advocate, advocate for yourself no matter how long it takes and learn more about this law if you are ever hit with a surprise bill.
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Some days I feel like an infiltrator... I'm participating in society as a "thin" person. They have no idea that I haven't always been one of them! 🤣
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    • ChunkCat

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      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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