Looking for anyone out there who would like to talk about their hospital experience, with regard to their lap-band surgery. The date for my surgery is February 6th. I'll be admitted through Day Surgery, and--due to insurance requirements--will have to stay over-night. It's been almost thirty years since I've actually had an overnight stay in the hospital. It will be a "first" for me.

Make sure you aren't dehydrated, that will cause a headache. Also it could be a caffeine headache if you are addicted to caffiene and haven't had any/enough.

I was going to say the same thing For me no headache is as bad as the dehydrated headache.

Drink some gatoraid It will rehydrate you fast or pedilite.

I had a headache after surgery too. Not terrible, but enough to make it hard to sleep. The nurses were very forthcoming with the pain meds, and the Lorri Tab helped, but I had to keep taking it all day and night.

Totally off subject, but oh well. I was just giggling Blund because of your location (near the pinky), my fiance is from near Detroit and he does the hand thing all the time:lol:

I was banded May 19 and stayed one night. I think it's good because they can give you pain and anti-nausea meds. I also had those leg thingys on that periodically squeeze your legs to keep the circulation going.

The only thing to complain about is once they told me I'd be discharged, I got dressed and sat in a chair for over an hour. I hadn't had any pain meds that morning and was really starting to hurt. My sister finally went to the nursing station and asked about my discharge. My nurse was working on the computer and said, "I've got the paperwork right here" and she got some paperwork from the end of the table. It was obvious she was working on something else and forgot about me. When she came in, I had to ask for a pain pill so I'd be okay for the ride home. Then the person who was getting the wheelchair disappeared for 15 minutes, so all in all it took well over two hours to get out of there once I was dressed. That was frustrating, but it's over now.

Healthy Grandma