Hi! This is my first time posting. I was just approved for LapBand and my surgery date is March 13th, 2008. My surgeon is Dr. Eid in Pittsburgh. I am a little nervous. I will have a 2 night hospital stay and be off of work for 2-4 weeks. Any words of wisdom or encouragment will be greatly appreciated.:eek:

Hello! We both got our surgery dates today....so I know how you feel right now. Best of luck on your journey!

Wow Inoh. A two day hospital stay and 2-4 weeks off from work? Is that typical? I am in the McGee program and I thought the overnight stay was one day and about a week recovery.

Welcome to LBT and congrats on your date! Every doctor is different so follow your doctor's advice. There is a lot of information on thise site, so sit a spell and read everything you can. Good luck and keep us posted!

Hi, welcome to LBT.

if you have a physical job, i can definitely see taking a few weeks off.

congrats on your banding date! like harley said, sit back and read all you can!

Hi,

I got my date of surfery last week. And is March 14th!!! I'm in TX but I think we can support each other in this life changing experience. I am getting more nervous by the minute and a little sacred... but I am really excited because I know that this is the best for me.

I will only spend a night in the hospital and be back at work after a week... but keep me posted on how everything is going...

Giselle

Congratulations on your surgery date. I know you are excited. I was ecstatic when I got mine. I am now 5 days post surgery and loving every minute of it. As for your hospital stay and time off of work, it is depending on your insurance. Some will allow you to stay longer and some MD's programs require you to stay longer. As for me, had my surgery had difficulties and if my surgeon would have had to open me rather than the Lap method I would have had to stay longer. My best friend and I had our surgeries together and our surgeon said he would approve us for up to 23hr stay for lap method if needed. We didn't need it. My surgery was at 6:00am and hers was at 7:00am. She went home @ 3:30pm that afternoon. I had a little more trouble waking up from anesthesia and I left that afternoon @ 5:30pm. Our surgery was 02/07/2008 and I am returning to work on 2/16 and she is on 02/19, just because she doesn't work weekends and gets Monday off for holiday. I think your time you take off all depends on you and how you feel and how demanding physically your job is. Our jobs are not too bad in that department. We are both nurses. Take your time. If your job is hard on you physically you need the time to heal. You don't want to risk a hernia. Best of luck. I am sooo happy you have your date!