Good morning all Im new to this site and its my first post

I just had my first visit with the Surgeon and he has told me im a prime canidate for the Lap Band , i just now have to get threw all the tests.

My silly question at the moment What does everyone suggest to bring to wear on the way home, I know my belly will be sore, so your suggest

i buy a pair of loose fitting Sweats of go the baggy Dress option.

Thanks in advance

Irishgirl:rolleyes2:

I wore a cotton sundress into the hospital, and wore it out of the hospital. Was very big on me, and felt like wearing a housedress, but it was put together to be a dress I could wear in public.

When I got home, I had bought nightgowns 2x sizes too big to wear around the house. Eventually, I wore baggy flannel PJ bottoms with them.

I wore an oversized knit dress, the kind with the empire waist & tie in the back (I just call them house dresses, but I see people wearing them in public) and those fugly "Croc" shoes. I wanted something where I could just raise my arms up & be dressed, and not have anything hitting on my staples. And shoes I could put on without someone having to tie them, or having to worry about wiggling into them like flipflops.

Thanks for the advice hopefully I will have the surgery in the warmer months right now im in New York city and it would be too cold to wear a sundress.

I have the fugly crocs also got a pair for Xmas My of My they are so comfortable I just love them Im wearing them in the winter with a thick pair of socks on with them.

In your oppinion which test did you have to take preOp that was the least

favoriable test ? :tongue2:( the Yuckiest ) Im stressing all the tests that have go be done.

Yet again thanks

Stretched out wireless knit exercise bra. Loose comfy panties below belly button. Loosest softest slip-on stretched out waist pants with loose warm top. It was cold and raining here in sunny San Diego. Blue skies now!

My surgery was in March and it was cold & snowy out, but I only had to be outside from door to valet, a total of about 30 seconds. :drool: The dress I had wasn't a sundress, it was a heavy knit with elbow legnth sleeves. Anyway - sound like I'm trying to talk you into it... I'm not.

In your oppinion which test did you have to take preOp that was the least

favoriable test ? :tongue2:( the Yuckiest )

Umm... I didn't really mind any of my tests. I just had to do the standard pre-op ones.

its not which test was the most unfavorable--it was so many so close together I did not know which end was up--and even though I wrote everything down, I did miss appointment--well I think a couple...or got there at the wrong time. I wonder if that says anything about the fat clogging my brain..oh well things are better now that I have taken off 140#..and best of luck- just take one day at a time, this is NOT a race. and Wheetsin--never underestimate the power of ONE stupid person, let alone a crowd of them LOL!!

well, getting on the scale was pretty tense! and the barium for terribly tasteless (learned I had a hernia from all the reflux of that delishiousness)

BUT... all this said the worst test was without doubt:

M A N O M E T R Y It was, as the doctor told me, harder than the surgery.

The surgeon didn't administer. I call the attending physician Dr. Sado-Manometry and cross myself everytime I see him at the clinic. He loves it.

First, he you have to take that awful lanocaine, then I learn I had a deviated (broken) right septum because it was so painful trying to shove the tube up; then I take lanocaine again, for the left nostril.

Then you feel it going down your esophogus and into the top of the tum tum. Yuck yuck yuck.

Then, tilted back, I get the first droplets of Water to test my swallowing.....down my TRACHEA, ie windpipe, and into the lungs.

I coughed for about 10 minutes...with the tube down my throat.

Good question. :tongue2::cursing::drool::cursing:

I survived. And other than an occasional soreness in the shoulders ("referred pain from the diaphragm," I was informed), I am doing and feeling GREAT!!!!

It was the agony.

Geez, I need to proof my messages. Sorry for all the inane verbage in my posting above. My excuse? No coffee for 12 days.

Why did you need esophageal manometry? Did you have known issues or complications prior to surgery?

Uhm yea, I didn't have any scary tests.

Sonogram, X-rays, pee in a cup, draw blood, that kind of thing. Then the psych eval, is the 'worst' test IMO. It was a lot of hooey. But nothing was so bad I thought anything of it.

this is the list I walked our of the first meeting with the surgeon

1. abdonmial sonogram

2. Upper GI Series

3. Echocardiogram

4. Nuclear stress test

5. pulmonary function test

6. sleep apnea Study or Over Night Oximetry

7. Endocsopy

8. Throid Panel

9. Pap smear

10.Mamogram

11. Letter of support from PCP

12. Meical clearance from PCP

13. Dietary Evaluation and Clearance

14. Psychiatric Evaluation and Clearance

enough to make your mind spin.

and this all has to be done before i can return to the surgeon office and then he will submit it to the insurance company and then after that i will get a surgery date.

another question

Whats the going prices for the Psychiatrist and Nurtiionist going for

i have been told by my insurance its not covered under my plan

Im so glad i have stumbled on to this forum , i learning stuff everyday here

thanks for being here

Good morning all Im new to this site and its my first post

I just had my first visit with the Surgeon and he has told me im a prime canidate for the Lap Band , i just now have to get threw all the tests.

My silly question at the moment What does everyone suggest to bring to wear on the way home, I know my belly will be sore, so your suggest

i buy a pair of loose fitting Sweats of go the baggy Dress option.

Thanks in advance

Irishgirl:rolleyes2:

I bought a couple of lounging gowns. One is sweatshirt material with long sleeves, high neck and floor length. I think I am going to wear that home from the hospital. As someone else said, I have to get from the wheelchair to the car and the car to the front door so no need to be stylish. I figure these and my flannel nightgowns will get me though the first few days at home. What I wear after that will depend on where my incisions are and how much they hurt.

I didn't have any particularly yucky tests, just the usual, EKG, pulmanary function, chest x-ray, stress test and gallons of blood for testing. I was surprised that I didn't have to have more tests but I'm ok with that. :smile:

i just wore a button down empire waisted dress. it wasnt big on me but it wasnt tight either.

I just wore regular clothes - sweat pants, a non-underwire bra, a t-shirt and a sweatshirt over that, and slip on sneakers. You'll have bandages over the incisions, so it shouldn't hurt.

All my incisions are above my belly button, so hopefully you don't wear your pants up that high.

When you contact the psychiatrist and nutritionist, tell them your insurance does not cover these services, and ask them if they will accept a lower price, suggest paying what the usual, customary and reasonable charge is that an insurance company would pay. Medical providers never get what they actually bill for from the insurance company, they are paid based on the usual, customary and reasonable charge for the service they are billing for. Good luck. It's worth a try to negotiate a reduced rate. :mad:

this is the list I walked our of the first meeting with the surgeon

1. abdonmial sonogram

2. Upper GI Series

3. Echocardiogram

4. Nuclear stress test

5. pulmonary function test

6. sleep apnea Study or Over Night Oximetry

7. Endocsopy

8. Throid Panel

9. Pap smear

10.Mamogram

11. Letter of support from PCP

12. Meical clearance from PCP

13. Dietary Evaluation and Clearance

14. Psychiatric Evaluation and Clearance

enough to make your mind spin.

and this all has to be done before i can return to the surgeon office and then he will submit it to the insurance company and then after that i will get a surgery date.

another question

Whats the going prices for the Psychiatrist and Nurtiionist going for

i have been told by my insurance its not covered under my plan

Im so glad i have stumbled on to this forum , i learning stuff everyday here

thanks for being here