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I was banded 15 days ago and everything seems to be going well, however, I am finding that I am REALLY having a hard time getting back into the groove of things, both at home and at work. I don't think it's a depression but I seem to just have no attention span and just feel "weird" it's something that is hard to explain or put into words. The best way to describe it is I just feel "off"-- not myself.

Anyone else experienced anything similar?

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Your body just went through a major jolt. Surgery for one. Anesthesia, massive reduction in calories, no sugar, no caffeine, large amounts of Water, liquid diet. Your body is in mild shock. Give it some time.

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Tina,

Boy do I hear you! I have been looking through the site today to see if anyone else also was not as perky and normal as they were before they were banded. I was banded on the 13 and am still just plain worn out! I am a stay home mom, so there is no demands on me to get up and go to work, but on Monday I started getting up again to fix Breakfast for my son who is a junior in high school. It use to be I was up before him and was doing stuff, but now, I feel bushed and may take a few bites of yogurt and then go back to bed. I feel lethargic and not myself at all! yesterday was my first trip into town to run errands and the pain in my left shoulder was so bad by the time I got home, I was crying on the way. This is not what I had expected at all! My port area is still quite tender, enough that I can not sleep on that side and my jeans really seemed to irriatate it yesterday. Guess I was imagining being up and at 'em a few days after the surgery with minimal pain and lots of energy. BTW, I am 43 and did have bronchitis and the beginnings of pneumonia in November and December, and my husband thinks that I was just so worn out from that, that my body is just taking longer to bounce back from all that has happened to it. I just have always been a very energetic person( who loved to eat!) and this is NOT what I want to feel like! I do know that if you are not getting enough hydration you will feel dizzy, so could that be some of what you are feeling?

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Nope no pain meds. I do think the lack of caffiene might be part of the deal - I was a 4-5 cup a day/morning coffee drinker

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Did your doctor tell you no coffee? Mine said I could drink it just fine after surgery.

I had the same problem with fuzzy head after surgery. I think it was due to the anaesthesia. I even drove off the road a couple weeks after surgery--just kind of lost it for a second and bam! I was up over the curb and sitting in the middle of a traffic island. Had a hard time explaining that one to DH. It does go away after a while.

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coffee could definitely be your change, if you were a big coffee drinker. I think I was a bit lethargic for a longer period of time, but I took the pain meds after the fact due to pulling muscles.

My doc said no coffee or tea, cause it can dehydrate you. Initially I stuck to it, but I gave up my 6-12 cans of Mt. Dew daily.. and a month or so post-op I started drinking coffee just to get a caffein boost.. and I drink tea regularly now. I think it affects everyone different, but that stuff doesn't bother me.

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