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My Surgery on 2/25!

Lori_K

By Lori_K, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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(Edit Note! OK, I'm anxious and nervous today, LOL . . . my surgery date is NOT 2/25, but 2/21 . . . I don't know why I put that! :) I couldn't edit the title of the thread . . . is there a moderator that can? Thanks! :()

Hi all!

Now entering the Band Land stage of my long journey! Woot!

I got my surgery time today - 8am, this Thursday, the first case of the day! I have to arrive at the hospital at 6am for all the admission stuff. That means I have to leave my house at 5:15am to get to the hospital . . . meaning up at 4am to shower! LOL I think I forgot to tell the hospital I'm sooooooo not a morning person, hehe. Not that they would care, but OY! I know I'm not going to sleep at all tonight. Since the hospital will be keeping me overnight, that means a somewhat long stay in the hospital for me. I'm guessing the surgery will be over by 10 am . . . and usually they "kick you out" (lol) of the hospital the next morning at about 11am. So I have a long time to recover in the hospital, a full 24 hours. Which is good I guess. I'll probably be sleeping (when I'm not walking) since I'm gonna be entirely too anxious to sleep tonight. I think I'll pack a book though, just in case.

I wanted to thank everyone that has given me support and advice, and for ALL those who have shared your stories, it has really helped me so much. I think I'm worried most about the pain (I'm a big baby, I know, lol) because when I had my gall bladder out (done laprascopically), I woke up in horrible pain. It felt just like a mack truck slammed into my stomach. It was awful. The recovery nurse was right there giving me morphine, but oy, it took awhile to get that pain under control. I just don't want to feel that again. If I can get through the pain after waking up from surgery, I think the rest will be ok. :wink2: I hope I have a better "pain report" to post here . . . not one like my gall bladder surgery!

Well, enough rambling from me for now. When I get home and I'm finally banded, I will post in this thread . . . kinda my own little journey here. So many of you have been wonderful inspirations in sharing your stories, I hope to follow in your footsteps by sharing mine!

Congratz to all those who have already banded this week, and God Bless and be with those just entering Band Land! I look forward to sharing our experiences!

Just keep swimming all! :)

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marathinner    1

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Lori...I will sooooo be thinking about you!! You are going to do awesome. Honestly, don't be worried about "pain". It's more like "discomfort". I had my gall bladder out too and this was a total piece of cake compared to that. You will be in good hands at the hospital and if you do find yourself in pain they will be able to easily control it. I'm so excited for you. Can't wait until you get to this side.....it's so amazing!! Good luck and give us an update when you feel up to it. But most importantly...JUST KEEP SWIMMING..lol!!

Warm hugs,

Amy

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JaxBandster    11

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You will do great!!!! I also had laproscopic gall bladder surgery and was in a lot of pain when I woke up. It really hurt and I was no way ready to go home when they wanted me to that same evening. This was MUCH easier. While I was sore, I was in much less discomfort than the gall bladder surgery. I had no trouble getting dressed and riding home only a couple of hours after my surgery. So this will be a breeze and you will be back with us before you know it!!!!!

Soooooooo...............just keep swimming!!! (and walking!)

Hugs!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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