:smile2: I went in for BAnd surgery Monday and woke up to find out NO BAND doc had some compications with my liver and after all the cuts all the pains... Im sitting here in my room with no band. He wants to wait 3 months and put me on a high protien diet and go back in If i feel still like I want to do this.. Im sooo bummmed I am depressed and I want to crawl into a hole.. ANY SUGGESTIONS..? ANYONE HEARD OF THAT..??? :smile2:

pnuts mom,

Hi,

I was reading your posts and wondering how you are doing?

I hope you move forward and do get the band BUT I think you need to find a new DR. My Dr would not touch me until I got my BMI under 60 I had to lose over 40 pounds before they would even give me a surgery date. The reason was because he didn't want to get in there and not be able to band me. Didn't your doctor make you go through all kinds of other tests with other specialists Like Cardo, Pulminary, Nutritionist, Phycologist, hemotoligist...

I was on protien shakes for 3 full months before my surgery to get my BMI done and my liver size down.

Please elt me know ho your doing. The band is a wonderful tool! I love mine...most days lol

Good luck!

I am glad I am reading this because I am on the pre-op high protein diet and am waiting for surgery to be scheduled. I am worried about my fatty liver(non-alchoholic) with scaring and they said this diet will shrink my liver. I feel slight pain under my rib cage right now. It could be all the gas this diet is creating too. I won't complain so much about my diet if it shrinks the liver so the doc can get at my stomach.

I think the ability to move the liver is surgeon specific; sometimes it has to do with band experience. I gave my surgeon my concerns about my liver and if it would be "thin" enough...and he told me that he's done over 500, and that he's never had an issue.

After surgery he said, "see, I told you--no problems! Your liver looked good!" and all I had done was a week of "sort of" low-carbs. :cry_smile: I hope that you've had surgery rescheduled!!

well I have been on liquid Protein Diet for 7 days now taking 150 grams of protien.. they are going to try the surgery again on Monday 12/15.

I have had frontal headache for days...

Im so in need of 30-32 clothes / 5x I just am anxious.

Good Luck tomorrow!! I am sure all will go just fine this time! I will be thinking of you and can't wait to hear how you do!

Best Wishes

Wow Juli, you are such an inspiration...your weight loss is nothing less then spectacular!!

Juli has a really good point. I've been visiting this site and reading everything I can get my hands on regarding LAP-BAND®. Plus, I attend local support groups for pre and post op bandsters. My surgeon was SHOCKED at the questions I asked him the last time I was in. He told me "You've been doing your homework".

I'd take Juli's advice to heart pnuts, I read her posts frequently and find her suggestions are always right on the money.

I totally agree. Just think of these three months as enough time to gain the additional tools to be successful! Awesome Juli!!:thumbup: