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Banded August 6, 2008 in Boston

Kerri

By Kerri, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Kerri    0

Kerri
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Hello - Just wanted to introduce myself to the August board. I just had the band surgery this past Wednesday, August 6, at B&W Hospital in Boston. On the pre-op diet I lost 23 pounds and I am down 35 pounds total so far... but still have a long way to go.

I am doing OK but the incisions are still sore. There are six of them and the largest one is not in the best area. I am out of work for about another two weeks so I have plenty of time to heal.

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krtork
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Kerri welcome! I was banded on the 5th and my largest incision is still sore, everything is starting to itch! Argh!

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mooster
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Hi, just wanted to introduce myself to all you other August bandsters! I live in the UK and travelled to Belgium for my surgery on Aug 6th. Each day it gets better, but like many of you the large incision where the "port" is stitched is still quite painful, BUT I'm so glad I had it done!!! Best wishes to you all, Kath.

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Hey everyone and Welcome!!

The reason your largest port is the sorest is because that is where a LOT of the more 'energetic' surgery gets done through....having seen a surgery done, I can understand why the port incision hurts the most! They pass the band through there and use that opening pretty much to place the port with their own two hands...well fingers!.

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Hey everyone and Welcome!!

The reason your largest port is the sorest is because that is where a LOT of the more 'energetic' surgery gets done through....having seen a surgery done, I can understand why the port incision hurts the most! They pass the band through there and use that opening pretty much to place the port with their own two hands...well fingers!.

Hi Roheryn,

Thanks for those rather gory details......really glad I didn't read that before I went!!! Mind you, saying that, my surgeon did have very small hands which is some consulation I suppose!!!:whatchutalkingabout Kath.

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Hi,

I had my band done on August 5th too (the 6th is my birthday) so it was my present to myself. My soreness is at the biggest incision too but just on certain movements and not all the time. I thought the biggest incision is where they put the band in and the port is lower down and not right under the incison. Does anyone else have thiers like this?

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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
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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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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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