OK, one week banded!!!! Yeah, I survived that first week . I found out I am a real wimp cause I have been in quite a bit of pain up to day five or six. still not feeling like a million bucks or anything so hats off to all of you who are back at work three days out. LOL... that's not me!!!!

OK, the question.....

how long do the stri-strips take to start peeling off? i have showered several times, bathed once, and seven days out, they aren't even turning up at the corners. I think they are super-glued to my skin (just kidding..). shouldn't they be peeling off soon?

As for other one week stuff.....no hunger at all. In fact, I am having to make myself drink broth and protien drinks. feeling no hunger at all. having no problem sipping all my water though. I am down 20 pounds from pre-op diet and this week. 10 from pre-op diet, 10 from this week. although I think most must be fluid cause I can't see where 20 pounds is missing from anywhere!!! LOL.

Nita

anyone?

I just don't know if I should take the strips off if they don't start to come off soon or just leave them alone. I thought I remembered people talking about scabs and such at 7-10 days ..... I still have the strips but it looks a little wet under there, no sign of the strips coming off or of scabs.

I had steri-strips a lot when I had another abdominal surgery. You need to ask your doctor what to do. I was told shower, no baths, pat dry, and he wound up taking them off at my re-check. All docs have different protocals, so you really need to ask him/her.

My doc said to let them fall off on their own, and if they didn't he would take them off on the first visit. All but one of mine fell off!

Mine were like yours....I thought they would never come off. It took about 10 days and when the corners started coming up I couldn't help myself...I had to mess with them until they came off. By then the incisions were pretty much healed.

Mine did the same thing. It took forever and I think the last one didn't fall off for 2.5 weeks! I would just leave them alone for now.

same thing for mine also. My incisions did not bother me at all but

i haave sens. skin and the steri strips made me break out.

I could not stand it any longer and finally started peeling them off myself. My dr said it was fine after i told him what I had done...

Mine come off in hospital - but the nurses said to take them off because they don't like to leave them on now.... It is amazing the different things we get told from different doctors etc!

I had my first post op visit today 8 days out and my Dr. was kind enough to rip them off for me..ouch..

Mine starting coming off after about 10 days and then I helped them along. I was banded by Dr. Spivak on 6/1/05.

is it the norm to have a post-op appt. at a week? mine isn't for five weeks???

My first post-op appt was at 4 weeks. And then monthly after that.

I had 1 week post op appointment and then the next will be 6 weeks.

I took mine off the next day after surgery. No one advised me what to do and they looked nasty and a bit bloody so I got rid of them right away so that I could feel more sterile. It did not seem to matter.

I was a wimp too, and didn't feel well for about 10 days. Don't worry abot it. Everyone is different. We can be wimps if we want to!

Good luck on your weight loss goal.

Mine actually started falling off Tues of this week. (9 days post-op). Since then they have been coming off a few a day. I think I have about 5 or 6 left. When my first one come off, it wasn't completly sealed so I was told to cover it with a band-aid. It's doing better now.

I didn't start feeling better actaully yesterday was a very good day for me. I started back to work part time on Tues.

My doctor requires a 2 week post op appt. So I go this coming monday...then once a month.

I was the same as you eating when not being hungry but around Wed I found that I don't get as full with what I eat. So I am really trying to concentrate on the Protein right now. I see the dietician today so I am hoping she will help me out.

Good Luck...seems like we were banded @ the same time. June 13th for me. :-)

Down 25 pounds so far (from first visit with the Dr.)

I pulled mine off and made two of my insicions bleed from where I pulled on them.. and those two insicions have keloids (sp?) so maybe you shouldn't take them off until they fall off on their own.