I am a 37 years old female that is morbidly obese that is thinking about Lap Band Surgery I have some questions about Lap Band Surgery my Questions are:

1.I am on medicaid and medicare Can Medicaid and medicare Pay if I have the Lap Band surgery?

2. What do I have to expect before Lap Band Surgery?

3. Do you Spend the Night in the Hospital After Lap Band Surgery?

4. What do I have to expect after Lap Band Surgery?

5. Do you get sick a lot from Lap Band Surgery?

6. Can you return to work the Next day after Lap Band Surgery?

If you know the answers to these questions please message me.mailto:CHANNING28105@LYCOS.COMmailto:CHANNING28270@GMAIL.COMmailto:CHANCHAN79@KITTYMAIL.COM

CHANNING

Hi Channing,

Welcome to Lap Band Talk! There are SO many answers to your questions that it would take a book to answer them all. Some of the answers depend a lot on what your surgeon does - whether you spend the night, etc. I don't think anyone would recommend going back to work the next day; I'd give it a week at a minimum. Of course, I'm not 37, I'm 56, and thought I'd be able to work on the fourth day. But I found that I really needed a week to recuperate.

Anyway, I'd recommend looking at a lot of different sites to get the information you need about the lap band in general. These are some I looked at:

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Coastal Center for Obesity, Gastric Bypass and Lapband Weight Loss Surgery in Los Angeles and Orange County, California

Obesity Help - Weight Loss Surgery, Obesity Support Groups, Obesity Forums, Surgical Procedures

The second one is my surgeon's web site, and he has some information you can download about the surgery, what happens before and after, etc. The first one is on the surgery itself by the makers of the Lap Band brand. The third one is just a general WLS website.

Then I'd just read, read, read all the posts you have time for. There's a lot of personal experience documented here on this web site. Jump in with specifics when you can; there's lots of people here who are willing to help.

Hope that helps!