Hello, I am new to the Lap-Band world. I am in the begining stages of my journey. I have the class on August 19, 03 and am hoping to have surgery in November. I would love to hear from anyone who has had this done, how they feel, their weight lose and time it took, how long it took them to get back to work, desk job, and anything that they want to share with me. I am a single mother and am worried about having another surgery, but am more worried about living my life fat any longer. Also would like to hear from anyone that has had this done that had prior ab operations. I am really excited about finding this site and I really look forward to getting to know you all.

Hi momhapp!

I took 2 days off of work--spent Thurs/Fri in the hospital and came home Sat morning, went back to work Monday. I also had 3 small children to care for. It was hard, but not impossible. I was just sore and the medication really did help keep the pain minimal.

Good luck to you!

Robin

Thank you for the reply. That is what I am hoping for. with my work load I will not have time to do this until November and am planning on doing it over vacation.

May I ask how long ago you had this done and how your weight lose is going?

Also, is that post op program alot like that of the By-Pass? From what I have read about both of them, they seem to be a lot a like.

Has anyone had this done that has had several tummy operations before? I am worried that I will have to be swithed to conventional surgery.