Hey guys, I have a 20 month old little boy and i am just wondering how soon I will be able to pick him up, take care of him after surgery? I haven't even started the process yet, but I am trying to get all the info before hand. My husband will be able to help some, but he does not have a bunch of time to take off from work, so I am just wondering.

Thanks in advance!

Depends on how smooth your surgery goes, and how tough you are.

I read some surgery day stories from people who said, they were in extreme pain and yada yada yada. I had a prescription for liquid loritab which I never took. I didn't even take ibuprofen, tylonel, however you spell it, or anything. My experience was my surgery was equivalent to doing about 5000 situps. Very sore, but no pain. I was banded on a monday at 7 in the morning, the next morning hada checkup with my doc, then drove the 5 hours home, I didn't drive. Was back at work the next day. Don't get me wrong, you will be sore, you will be tired, you will feel drained, but I think alot of people on here are wussies.

If you are serioulsy considering doing it, get on with it. get a consult. I wasted ten years of my life being fat, and I'm pissed about it. By the time I was banded I had balloned to over five hundred pounds, which wouldn't be bad if I was nine foot six, but I'm five foot nine. At that point I couldn't walk more than fifty feet, or stand up for longer than a minute. This past week I walked between 2-3 miles everynight, and last night, friday, I walked 4 miles. I had some many issues going in to lapband in retrospect I probably shouldn't have done it untill I had thoes taken care of. However, if I can succed at this anyone can, if they try.

Good luck and get moving on it.

Thanks Indshark for your reply. I am going to get on with it because my want to be able to live my life and be there and do everything I can with my son. I am tired of feeling drained all the time!

I have a pretty high tolerance for pain - I think. Every procedure or surgery I have had I never take the pain medicine. I had a C-section with my son and everyone talked about how horrible it was - and it really was not bad for me. I didn't even take my pain meds after the epidural wore off. I know every person is different, but I usually tolerate things well. I wonder if Lap Band is comparable to having laparoscopic gallbladder surgery? I had gallbladder surgery and the main thing is the soreness.

The main thing is taking care of my son, I was worried about that. My parents passed away and so I really don't have anyone to depend on except hubby. I have a couple close friends that would help, but they have jobs and I wouldn't feel right about asking them to take off work.

Again, thanks for your reply and it sounds like you are on a great start to losing all your weight. I have been overweight for so long that I wouldn't know how it would feel to be at a normal weight..

Take care!