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I am banded and home already!

adelarosa33

By adelarosa33, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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adelarosa33    0

adelarosa33
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So my surgery was yesterday 8/3 and it went well. I did the single incision lap band surgery and it doesn't look so bad. I hardly have any pain either. I am so happy to start this new journey! I wasn't nervous at all...even once I was in the operating room. I was excited. The Dr.s did a great job. I had broth and Jello so far...yummy lol! I was able to walk once the affects of anethsia went away, and I got up all night to use the bathroom various time without any help. The worse part was the nausea after the anethsia...after they gave me meds for that I was pretty good. My pain from a scale from 1 to 10 was about a 3 and not constant pain, just when i moved to certain positions. I am so glad I am over with the surgery, but I have a feeling that this was the easiest part lol...:blink:

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morphiend    0

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Congratulations!!! Thanks for posting. How encouraging that your surgery went well and you don't have much pain! Hope your journey continues to go well, keep us updated! :blink:

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Thanks Guys!! Good Luck on your surgery and keep me updated on how your doing! If i can be of any help let me know!!:blink:

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I'm so glad things went so well!!!!! Congrats! Keep us posted

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So glad you did so well!! I'm having the single incision too. Cannot wait for Friday to get here!

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tripletmomma2000    3

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Congratulations!!!!!!!

I'm so glad to hear that you're doing well, and feeling groovy!!

hugs,

Karen

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formerfatchick    1

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AWESOME !! I'm super glad to hear that you're recovering so well !!:) Keep us updated

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adelarosa33    0

adelarosa33
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Thanks everyone for all the great support!! Good Luck to those whose surgery is comming up soon!

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LL67    0

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Hi everyone - Congratulations Adelarosa on making through the first part of your journey successfully! Good to hear its not so bad and that you are fine! :)

Hey, what is the single incision thing, I thought they need to make a few little incisions? I have a final appt with my doctor tomorrow, guess this is something I need to ask about!

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I was banded on the 3rd too, and I didn't really have any pain either. I am glad that it is over and ready to get on with the weight loss.

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mommyx2    0

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i enjoy so much reading these posts.. i will be banded on monday the 10th... i hope my experience is as good as yours :tongue2: congrats!

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Congrats on becoming a bandster! Where did they make your incision? Is it by the belly button? I think the single incision thing is cool, but I am not worried about it because a couple scars will go blend in nicely with my stretch marks.. lol. Congrats again and hope you heal fast!

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Congrats! Glad all went well and your feeling well.:ohmy:

Patti

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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.

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        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.

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