Who would have thought that only after 4 months, I will be be under the knife again - but this time for an appendectomy.

Monday - I started having this uncomfortable tummy ache, more of like an extreme gassy bloated feeling, that you know you can expel later on. This lasted for 3 days, and I tried all types of remedies -- antacids, tums, peptobismol, etc.

Thursday - the pain started to feel like muscle pain - the same feeling you have post-workout after not going to the gym for a long time. This alarmed me, and the first thing that came into my mind was SLIPPAGE! I thought these were symptoms that my Lapband slipped!

I immediately scheduled a meeting with my Lapband doctor, and he checked the position of my Lapband via Fluoroscope. He said everything is ok, and the band is in place. So he said this might be just minor muscle pain, and he gave me some paracetamol which I can take when needed.

Saturday morning - The pain got worse, and now I feel the pain is more concentrated at the central and lower-right part of my abdomen. I also started to have low-grade fever, and i became really nauseated.

My family brought me immediately to the ER. After some physical tests and a CT SCAN, they found out I have appendicitis. I was operated on Monday morning, and they did a laparoscopic appendectomy, which added 3 more holes on my abdomen.

Recovery was longer than my lap-band operation, and I stayed at the hospital for 5 days.

One thing to note was this appendectomy was done by another doctor, and in another hospital. But my lap-band doctor was very supportive all throughout, and he even offered to talk to my current doctor so they can properly plan the whole operation - without doing anything bad to the lapband. My current doctor was very careful not to hit the lapband, especially the port and the tube.

I am slowly going back to normal day-to-day life, and this whole ordeal even fast-tracked my weight loss! I am now 2 lbs shy from my 1st BIG GOAL - 100 LB Weight Loss!!