I just had my lapband surgery on December 21, 2006. I lost 29 lbs on the preop diet. I had to be on the protein shake, Myocel, for four weeks instead of two due to the size of my liver. December 5, 2006 was a failed attempt due to liver bleeding and softness. I am now two weeks post op and I so miss chewing!! But not enough to vomit, trying to keep that to a minimum--not fun. My port site is very sore and so is my left side of my abdominal wall. I have found that my massage chair/recliner is my friend. I have been on a diet since I was eleven years old and I am now thirty six years old. I am in excess of four hundred pounds so you see how effective the dieting has been. I appreciate the helpful threads and the blatant honesty that I have seen on this site. Oh by the way, Dr. Frank Felts in Richardson, Texas did my surgery. Very good bedside manner, which coming from me is saying alot because most doctors tend to veiw gargantually obese people with revulsion and distaste. What happened to the Hippocratic oath! Psychological damage is doing harm too, MD.:heh:
