skiddles

NO NO NEVER gulp! If I was to gulp it would have come back just as fast. I sit up and take slow drinks, when its starts not flowing smoothly, she backs off. With me I get a little less 'cause I have a tendancy to swell a little after a couple of days.

I have to drink water when I get a fill, it tells them how much fluid to put in. If the water gets hard to go down it's too tight, if it flows too fast, you need more.

My words exactly cowgirljane! I will never forget my 1st peek!

Glad your doing great! You must have had a team to get done that fast. The first couple days are rough then you'll start feeling human again! Keep posting! Sue

Yes my ps required it. I just got my last two tubes out so I can go get a fill tomorrow!

It's great when you can go back and see that others feel the same as you. Especially when you have issues!

Let us know how your doing! You'll do fine I try to write stuff down all the time on my thread 'cause I forget. I don't know if anybody reads them, they're there and I like to go back and see my progress.

Yeah! Both and final tubes came out today! Back and front are healing! I can take a shower and drive! Still no bending or doing anything to make me sweat. It was weird not having tubes I ended up pulling my underwear up over my belly. They look like granny pants. I still have a lot of swelling and dr said not to be upset over not being able to fit into my jeans. So all and all it's a good day and I don't feel so down in the dumps today!

Don't blame Scout, I believe that was me that made that statement. Since then, I've seen the same aweful hack jobs in the states. When I first started researching LBLs I saw alot of pictures of some really terrible jobs. So I revise my opinon that there are alot of terrible plastic surgeons. Sue Sorry if I offended anyone.

Good Luck! Hard to believe only 2.5 hrs, I just had the LBL and mine was 6 hrs

4 week update-Thought I'd be back to work by now, but I still have 2 tubes and a deep hole in my back. The real bummer is I tried to get into a pair of my jeans and couldn't get them up! I almost sat and cried. I'm bigger now than I was when I went in! Hope its all swelling. For sure the tubes are coming out Monday, or I'll pull the damn things out my self!

Glad your doing better. I can't wait to get to your point!

3 weeks out still have two drains for one more week. Somehow I split my back open about an inch, so that put me back to like the first week of not doing anything for the next two weeks. Except now I feel great and want to do stuff. Overall I'm doing good how's your progress going!

AJ I understand, I'm 3 weeks out from LBL and still have 2 drains, I busted open the incision on my back, and I still get light headed and dizzy if I stand up or walk too long. I feel like I'm the only one. Now I'm more restricted on movement than when I first got it. Keep me updated on how your doing! Sue

OMG! Last night we took my son and daughter-in-law out to Texas Longhorne Steakhouse, I got an appetizer, went down ok,I was so hungry I ate a roll, amazingly it went down ok(waited for the stuck feeling), got a steak and pulled pork combo, was gonna have a bite and give it to my husband, I ate some pulled pork (delicious) decided to eat one little piece of steak,(lapband and steak doesn't mix) ate the steak, it went down fine, Still waiting for the choking to start, nothing, so I ate some more! I ate half the steak! and the potatoes and greenbeans. Scary thing I wasn't full, I forced myself to stop eating. WELL! about 10 minutes later I got the worse pain since child birth, it was doubling over excrutiating pain! I'm thinking maybe I'm numb there too and couldn't tell I was full! I was up all night in pain! I had to take off the binder just to breath! Anybody else have that expierience?

I've gone through it all! I laugh at the splash I feel when it goes through!

Miss seeing your post sweetpea! How ya doin?

When I have restriction, everything I eat at one sitting could fit into a cup. It runs on the same theory as a funnel, you can only eat as much as the funnel holds, if you try to eat more than the funnel (pouch) can hold, you have overflow or throw up. If you eat something that doesn't fit through the hole, it gets stuck. Restriction is the size of the hole it has to go through. So without restriction (no hole) everything goes through.

Bands don't work like that, and when I had my LBL they changed my port and I lost all my fluid. So I have no restriction and can eat anything so I need to be careful,and you can't eat with water you have to wait at least a 1/2hr before drinking. My band Dr wants me to eat a little more now to regain some strength. So I'm watching everything. Last night was a special occasion and got carry away and decided to eat until I was full. Good thing I didn't. Painful lesson learned

Easier said than done. I was good the first 2 weeks after that boredom sets in,and things need to be done. So you try alittle bit and a little bit more. Especially when your by yourself and noone to stop you and you have a type A personality.

3 weeks today. Went to dr and took my binder off and somehow I had ripped a 1 inch long 1/2 deep gash in the middle of my back. Have no idea how I did it. My drains are still producing too much fluid to take out. So I'm at a two week set back. I'm so bummed. I was hoping to go back to work next week.

I am 3 weeks out from lower body lift, so I have to wear an abdominal binder.

1 day shy of 3 weeks, still have 2 drains producing about 50ccs each daily. Felt really good the other day, went walking around the flea market and the grocery store. Still get tired easily. Got half way through the store and got severely light headed and had to sit down. Today I feel like I've been run over. I can't understand why I can't stand in one spot for more tha a couple minutes with out getting dizzy. Having a little issue with my belly button. It keeps oozing. Can't wait till I can put some real pants on with out it looking like I have a huge set of balls! There's no where to hide them! Ugh! Just getting restless and very bored. Thank God for these forums and facebook or I'd go insane!

How long did you wait between surgeries?