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HELP!!!! I am sooooo hungry!!! I wake up hungry, I go to bed hungry and I snack all day. I had my Banding on 20/09/11 and am due my 1st fill this Wednesday morning. Is that what I need??? Is it just that I am due to have my 1st fill????

I only experienced VERY mild gas pain in my pain left shoulder and back. And I mean VERY mild..... panadol was all I needed over the 1st few days and not every 4 hours. I believe it is very important to get moving as soon as possible post surgery, even if it just a walk down the corridor of the hospital or around the garden once at home. I found movement after eating/drinking eased mine. Good luck....this is the best thing I have ever done, for me xx

I am a smoker.....who tried very hard to quit 4 weeks pre surgery, as instructed by my Surgeon. It was a pathetic effort really lol. I cut down, but never actually gave them up. As mentioned by someone else, my plan is not to have gone through all of this and then die from something I can change!!!! So, my plan is also to quit once I get my head around my new lifestyle and can start hitting the gym. I was originally banded on 15/8/11, but had a major slippage around day 4 post op....so was re banded on 20/09/11. All is good now! Good luck!!!

Oh I hear you......I have never burped so much in my life as I have since being banded. I was originally banded on 15/8/11, but it slipped after a stomach/gastro bug on day 4, and lots of vomitting. So, my 2nd op was on 20/9/11, and yep...... I am still burping!!!!! I also eat slow, and chew everything very well......so I am thinking it is just a 'thing'. Cheers,

Hello Everyone, I am very excited to have found, what appears to be, a really good chat forum for people like us lol I had my initial lap banding on August 15th, 2011. My Pre - Opti Fast Weight was 118.9kg. My surgery went really well and I was home by lunch time the following day. However, 4 days later I got a stomach bug and began vomiting....many times. Although this didn't seem to cause any initial issues, I awoke at about 3am the next morning with horrific right shoulder pain!!! I am not generally referred to as 'soft' but was walking around in tears. Of course, the conclusion was that I was having a bad case of the gas pain from the surgery. So, I took Tramadol and Ibuprofen (am allergic to Codeine) for the next 3 days until I went back to see the surgeon for my Week 1 Check. Week One Check The Dr advised me that it did sound like 'Gas Pain' and wrote me another script for Tramadol. Week One Weight = 109.4 I was floored to see that I had lost 9.5kg in just 3 weeks!!! The following weekend my partner and I headed to Melbourne for the weekend for his sisters 50Th. Luckily for me, still in stupid amounts of pain, my brother in law is a surgeon in Melbourne and after much discussions and phone calls to my surgeon in Adelaide, I was given a script for Morphine and an appt with my surgeon as soon as I got back to Adelaide. Seeing The Surgeon The Surgeon sent me straight in to get Blood Tests and Ultrasounds and Scans, which revealed that the and had completely slipped and part of my stomach had come up through the band. This was definitely caused on Day 4 when I was vomiting!!!! So I am not a sook!! LOL. The placement of the band had gone from sitting nicely in a horizontal position with a pouch of approx an egg size, to the band sitting completely vertical and with the amount of pressure put on it from the vomiting, I ended up with a pouch about the size of a grapefruit!!!! There were concerns that there could have been damage to stomach, and that it could move more and block off my oesophagus completely!!! So, surgery was arranged for Tuesday 20th September. There was a high risk of stomach damage and that meant that the band would have to be removed, for now, while I healed....that was my worst case scenario. Surgery - Take 2 I was a lot more nervous the 2nd time around....More so the fear of waking up with the band gone!!! It had taken me about 5 years to finally have this done, and with the scales already giving me amazing results, having it removed was not an option I told the surgeon lol. I woke up so much sorer the 2nd time, but they used the same key holes as the first time and I needed to re heal internally again as well - Dr said this was to be expected! My Weight Today 30.09.2011 = 101.9 - Total lost, So Far = 17kg. Regrets = NONE. If anyone else has been through anything similar or wants to chat .... I am happy to share anything that may your journey easier. I am loving this!!!!! Have a great day. Cheers, Deb.

Hi Joan, It will be 2 weeks tomorrow since my second surgery, and although the healing time was a little longer this time than the first time, I am feeling really good now! Have you been getting the intense shoulder pain from the band slipping? My surgeon used the same incisions as the 1st time, so it seems a bit sorer initially but I am able to sleep on my stomach again, so sleep is amazing again lol. When are you scheduled to have yours re positioned? Where are you Joan?

Hi Megan I also felt EXACTLY the same as you are. I was 'banded' on 20th Sept - not quite 2 weeks ago, and although I had some drama's initially (the original band was put in on 15th August but slipped major due to a stomach bug I got and was vomitting on Day 4), so even though I have been through all of that, I have lost 17.9kg SO FAR and have NO REGRETS....that is more weight than I have lost in I dont know how long!!!! I hope you and your hubby stick together, how exciting going through this journey together.....I wish you both the best of luck.....and hope that you also feel this is the best decision you both ever made. Cheers, Deb.

Good Morning Everyone, I am from Adelaide, Australia. Was banded (2nd time - 1st one slipped majorly) on 20/9/11. Cheers, Deb.