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Ok, I have a question Since yesterday I'm having trouble burping, I feel a lot of discomfort, and is hard to burp. Also, I feel like I have a lot of restriction, like the first days post-op. I need to chew, chew and chew. If I don't chew well, it hurts when it goes down. Anyone knows what it could be??? <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

It is! Thanks a lot. It is exactly what I'm feeling. Is more like a pressure than painful, but it can hurt a little bit. It's like I want to burp sooooo bad but I can't. Hopefully it will last a couple of day like yours.:nervous

Ok, I have a question:confused: Since yesterday I'm having trouble burping, I feel a lot of discomfort, and is hard to burp. Also, I feel like I have a lot of restriction, like the first days post-op. I need to chew, chew and chew. If I don't chew well, it hurts when it goes down. Anyone knows what it could be???:help:

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Can you belive we were banded the same day and I have to wait till July 2 for my first fill:phanvan :cry :think :faint: I'm soooooo sad:cry

Hey! Cheer up! My first fill is on JULY 2!:faint: And I was banded on April 4.:cry I'll need a lot of cheers when everyone here goes for the first fill, and I still have to wait. I think I'm going to be the last one to get the first fill.:think

I'm sorry I didn't receive the email. I missed the monthly meeting too, the weather was awful that day. I can't beleive I need to wait 90 days for 1st fill:faint: Let me know if you get it sooner, so I can call and ask for one:omg: I was banded the 4th, so imagine I'm sooo ready for that fill.

Hello househuntress, I'm glad to know that you are feeling good:biggrin1: I have a question, How is it that you are getting a fill before the 90 days, that the Doc. says:confused: I need to know, I'm feeling hungry already, but with the doc. I'll have to wait till July 2nd for the first fill:help:

Thanks for the advice!:nervous The gargles that my Dr. prescribed are pretty much that mix that you are saying with something else. I'm feeling much better today:clap2: And for those complaining about having the first fill 5 or 6 weeks after surgery, guess what I just found out today: MY DR. REQUIRES 90 DAYS AFTER SURGERY FOR THE FIRST FILL!:faint: NO EXCEPTIONS:cry :phanvan :eek: :angry :tired Whatever:tired My first fill is schedule for July 2nd. I have no restriction now so imagine then. I guess I'll have to go on a diet:eek:

Ok, I'm sick:sick I had a hard time sleeping last night, I woke up every 2hrs. with pain in my throat and also feeling it very tight. I couldn't go to work today so I went to the doc., and I have a very agressive streph throat:cry He gave me an antibiotic shot on my butt:kiss , and prescribed liquid antibiotic and gargles for the pain. I guess I'm still week from surgery, I went back to work Monday and was already sick yesterday.:tired I can't eat b/c of my throat not my band. Take good care of your self before and after surgery. It might seem a simple proccedure but still is surgery. I'm going to sleep now, I'm sooo tired from last night:notagree

Call your insurance to make sure they cover WLS. Some employers won't include any WL treatment when they get insurance packages for their employees. The only way to know is by calling the insurance and ask if they cover bariatric surgery and make sure they cover the lapband. Also, ask what are the requierments for approval. Some insurance requier 6 month supervised wl program, pshyc. evaluation, nutritionist consults, sleep tests, etc. Then you should attend a few different seminars from Doc. in DFW, there are a lot. Mine is Dr. Carter in Arlington, and so far so good, I really like him and his staff. Go to www.lapbandsolution.com and www.aigb.com Here you can find Docs. in DFW, dates for seminars and a lot of FAQ. Hope this help good luck:D

Heyyyyyyy Laura!!!!! I din't realized that YOU ARE BACK!:clap2: Welcome to bandland:D The pain, the pain:sick it feels like you have a knife in your stomach, I know. You are going to feel better before the week is over, trust me. Walk a lot, rest a lot:notagree Your sore throat will be better by tomorrow. My sore throat is b/c I'm getting sick:sick . I'm going to the doc. tomorrow, I'm afraid that I have strep, so I need to take care of that since I'm still recruparating, I don't want the infection to go in my insicions. I hope you feel better by tomorrow.

Any advice for sore throat? :sick Anyone?

Thanks Jennnifur! I'm going to check it out. I glad you are doing well, and you need an standing ovation for going back to work tomorrow:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: You are brave!:clap2:

Today I had: breakfast:11 oz protein shake(it takes me like 3 hrs. to drink it) lunch:3 oz cream of corn Soup w/1 tbs. chilli dinner: 1/2cup oatmeal and a pice of soft cheese I only eat 3 meals a day as per doc. No Snacks and a lot of Water. I'm doing exercise (walking 30 min.):clap2: I went back to work yesterday and now I'm feeling like I'm getting sick:sick with sore throat. I think I'm calling the doc. tomorrow. How is it going? How are you doing after your two long days?:phanvan

Thanks for the advice. Today I was thinking that I needed to do something about the water b/c I'm not drinking enough. I guess I go tomorrow and look for it, I also love the taste of Tang. By the way, it looks like you are doing great, Teachlady, no complaints and always happy:D I went back to work today, and I feel great the whole day. The best thing is, at school (i'm a teacher) they don't know that I just have the lapband, and two of my co-workers told me that it looks like I'm loosing weight:clap2: I told them that I was trying a new diet:heh: .

No pre-op diet for me. I don't know why but it's very different; from some docs. who tell you to go on a liquid diet for one or two weeks, to the ones that won't put you in a pre-op diet what so ever. I took 1 1/2 week off work, and I stongly recommend you to take at least a week. You are going to feel a lot of discomfort and very tired that first week. I didn't stay overnight at the hospital, mine was an outpatient procedure, and I stayed at the surgery center for around 4 hrs. Good luck for you next week, I bet you can't wait:D

Hello Kity, I was banded a day after you, I'm a teacher as well, and I'm going back to work tomorrow too:cry I'm feeling great, so I think I'm ready to go back, besides I teach pre-k and have the best teacher aide in the world to help me out. What grade you teach? Did you tell the administrators that you were having Lap-band surgery? I didn't, because I think they might get mad at me for taking time during the school year and not waitting for the summer vacation, but I need it to do this now, so I did:D They think I had a hernia surgery:heh: Good luck tomorrow and let me now how your day went. Good luck to all of you to be banded tomorrow, I'll keep you in my prayers:)

I'm going this month to the support group to give it a try. We can meet there if you decide to drive the 2hrs. I don't blame you if you don't. Where do you live? I live in Arlington so I'm like 10min. from doc. office. Are you feeling better now? Everyday I feel soooo much better, I'm close to feel normal again.:clap2:

I'm glad to hear that you are well now. We have the same Doc., but apparently the process was easier for me. I had a very smooth process from begining to end. I agree with you that people should take more than a week to go back to work. There is a lot of discomfort and you are always tired. I took 1 1/2 week off, I'm going back to work on Monday, and I think that I'm ready, I have my strength back, and the pain in the port area is minimal. Welcome to banland, and you will feel A LOT better afer a whole week. Keep on walking and rest a lot.

Good luck Chica Chula and my prayers for you too.:clap2:

Walk in circles around the house its good enough for those first days. Sorry about the snow storm in spring:phanvan I'm doing just fine, getting better and stronger every day. I tool 1 1/2 week from work, I'm a pre-k teacher and I want to make sure that am ready to go back to the classroom. I'm returning to work on Monday:phanvan . The bad pain is gone, and now it my belly feels like when you sore like from exercise. When I go out for a while, like to the mall, I get very tired and need a nap.:notagree You are taking less than a week off work, hopefully you have a desk job, and still you can get very tired and the port area hurts a lot when you are sitting down for a while in front o a computer(use pillows). If you can, I would recommend you to take more days, at least a week. Now, once again good luck tomorrow, and post when you feel better to let us know how you are doing. Let me know if you have any questions, that I can help you with.

:gluck: tomorrow! I'll keep you in my prayers. After surgery rest a lot, and whenever you feel like, walk,walk,walk. Walk a lot, rest a lot, that would do the trick.

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Do I need to remove the steril strips over my insicions, or they will fall off:confused: I can't remember what the Doc. said, I guess I'll call him tomorrow:phanvan