kaninag

Some ppl consider being stuck a bunch of time over a 10 min timeframe a bit of a disaster...if you would have seen the bent needle when it came out of my stomach you would have been worried too.....but my story that I deleted was this ( I DELETED IT BC SNOWBRD WAS SO VERY RUDE IN RESPONSE AND I BELEIVED THAT PPL ARE ON HERE TO LEARN!!!!!!! not to be told their whining and so forth bc I was just trying to learn what to expect) Monday I went to my doc for 6 week eval he said lets fill and he was going to put 2 cc in my 14 cc band...no LUCK I was hurting BIG time after I left bc he tried for about 10 min or more to get my port and when he pulled the needle out it was all bent...I am a nurse and have never seen a needle bend like that...he said it was bc I had a lot of scar tissue there...so imagine how painful that was....he scheduled me for fluro and since it was so difficult to get he put in 3 cc instead of just 2.....he said I could go to a reg diet and not worry about liquids etc. I didnt eat until luch....I just drank Water all morning......so MY QUESTIONS WERE AS FOLLOW: 1. When I ate lunch there was NO restriction...is it going to be like this until I see him again in 6 weeks??? 2. Should I call him and see him sooner if I dont notice any restriction. 3. Anyone else had this prob and have to have fluro? I dont mind the fluro 1 bit...in fact I am glad that he used it bc it only took a couple of minutes and I got to see my actual port in my body..pretty cool.....SO I dont think I am whining when I express my concerns ABOUT MY BODY.....I am VERY happy with having the band and cant wait for pounds to shed.......SO PLEASE BE HONEST BUT KIND in your posts to ppl who have had a bad day.......you'll make them feel a lot better and thats what we're all here for is to help ppl and give them our experiences.....not piss them off so that they'll never come back here.

* I didnt have to drink anything!

Ths fluro was GREAT...1 stick and I could watch everything on the monitor. He didnt put me to sleep or anything...but I got a prescription from him the day before for numbing cream bc he spent 10 min trying to find the port the day before and my stomach was still really sore..... sorry i didnt constitute my concerns as whining snowbrd...

I cant wait until my first fill! I was banded 1/31/08 and go for my first fill 3/10...for a coupld of weeks after surgery all i could do on liquids was maybe 1/2 c now it back to normal eating..but i expected that..its hard explaining to everyone why i can eat pretty much normally everyone thinks that it is instant!!

Ok surgery was 1/31/08. I am now eating soft foods and doing fine. no problems going to the bathroom no problems eating BUt I am having pain in my left lower abdominal area??!! My port is over my bellybutton no problems with that....any ideas?????

started last week! I have more gas than usually but no probs with constipation.

Ok, so here’s my deal. Before surgery I would have a RedBull at least 2-3 per week. It really helps me get thru the day…well I haven’t had a RedBull since about a week before surgery and today I NEEDED SOMETHING…so even though I know carbonated drinks are a nono…I stopped and got a SUGARFREE redbull….took 1 little sip and well BIG mistake bc it was NASTY!!! So, whats a girl to do??? I NEED something for energy….I have been so fatigued and lifeless around 3pm everyday at work………HELP I NEED SOME ENERGY!!!!

sorry I put this is the wrong section...It used to be preop and postop section combined

I got my statement from my insurance company the other day and I thought that I would share the cost info that I got! This is a lot more expensive than what I thought it would be! According to my statement the total amount charged for my surgery..drugs and all $32,000.00!!!!!!! Isn't that alot??!!! I couldnt believe it!!! My portion :thumbup: $1100.00!!! Now that number is WAY less than what I was told so that part I am totally happy about

yeah I went the other day and got a chewable multivit. I tell you I think it was the stress of work...I got sick like a week after my surgery and I was trying to keep on working...I think all that just ran me down...I feel much better now...I will mention it to my dr when I go though....see if he thinks it anything to be concerned about esp if I start feeling bad again!!!!

That's crazy....insurance companies are so screwy!! Did they think the fills were gonna be done for free??? Oh no...you gotta learn how to self fill...at home!!!!!!:lol:

Growing up I always thought I was fat...Now that I look back at my pix I wasnt...I was a size 7/8 in high school...I might have been bigger than most girls but I wasnt fat. I'm tall so I always felt bigger than all the other girls! I started gaining my weight in college....before I knew it I had gained about 75 lbs. We ate out all the time because it was convenient. I quickly lost 45 lbs only to gain it back plus 25 more....I cant wait to get back to a size 7/8...well I'll settle for 11/12 PPL dont realize the nasty things they say...my greatgrand father saw me last year and I hadnt seen him in a long time and the first thing he says is..you sure have put on some weight since the last time I saw you...my bestfriends dad saw me for the first time in about 5 years last month and he said the same thing....I cant wait to here.....WOW Kanina what have you been doing you look smaller than you did in highschool!!!

Yeah I got my bill for mine today and it is from the hospital that I had it done at I would call them!

I dont know about you 4Jin but that B12 shot really made me feel better! I will def try the 5 hr shots...I have been seeing those everywhere and was wanting to try them...just hadnt.

* I got a B12 shot today...hopefully that will help!!!

I have been pretty impressed with empireblue. My doctor "waived" the psych eval and less than a week after submitting everything to insurance they said they needed it luckily i was able to get an appt superfast, the psych dr got my letter to them the SAME day that I saw him and I had my approval 4 days later!!! I had surger 1/31 and am doing fab!!

OUCH thats alot!! I had a dr's fee too but it was only $600. Actually, you know what...My insurance pays 80% plus I had to pay my deduct. I have only paid the dr $700 so far...and that included my $400 deduct. so I guess my doctors fee was only $300!!! And then I had to pay the hospital like $120 upfront since my insurance only paid 80% but thats all I have paid and I am 2 weeks out...No bills coming in yet Maybe you should shop around. I live in Alabama so I dont think you'd wanna travel that far. Good luck to ya!!

I cant sleep on my left side either...which sux bc thats my normal position. I keep wakingup in the middle of the night bc I have wandered over to my left side and it wakes me up....oh well!

Now I'm all worried....I took mashed potatoes and added a lot of water to them today...I had maybe 3 or 4 bites...It was really watery...so it was really nasty...but I started looking in the problems area of this forum and was reading alot about band slipping....my doctor told me that he does a lot to prevent that but Now I'm freakin out...bc I dont want it to slip....I can have full liquids but somehow feel that my watery mashed pots wouldnt classify.....am I stressin over nothing?? I'm just worried.

I feel a lot better today than I have....my big problem is "pressure" and STARVING!!! I over did it today bc I went out and getting in and out of the car really made my stomach hurt....I'm glad I took a week off of work. Where are you from? I'm on the east coast...good ole Alabama

I didnt expect to have any restriction after surgery. My doctor wont do a fill for me for at least 6 weeks...however...I'm thinking I amy advance to mushies a few days sooner cuz I cant take my stomach CONSTANTLY growling...it hurts.

Problem 1: Sometimes it feels like somthing is coming back up in my throat?? Is this the band slipping? It comes and goes and usually only does it after I get up from sitting or lying?? Problem 2: My steristrips are causing blisters....can these come off or do I have to let them fall off?? Any tips? Thanks, other than that I am doing really good...not so sore today...no nausea....

I called the docs office first thing this morning and the nurse said that its gas...she said you're not able to burp effectively and your stomach is inflammed and you had all that gas pumped into that that is what is causing the sensation. She said to get GasX pills and take 1 tab with meals and 1 at bedtimes...she said once the stomach inflammation goes down that the sensations will go away!!!

I was banded on 1/31 and the first few days I wasnt hungry...but since yesterday I have been STARVING!!!!!! I drink....growling...drink some more and more growling...I was trying to go to sleep last night and couldnt bc my stomach was growling soo much...and it really hurts!!! I NEED something with more consistency....I can have full liquids...but I tell you this sux!

The worst part for me was waking up after surgery and having the VERY STRONG urge to vomit. I guess they gave me something cuz it went away and I went back to sleep. I slept most of the day of and day after. My doctor gave me Lortab elixer and it has pretty much kept me comfy. The most pain I have had is when I didnt take any meds all day on postop day2 and I really tried to move around alot...but took some meds and was all better. I am now postop day 4 and if my incisions didnt itch I would be doing good :eek: