Lilpeach_059

Hi, Im doing ok...waiting for my second fill. Looks like your weight is just falling off...congrats!!

My port incision hurt worse than my other incisions, but I had an infection and flipped port. My pain (which wasnt relieved by pain meds) was from the pressure of fluid built up at the site.

When I went for my 1st fill, my port was 50% flipped. I think it is completely flipped now, and when I go for my second fill he will repair it if it is.

My NSV, I bought a pair of size 12 jeans for later...and I tried them on and they fit NOW!! Im 9 weeks post op and started off at a size 16. The size 12's are really snug, but I cant believe I can get them on (buttoned and zipped )!

Well add me to the list. I got my period the day after surgery (7-23-09), and I am a few days late (never happens because Ive been on and off bc pills for years)! I have PMS symptoms also and feel like my period will come on any second now, but it has not. Glad im not alone!

No they will not and probably should not since the surgery is elective and you would be sedated and I do not think that would be healthy for a embryo/fetus. Also your post-op diet would be limited (no good nutrition for baby), your incision(s) will need to heal and with your abdomen expanding that wont help. Also morning sickness might cause your band to slip. There are many reasons why it should not be done, and I do not think any surgeon would do it.

Hi, Anyone that has been approved and is 100lbs overweight and has a comorbodity, what was the procedure for informing tricare of the comorbidity? I heard that the person from the surgeons office will call you and ask, and if you say yes then thats it. If this was true for you please post your experience here! thanks!:smile:

I am almost as young as you, and I too want kids in the future but I dont have a medical condition that would prevent me from having kids later...id probably rather have them early (after im married and more stable) though. My surgeon told me to wait at least 18 moths, but I agree with everyone else as far as just asking your surgeon. You have probably asked him by now though! What did he recommend and if you dont mind discussing your medical condition that would be nice. I just recently started having symptoms of a medical condition that might affect my fertility so im just looking for more info.

Not pregnant but my approval was good for at least a year, and my testing and clearances were all 18-20 months old and I was still approved. I did not have a required 6 month supervised diet though.

My doc required overnight, and I was more than happy to stay because I was already very nervous about the procedure and I would rather be at the hospital and something go wrong vs being at home at something happen. Turns out I had/have a hematoma at my port site and I had some difficulty breathing. Luckily everytime my numbers got too low, an alarm (beeping) would go off (and usually it went off when I fell asleep), so I would just get up and walk around a bit and that would do it. But the overnight stay was I guess added security for me.

bostonlady, so far my only complaint is that my port site is slightly noticeable. I did/do have a hematoma at my port site so i know i need to give it a few more weeks to let the swelling go down. But other than that, so far so good!

I am on day 20 of 21, of full liquids, you guys are lucky!

Have you tried surgical weight management of decatur ga?

i hope this isnt too much of a silly question....but ive never had a surgery like this before & i was wondering if my tummy is suppose to be swollen. its been like 12hrs since surgery and my tummy is swollen especially where the port is. the surgeon will be here in a few hrs & i will ask him about it but i wanted to ask u guys first... and ill try a search while im waiting on respones.

Thanks! The other incisions are almost healed...just this stinkin hemtoma. Im glad you are doing ok, thanks again!

I wish they would have offered to drain mine!!! The pain was unbearable at first...triple the pain from surgery!! I think mine is done leaking (7 days later) but I still have this orange/yellow discharge....spoke with surgeon over the phone and he said it was just old blood. Im not too sure about that...but he did give me antibiotics so thats good. Now im afraid my incision is going to open up even futher because its constantly wet (from blood) and the glue that was holding my incision together slid off from being wet all the time. It is slowly stretching open but i hope all goes well.

I guess i should put an update here! Turns out i had/have a huge hematoma. I knew something was not right....I had surgery on 7.23.2009 and I noticed the swelling the first time i saw my belly. I was generally swollen but my port site was huge...enough to make people think i was secretly pregnant!! I did try to ask around here but I was on morphine (stayed overnight at hospital) and I know my questions were not descriptive enough! So i had the swelling but no brusing. Everytime i would get full or get gas It felt like the two largest incisions were going to just burst open! I would hold my stomach (reduce the tension/gravity) to alievate the incisions. I returned to work 9 days post op and at ten days post op i began to feel like a train hit me. I could hardly walk or speak and finally my port incision started to leak and now i have some relief. Today is thursday and i have been bleeding nonstop since late sunday/early monday..but the pain is gone. My pain was so bad that hydrocodone did nothing for me!! Im losing so bad much Fluid that i lost 3lbs in two days! But its all old blood not active bleeding. So if you know something is not right...it probably isnt. My surgeon kept sending me home until i showed up bloody and hunched over and not able to walk...then he admitted something might just be wrong. Thanks for reading...i know i can sometimes be too longwinded!!!

Its probably not on there because they have not completed it yet. I cant see then denying a referral except for wanting to see a surgeon outside the network. I would recommend you choose your own surgeon because that way your have more control.