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Only three more days to tolerate the pain and complication this (#)% lapband has caused for the last three years. The removal and revision to RNY is on 06/01/16 and I CAN HARDLY WAIT!!! I thank everyone who posts on this forum for providing the insights, traumas, and laughter that has helped me through the last stages of this process. Though I lurk more than I write, I have gotten so much great information from all of you, information I needed to make this a smoother transition. The next step will be tough, and I really hate pain, but reading the stories you've shared gives me comfort and hope. See you on the other side! Rosie

I FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS!!! I'm glad you're feeling better, too. Still some swelling in the abdomen so I have not fully realized the feeling of absence I am anticipating with the band gone but there's no more spasms and pain in that area. I am grateful and happy! My doc wants 60 grams of protein a day - a difficult task with so little to eat - but I have found a few things that help get me almost there. I found a packaged Protein Drink with 30 g protein that is actually pretty good, Premier Protein makes it and it's available pretty much everywhere. I also nurse an Atkins Lift protein drink, which is pretty good for hydration as well as protein intake, with 20 g protein. I make my own yogurt so I know I'm not getting all the sugar and other crap in the processed, ready-to-eat brands, and mix in a little stevia and vanilla, sometimes cinnamon, too, for a nice little treat. I have this new love of cottage cheese, which I didn't think I even liked before, and 2-3 tbsp fills me up completely. I try to vary what I eat but I have tried to create a regular eating time, too. Eating 3-5 a day is a new habit I have to establish. I've been given permission to try a few things. A good deli ham and cheese sliced really thin, rolled, is one. I requested very thinly sliced so my ham is 4pc=2oz and cheese is 3pc=.75oz. I ended up eating just 1 1/2 rolls and I was full. I was also able to add a scrambled egg but that really didn't sit well at all. Very uncomfortable feeling after eating it so I won't be doing that again soon! I understand some foods are not going to be the same as pre-surgery, with the new anatomy rejecting some things that didn't give me any problems before. I'm good with that. I'll try eggs again in the future, maybe. I STILL have not needed my blood pressure medicine, with my numbers well below the 120/80 that is 'standard.' I take it several times a day to track and am just astounded that, so far, it seems to have corrected itself. When I ate the ham I thought it would skyrocket (I'm highly salt-intolerant), but it didn't inch up at all. I also track my food intake and exercise (I'm walking in the gym 3-4 times/week) on another site (am I allowed to provide website info that's not BP?). The byproduct of all this is I'm down 17 lbs since surgery date! I couldn't be happier and I feel physically well. Keep me posted on how you're doing and share success tips.

I had my surgery one week ago today, was discharged Friday and back in the ER on Sunday, for 9 hours for dehydration. It has not been a good week. I'm regretting this. I hope better days are ahead. Sent from my SM-N920T using the BariatricPal App I had my surgery one week ago today, was discharged Friday and back in the ER on Sunday, for 9 hours for dehydration. It has not been a good week. I'm regretting this. I hope better days are ahead. Sent from my SM-N920T using the BariatricPal App Oh, I do hope you'll begin to feel better. My Dr put a real fear in me about dehydration. He asked me to keep a log showing I was sipping Water that first day - 1 oz every 15 minutes I was awake, 2 oz days 3 and 4. It was difficult, both to remember to record it and to get that much in, but it made the first few days better, I'm sure. I hope you're on the mend now and feeling better. This is major surgery and we can't expect it to be flawless, even when we follow orders. Feel better.

Hi daisygirl10. .. when I had post surgery gas pain I had my husband pat firmly and quickly all over my back (like burping a baby but all over) it really helped move it. The pain was in my shoulder and under my ribs Sent from my SM-G900F using the BariatricPal App OMG, was he brave! If my husband even looked like he was going to touch me, I gave him "the look" and he retreated!

Oxycodone every four hours as needed for 7 days. I didn't use any of the morphine they prescribed in the hospital, because morphine makes me nauseous. The first night was really, really bad - crying bad. Nothing so bad since. What I am struggling with is getting my blood pressure up. I normally have HBP, for which I take meds. The first two nights without my meds my pressure was very high. Once it was 188/110. I was able to take my meds beginning Thursday night (about 36 hours post-surgery), and again Friday morning. I haven't taken any since then and it's coming in at 95/59. A little worried about that but no enough to call the dr yet. Feeling any better today?

The first night was the worst for me, but the next day was better. Remember to sip ice chips or Water - 1 oz every 15 minutes or so. That should help with dehydration. Sorry you're having some trouble.

Home again and (mostly) better. The first night was pretty rough and my Dr didn't leave orders for anything but morphine, which I did not want to take. Came home to my hydro and oxycodone and MUCH better. Seven incisions and very painful where the band was removed. Photos the Dr gave us show flesh growing around port tube, port lesioned to inside ab wall, and lesions around band at stomach. So grateful it is GONE! No trouble since coming home, though I can see getting a regular sleep pattern back going to take a few days. That is NOT a concern I care much about! Kewadiak, how are you doing?

Glad to know you feel so good 5 days out. By now you must be dancing in the streets! I'm nervous about the recovery, especially since a friend reminded me how bad the shoulder pain was after the lapband was done. Looking forward getting this out and the new piping done.

I feel so much better have found this topic! I've been having trouble with my bad for 7 months. Finally came out of denial ( ) and went to see a doctor in my area. Really REALLY disliked my original surgeon. I've had my UGI and now waiting to schedule a date for revision to RNY. Glad to "meet" some people who've been in the same boat. Gotta keep reading. . . .