motherhen57

My pain is under my left breast and feels like I have something stuck. It is not hard to swallow but threre is just pressure there. I had surgery on monday and go back to the doctor tuesday. This is the first discomfort I've felt except of course for the incision sites. Is this normal? I try to belch, but it does not help. Right now I have noooooo appetite.:w00t:

I will be having my surgery hopefully soon. I will have Dr. Hammer. I am trying to find out more about the drinks and things we are suppose to try before surgery. My calcium was low so I am taking a supplement now and have to go back to the nutritionist in July. Any suggestions on where to get drinks what to try, etc.

I went for the initial consultation in July. I filled all the paper work out. I was ready to go. However, my doctor who referred me for the lapband procedure is now not my Primary Care doctor, and my new doctor who also agrees that this is what I need, does not have all my files for my insurance. It has been a hassle trying to get the nurse from my old doctor to get the info. to my new primary care physician. In the meantime I just wait.:bored: TriCare say's they will pay for the procedure as long as I have shown that it would benefit my health, and shown that I have tried other options. I have high blood pressure, am borderline diabetic, and have digenerative disc disease. I also have very large breasts which pull on my back and shoulders. I have headaches all the time from the pressure of the weight on my neck. I am a prek teacher and the up and down motion is hard on my knees, back and feet. I just want to get healthy. I have a 13 year old son and I want to be an active part in his life and I am slowing down too much. My doctor also believes that I may have sleep apnea, but I have not been tested. My husband say's I snore now quite loudly and sometimes he shakes me when he thinks I've stopped breathing. Just another thing to worry about. No one understands unless they've been through it themselves.:confused2: Unfortunatley, both of my sisters could also use this procedure, but one has Health Alliance and one has no insurance at all. It's frustrating because I don't eat a lot of sweets, in fact I don't eat a lot period, but I continue to gain. I am up to 282 now and am 5'3. I am tired and I hurt all the time. The doctor gave me paxil, because I was depressed about my weight, she didn't tell me that paxil sometimes makes you gain weight. Then I found out that the nortryptiline that I have been on since a car accident 5 years ago for vertigo, also makes you gain weight. No wonder I'm depressed. Both of my feet swell and my knees, the doctor thinks its because of the pressure of the weight on my joints. Hopefully I can get my first visit with my doctor and start on the road you are all on. Wish me luck!!!