2b-banded

Nope, pretty rare overall, and amazingly rare this soon. But I've always had truely crap-tacular luck, like shattering my knee in a particularly bad and unusual way, 10 days prior to my scheduled surgery, which then had to be post poned. Ah, well, if I have to fight harder for it, maybe it'll mean more to me. At least that's what I'm trying to convince myself.

I'm very jealous of that, I have yet to have my first fill. My port flipped, so I had it removed and replaced. I go for my first fill, I hope, in 10 days. I'm so happy that everyone else seems to be doing well.

I had my surgery 2/20/09, went for my first fill and my doc couldn't hit it, which is unusual, acording to him, his office staff and my research. He said he would get me scheduled for a fill under fluro, but it took his staff 3 weeks to get me scheduled (and that was with me calling several times a week, an telling them he gave me a day, they just needed to get it on the hospital's schedule!). I finally got my appointment, went in this morning, and everything looked ok, untill he tried to do the fill- it was totally upside down! When he was trying to do the fill, one time the port angled a little, and you could see the metal back is now on top, so, no fill for me! I wonder how long it will take for them to schedule this? He didn't say anything about changing the port, just flipping it back and repositioning it, do they have to replace the port? I don't know that I really care one way or the other, I just hate to think it never even got used!

ARG!! I HATE my doctor's assistant!!!! Ok, went for my first fill, I had had some issues with my incisions wanting to gap, and I Really scar bad, so he had trouble finding it, and said he would get his assistant to schedule me for a fill under fleuro. Irritating, but not totally unexpected, my luck has always been crap so I'm kinda used to it. His assistant didn't call, so the day before he said he would get it scheduled for, I called his assistant again. ki had called about 3 times already, but I had her paged to the phone, so I could actually talk to her. She claimed she didn't get my chart, that the Dr still had it, she'd call me back in teh next couple days. Long story short, 3 weeks after he couldn't hit my port, she still hasn't set up the damn appointment! She never returns calls adn when by some mirtacle she answers the phone, it's one excuse or another. I talked to her Friday, she said she would call me back with the appointment in 30 minutes, 3 days later, still no call!!!!! I'm calling and talking to the office manager Monday! I'd hate to switch to another dr, but his assistant is worse than incompetent, and I didn't pay this much for surgery to have it in empty and not helping. i know the band is only a tool, but when the fire extinguisher is empty, it's not much of a tool, it's just one more way to get burned.

So how is everyone else doing? I had my port incision open up a little, had to see my Doc today. Everything is ok, He started me on antibiotics, steri-stripped it again, all ok. The best part is that that practice wants you to stay on full liquids for 2 weeks, and he gave me the go ahead to start mushies today! Best Cheesy rice caserole of my LIFE!! oh, and I lost 14 pounds, although he warned me some of that might migrate back now I can eat real food.

Well, I'm home from the hospital with my band! YEA!!!! He ended up not needing to do anything for the hiatal hernia, so I guess that is good news. He requires you to stay overnight, and then get a swallow study the next morning. All went well, and I'm already starting to feel better now that I'm allowed fluids again. Can't be too bad, or I wouldn't be posting! Just wanted to give everyonr an update, even if I'm still a little groggy from lack of sleep.

I am also having the band placed on the 20th! I was really nervous, but then had an injury at work a week before I was supposed to have this done, and after 2 surgeries that each lasted about 3 times as long as this one is supposed to, I'm feeling alot better about it! I had to fight so long and hard to get this done, I'm just thrilled it's actually going to happen finally! GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US!

You can get these whey Protein shots at nutrition stores, they don't have that milk taste, but they are pretty thick and concentrated. they work great in Jello, though! cherry flavored in lemon jello, fruit punch, orange and grape are the other flavors i've seen, they all worked well in the jello, and if you get the ones with 40 grams of protein, you can make 4 20 gram servings from 1 jello box and 2 protein shots. just an idea, it workwd well when I tried it.

So, i USED to have a Dec date, but then had an injury, and had to postpone. Just wanted to stop by and say I finally got resceduled for 2-20-09. I have been impressed and jealous of some of the changes many of you have made, good luck in the future!

I was scheduled for December 5, but had a injury at work, and ended up having to have the first of 2 surgeries on my knee 12/4, so there went that plan! My Orthopedist only just cleared me for lapband surgery, for any time after Feb 2. My lab band surgeon wants me able to bear wt at least 2 weeks before doing surgery, so... Feb 20! Just in time to be on Clear liquids for my birthday, yippee!

well, my surgery got postponed, because I had an injury at work, shattered my knee, and have had to have 2 knee surgeries. My ortho surgeon won't clear me for the lap band for about another 5 weeks, so... Good news is my 3 year old has done really well with not hurting my incisions from this surgery, so hopefully he'll be ok with the ones from the lap band

Well, it ends up I'm going to have to have 2 knee surgeries after all. He said he got in there and my meniscus was totally shredded, which did not show up on MRI. He fixed that, repaired and reattached my ACL, and cleaned out the bone fragments, but I have to go back next Thursday for the rest. Oh, well. He said a lot of MD would have just removed the meniscus, but as young as I am, that would have caused problems down the road. He said "I'd rather do it in two pieces, and do it well, than rush it in one, and have poorer results." Hard to argue with that! so I'll be getting 2 surgeries in December, and neither one is the band! Ugh! Well, I waited this long, whats a few more months. And I've felt so crappy, I've lost a few pounds, so that's one possitive.

Well, I'm having knee repair surgery tomorrow, so it looks like my lapband won't happen until Jan or Feb. :cursing: oh, well. At least the orthopoedist thinks it will be a pretty simple repair, and all done in one surgery, as opposed to several.