sherrimb

Hi Everyone, this is my first post. I enjoy reading everyone's post since I've found the site! My name is Sherri and I live in Alabama. I'm 33 and before I had my surgery I was at 335 being 5'3. I have been so miserable these last five years and I'm thankful to the band that I am actually losing weight. I started gaining weight when I was about 21 year old. I was banded Feb 19th, 2008. I haven't had any real problems at all up until today when I had my first..well I'm not sure what you call it..but I had 2 nuggets from Chick Fillet and It got stuck...I wont get into detail but that was the worse feeling,,I thought I was going to die. I finally made it home and I wont gross everyone out with the details..but I got it out. I know I'll never eat there again!!! Anyway, I haven't lost as much as some of you and I contribute that to my lack of exercise which I am starting to do better. I have just been lacking motivation lately with the slow loss. I look forward to chatting with everyone!

Hi everyone, has anyone been banded by Dr Christopher in Alabaster? I was banded Feb 19th, 08. Im just seeing if there is anyone local on the boards.

Thanks everyone for being so supportive! I look forward to meeting all of you. :embaressed_smile:

Hi there..Sure I would love to tell you about it. First off, I wanted to tell you what a great office that is. The office and the nurses are excellent and I know I made the right decision to choose their office. Here is a little step by step of how the surgery day went: The day before I stayed on liquids all day. It was tuff but I had worked myself up to it! The day of the surgery, my husband went with me. I had it done at Shelby Baptist. We got there around 5 am and they already had all the paper work ready. The nurse called me back and I went into a little holding room where she got me to change and put the gown on. She asked a few questions , just normal things and then she rolled me into another holding room where everyone that was having surgery that morning was waiting. This was the room where the anethesists?? sorry can't spell...come in and get your IV ready. Oh I forgot to tell you that you have to take a pregnancy test that morning also. Well, I was very nervous! I had so many things going through my head at the time, wanting to know If I made the right choice. It was my turn to get my IV and they came over and all I remember is them joking with me about something..they were trying to make me comfortable..the next thing I know, I wake up and the recovery nurse is calling my name.."Sherri, Sherri, Its time to wakeup....I heard that several times and I came to. :embaressed_smile: At first, I was like..wow that was fast. I didn't even remember going under. They then got me into a private room and my husband then met me. I was on some pain medicine but to be honest , I really didn't have that much pain right after. They brought me some ice to suck on. That night , I really felt ok. I didn't have much pain at all. I actually got up that afternoon and took a walk down the hall. I must say that the only part that hurt was where the port area was. It was very sore. I 've had a csection before and it was nothing like that. That entire night I just had liquids and the next morning i had broth and Jello. I got to go home later in the day. The scars really weren't bad at all. I think I had five total and they were covered in bandages. After i went home, I took it easy. I never once had any problems with nausea or vomitting. The only pain assoicated with the surgery afterwards was the port area. It hurt really bad for about three weeks....but some people I saw said they never had any pain. I'm not sure why it did..but trust me , It goes away in about a month. It just feels like you did about 1000 situps..lol.. The first two weeks, I manily stuck to liquids like broth, jello, Protein shakes, etc. Anyway..I just wanted to give you that information and let you know that it is not scary at all! If you want to know anything else, please let me know. Good Luck to you!