jimsgirl624
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3 years has passed since you registered at LapBandTalk! Happy 3rd Anniversary jimsgirl624!
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I feel very much like the author of the post. I am doing this all on my own. The band, after 6 fills provides no restriction. What was the point of it all, when I again am doing this alone? To have a surgery and pay someone's salary? The lapband is a huge dissapointment and I totally regret it.
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pcp, means primary care and guess what...They don't "normally" understand ANYTHING about lapbands. When it comes to questions and answers, you will be looking directly to your surgeon and his staff. I had my lapband done at UCSD, for those who don't know, a major hosptial here in San Diego. They have a large staff, who is very involved. I feel and have felt that is the best way to go. Very reputable and worth their weight in gold, information, help etc. If your working with a smaller staff, that's ok also. I just know what I know and that my pcp does not, has not and doesn't plan to practice weight loss surgery and doesn't understand the lapband and any problems that arise from it.
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Sorry it took so long to respond. This site doesn't notify me when I get a message. I'm not on here that much. Well, I am losing about 1 lb. a week, so not to bad. I had to go for an unfil. At 7.5 mll in my band I was starting to throw up. To be honest, I do have a little regret. I don't read that on here a lot but I guess I am one of the few. Three days ago I started up again with severe left should pain. I have been stuck in my lazy boy for three days!!!! UGGGGGG!!!!
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My insurance didn't require a pcp either. I only had to do a two month diet and had great results. Six months seems like a long time.
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Well, I just had an unfill. They took out half of what I had. I went from 7.5 ml to 3.75. I've had some serious should pain, slight vomiting, etc. So the office felt it may be best for now. However, they say that I have go back on a 2 week liquid diet. I was like...ugh....THIS SUCKS. Two weeks? I ate some rice and soft chicken lastnight and everything went down fine. I think they have a blanket suggestion and it's really based on the individual.
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I was looking at an old thread and then saw that you were switching to to a sleeve. Can I ask why??
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I am. Thank you. It was a rough couple of days after banding, but by the 4th or 5th day, I was feeling pretty good. I'm 2 weeks out now and barely notice that I've had anything done. I'm down 15 lbs, but now that I'm eating just about anything I'm at a bit of a stand still. My portions are small (around 800 cals a day), so once I incorporate excersize I should start melting away again. Yay! How are you?
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I also wanted to mention that my doctor said that the shoulder pain that most patients felt was the exact same feeling that people feel when they are having a heart attack! ~crazy Scary~
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I am doing better. I know EXACTLY what you are feeling. You posted awhile ago, so I am thinking that you are doing better as well. I think that days 6-7 I really turned a corner as far as pain went. I hope that you are feeling better. Sorry it took so long to respond.
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This is week three post surgery and everything is going well. I've lost about a pound and a half a week since surgery, which is fine by me. I think that most of my friends expected there to be a more radical weightloss. :thumbup: Like they were going to wheel me out looking like Barbie. I've dumped about half of my closet, going from a size 22 to 18 in a matter of weeks really surprised me. I want to be honest. The first week absolutely sucked. I had so much shoulder pain, and throwing up from the anesthesia it was rediculous. I hate to complain, but a little heads up on the doctors part might have made me feel like I wasn't being set up.:thumbup: I was also surprised that after having my insurance to spend $16,000 on the surgery that there was little to no follow up from such a major medical group. Don't get me wrong, they are nice and all. But seriously, they could have called at least once:confused:. My friend says they just take your money and run. Ok enough. I have my first post meeting tonight , entitled "Why we get stuck". lol
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This is week three post surgery and everything is going well. I've lost about a pound and a half a week since surgery, which is fine by me. I think that most of my friends expected there to be a more radical weightloss. Like they were going to wheel me out looking like Barbie. I've dumped about half of my closet, going from a size 22 to 18 in a matter of weeks really surprised me. I want to be honest. The first week absolutely sucked. I had so much shoulder pain, and throwing up from the anesthesia it was rediculous. I hate to complain, but a little heads up on the doctors part might have made me feel like I wasn't being set up. I was also surprised that after having my insurance to spend $16,000 on the surgery that there was little to no follow up from such a major medical group. Don't get me wrong, they are nice and all. But seriously, they could have called at least once:confused:. My friend says they just take your money and run. Ok enough. I have my first post meeting tonight , entitled "Why we get stuck". lol
