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leticiawhite
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At 3 days post op I was back in the hospital with severe dehydration, my issue was swelling aroung the band and stomach., and not being able to drink. I felt like crap. Im at day 8 feeling better every day. just remember to sip, sip, sip
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I had Surgery on the 5th of Jan. is it usual of your nose to run when your pouch is full?
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hang in there, I had 2 hospilizations after surgery from dehydration because of swelling around my band, I couldn't swallow my own saliva. Now of full fliuds have lost 15 lbs since the 5th of Jan.
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I feel you, I'm banded for 8 days, in the soup phase now and very ready to get to something else, hang in there, you will feel better every day. When they say sip, sip sip, they mean it
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Does everyone go through a vigerous work up pror to this surgery? and how long from start to finish meaning surgery date does this take?
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I have been through all the testing and have given it to my surgeon. I have cigna, of which it covers bariatric surgery. how long will it take for insurance to give pre authorization?
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how do you know if your new stomach pouch is oversized, or gotten bigger?