AudsMom

So i have started bleeding again, and worse then yesterday. I am on the phone with kaiser right now and my god those nurses u can get one nice one and one real BITCH! I told her shes gona need to send me to kaiser Richmond and not just regular er and she wont even call the richmond reg dr, shes calling SAC! I told her i want her to call my surgeon on call, and shes all well i have to call the dr, that is my protocol. WHATEVER. So the nurse just got back on and is calling the bariatrics surgeon on call now. NO DUH YA dingle berry nurse. bla still on hold...... SOooo, dr IM is the dr on call tonight if anyone needs to know. He said this: If i can hold pressure on the site, for 30 min and it stops then i am ok. And i asked how long can i leave a bandage on she sadi 24hrs. So im not moving my bandage for 24 hrs as long as there is no blood oozing thru it like yesterday. She said to take a day and try not to do anything. Also dr im said i can go to any emergency center.. The lady ended up being a not nice phone nurse at all. I am sooo not happy about this situation:( Why do i always have to have problems bleeding! Ok so there is the play by play.. :cool2:

Candy, do not kick yourself! WE ALLLLLL did it. And we all will do it again. Just go, ok that was good, now where is my cottage cheese :cool2: You will get thru this, we are all here for you! Even if you screw up all weekend oh well, start over monday:) Also you can ask Christine MANY times I second guessed myself.. im thinking it is normal:)

Tina! It is soo the CD:) I was sooo Calm on Sunday, and then monday was exciting to get to go to the hotel.. and get ready:) I think its a normal nesting thing to have the house taken care of etc. I think the tv dinners are a good idea. How old is your daughter? How exciting, you are going to do great! AND enjoy the month off!!! The bleeding has slowed down with the butterflys.. I did notice some blood on the bandage but nowhere near yesterday woooooooooooo hooooooooooooo:) Im just gonna keep using butterflys until it is done. Hope everyone has a good Day today!

Tina, yes they will let u bring ur ipod back. And, yes you do ride out to the car in a wheelchair, and also to the xray dept. OMGOSH how exciting it is your last weekend!!!!! Any last meals?

It is soo scary! I only sleep on my back and side.. But today it got worse, to the point of blood basically non stop oosing out, dr said i need to loose up to 8 tsp a day to get him concerned.. so i figure its ok. He said that its deep tissue fluids that are draining.. I put on a big bandaid and within 10 min soaked thru and outa it.. so i got one of those butterfly things and pulled the incision shut, and walla stopped bleeding.. Well until i went for my walk.. But its stoped again as long as i keep it pulled together.... He said I should be fine, but if it doesnt stop go in.. Well who wants to drive to the big city on easter weekend, NOT ME:) I am so glad you are healing well!

Anyone else ever deal with their port area bleeding? The scar that is? I am 10 days post op and the darn thing wont stop bleeding. ALL DAY long!I emailed my dr and he said keep an eye on it and im good as long as it doesn't turn red or i dont get a fever.. Anyone else experience bleeding??

Sounds like what i am loosing exactly, he wrote me back and said that it sounds like the deep tissue fluid around the port.. I was just telling Christine how the bump feeling is going down.. He said that I can go in now, but that there is a surgeon on call 24/7 so i can go in whenever needed. He also said that I dont have to go in right now, that keeps going or i get worried to come on down, so i asked How long should i wait till i get worried enough to drive down? All weekend? Or should it be stopping. I hope he says all weekend, so then if it does keep going i dont stress. SOUNDS like a GREAT fill! I cant wait for mine! I have a month and 4 days lol.

Dr Baggs just got back to me, he said if im loosing 3-6tsp a day hes less concerned.. ok have u spilled 6 tsp of lemon juice on a gauze thats a freakin lot of blood!!! I dont get how we can measure how much we loose when we constantly change bandages. He said he would see me since im changing bandages a lot.. but i dont want to waiste his time.. or mine driving 3 hrs to there. So.. i emailed him telling him just how often i was changing the bandages etc. Because i know hes seen this before.. Poor drs they have to deal probably all day long with emails just like mine...

My friend was banded the same day as you! Just follow your surgeons orders.. when i was discharged i had no gauze so i thought it wasn't allowed, it sounds like they discharged you with gauze.. My dr told me to watch for redness and a fever, and as long as i dont have that i am fine.. I dont understand drs sometimes

So, i called the nurse im sure i posted that and she said put a ton of gauze on.. well i did went to bed and at 7am my shirt was wet. I woke up and cleaned and changed the bandage. OH and checked for a temp (my temp is cold lol) It is at an ooze, good news is for some reason sometimes it stops. Generally when im sitting up straight and STILL. Earlier Christine asked and it was doing really good, then in 30 min i filled the gauze and bandage! damn it. I think its a hematoma like the nurse said emptying, because it is a rustic color.. I am waiting for an email from baggs, and i left a message with kaiser.. We will see if they ever get back to me. They must think this is a normal side effect.. its just very very scary! I cant wait for the wound to just heal and close, and be good to go. How is everyond doing!?!?!

The liquid Tylenol for Adults has Corn Syrup and the JR tablets Meltaways has Dextrose aka sugar as the main ingredients... so they are both sugars. Just dont get the kids liquid tylenol they use sugar to sweeten it, along with the tabs are sweetened by sugar. I wonder why they dont put the G of sugar on the bottles... Riley! FILL YAY!!! When did u stop feeling full? Let us know how it goes

I would let air touch it when you can, but my surgeon told me i can put dressings on the incision so i dont see why not.. Are you bleeding at all?? When did u have surgery? I started out spotting 4 days ago. Then yesterday it just kept going.. I have filled a lot of gauze in the last 12 hrs.. but its starting to slow down.. i think... i said that earlier and filled one in 20 min.. so i give up!

Oh no, i hope your son is ok. Well I called the advice nurse and that was interesting since my surgeon is 3 hrs away we are gonna put gauze on it and wait till the am and im going to see if its still bleeding. The nurse said its blood mixed with serum. so we will see:) They really need to include more of this in our discharge stuff...

Goodness, never call our Nurses lol. Those ladies dont get it! They dont even know what lap band surgery is!!! She went on to tell me if it gets worse to go to any er.. im like i cant. Then i find out she didnt even call a surgeon but just the dr on call.. So im just staying still and putting on the 3 squares of guaze she said to, and hoping its DONE in the am.. I cant wait for 12 weeks from now when we are all healed and doing very well!

I was banded 3/31 and i am doing ok. I am down 14.5 lbs in the 10 days. I am bleeding from the port now so thats been a lil stressful tonight.. Other then that still on my liquids and doin good:)

It is not squirting, but when i tied my shoes it was surely rushing out.. i think its pooling under the skin and thats why when i get up it leaks.. but dr baggs made it sound like something he hears often.. so no worries:) Is which hurting.. the port? Oh heck yes.. my entire abdomen still aches.. but, its not soo bad that i take lortab. I occasionally do tylenol, but its deal able. I did just email dr baggs again cause the bleeding is getting worse..whats weired is he said i can keep dressings on it.. so its like its normal oh well ill find out tomorrow when he works again. How was everyones day??

Hi tina, I am nine days out today, and still loosing not as fast as i was though, I only was down like .5 but, i knew it would slow down again:) christine helped me today, i was starting to starve by noonish.. and had to wait until 2 for lunch, was NOT FUN.. Today i had my first meal at 12 and then i just had dinner now tonight i can have a snack! And I tell you what I haven't been hungry at all today. She gave me the idea just to move m y meals out:) What i brought to the hospital, My atm, ID, Kaiser Card, Inspironmeter, cd player, thats it. I wore a pair of sweat pants and a tshirt and shoes.. no bra. They gave me a chapstick for free while there... Oh yeah i also brought my binder:) but didnt need it. So yeah really not much at all, cause I was to scared of loosing stuff, and when u leave u dont wanna wear a bra anyways.. So ladies, I am having one of those complications u can get with surgery.. my port incision keeps bleeding. I contacted Baggs about it because it hasnt stopped in a while.. He said my body is rejecting my stitches and just watch for a fever, or redness. SO if you bleed just email ur surgeon to let him know:) It is normal if ur body is not tolerating the stitches..

Hows everyone doing today?

I havent told many people, basically my mom, husband, sister and a couple friends.. My extended family is all sticks and VERY judgemental... so i don't tell dad so he wont tell them.. The friends who don't know i just said i had hernia surgery.. the only thing they might question is my diet.. so i said im ona diet lol.. Also i figure in a year or so after we are at gola the questions will be GONE because it will then be NORMAL for us to be the skinny ones!!!:sad:

Well hopefully liz was there to hear their ideas on cheating... so they might not get their surgeries after all.. He will not play the cd over the loud speakers in the room he told me it would put them to sleep.. So download it onto an IPOD or something before you go.. then he will let you listen to it:biggrin: Good night ladies...

I think regardless of age some people are in this for the wrong reasons, they think its a quick out etc. We all know people who are not serious, and in all honesty.. we really don't know if that is true. Some people when they get nervous say stupid stuff, just like what liz said.. Gum, Soda, Candy, etc, people don't quit till the night before surgery, does it mean they aren't serious about this... I dont think so. At mine and Christines Preop Classes, there was a woman probably in her late 30s there maybe even early 40s with her hubby. OK now she is someone some would say is not ready... During the class she left to talk to her son, then the husband didn't even know that she had to come back monthly.. so there is someone older that should be taking more time with her choice. I just hope the people that get the surgery in the end are ready for it. Because it is hard work, and if they go under anesthesia, they have a chance of never seeing their kids, husband ,or family again.. We will all be at goal I am sure. We are all soo close, so lets not let people we see at groups etc, take our concentration... Tina: you most likely will, because when you get on the table you literally lay down relax a min then fall asleep. If they hit the points of the perfect surgery crew and everything, then they are taking wayyy too long and I would have my eyes open so they know you are not asleep:)

WOW! You TOTALLY flew thru thank god! Maybe that should give Reggie some hope:) Maybe they aren't as busy anymore, because even though i was at goal at psych they were still booked like crazy. How exciting now we have one on monday and one in a month!! Soon all of us will be banded, and shopping at the skinny people stores for clothes!! Not Accessories:tongue_smilie: Glad you found us!:tt2:

Do NOT tell Liz you are doing Protein shakes, they are by far not allowed for us.. :glare: She will bust ya too.. when i told her i did cottage cheese and spinach casserole i got in a lots of trouble:) Dang i wish i could drink that much, i fight to get my 64oz lol.. Well I guess you are doin fine.. you could do a Water diet for a day or two that will help u loose the weight but also it tends to come right back on as soon as I ever ate normal again.. Just keep what you are doing the scale has to budge..

No I haven't tried stairs.. I dont think bowling hurt me though, cause i feel fine... Hmmm i hate scales at the end.. well lets see here are u following the diet exactly?? I found when i followed it exact i lost weight fast.. Also up your Water intake, even above the 64....

Tina: I do not regret this at all!!:smile: Even when I stare at a cheeze it and REALLY REALLY WANT IT lol:) I had the only people i told doing this to me too.. my husband would say, say goodbye to your daughter you are partaking in an elective procedure where u wont be coming back home.. He was a nervous wreck about me dieing... (right after wards he got me roses, and is totally helping me 100% and said he was proud-- yes total 180!!!) My mom, said that im a hypocrite, and i can do it on my own and bla bla bla.. My sister said things like uve lost 44 lbs u dont need this!!! my friend Nita and I wont even talk about it.., and after i got out of surgery she BITCHED about heart burn, even when i was dealing with surgical pain (she still wont see how im doing) Then the biggest, was me.. i lost a LOT of weight pre op..45 lbs.. i told myself a lot i can do this on my own but, did u know in the last 2 months i only lost 10 lbs.. the majority was when i first started.. then the last month i didnt loose anything.. in fact i fought the scale.. I know that is where my weightloss would have ended... These jitters are VERY normal, ask Christine:) I had them the WHOLE TIME... Orientation was the only appt i left not uncertain.. lol After i met liz at my CM appt I was ready to cancel... like seriously.. And i can still say, THANK GOD, I had her to be the angel on my right shoulder:D Sorry i went on and on, I just want you to know you are 100% normal, and it will probably nag u in the brain till you are driving to Richmond next monday:)