thejasgirl70

I had my surgery March 24th, i have only lost 12 lbs since the surgery and my period is 2 weeks late. Has anyone else had this problem?? Theres no way i am pregs.

I had surgery on March 24th. Everything went well from what they say, it was my first surgery so I did not know what to expect. But my mom was diagnosed with ALS aka Lou Gehrigs disease 2 years ago, last month we had to finally hire hospice care. I quit my job to help take care of her full time, she took a turn for the worse a couple weeks ago and passed away on the 13th , 11 days before my surgery. I knew I couldnt cancel but there was so much happening. we held bedside vigil for 3 days and 3 nights before she passed. When she did pass my silblings both older then me did not want to give her a service, i live in oregon , we all did but my dad was buried in calif . so it was left to me alone to take my mom home to be buried with my dad, make all the arrangements fly down the 19th service the 20th and fly back home the 21st had surgery a couple days later. Its been non stop and now in my recovery period i feel lost for the first time having to settle down and stop running. I realize my mom is gone, i am grieving , i dont have my job that ive had the last 15 years. and now i am soooooo trying to start this new life on a positive note but it all brings pain inside and out now. I KNOW things will be good in the long run, i need this for my health....i just need to figure out how to stay positive while mourning and standing at this major crossroads in my life. Well thanks for letting me babble on, any advice would be greatly appreciated...... Love Prayers and Cheers to the new life for us all, Kat

Nite run you are so right, reading all the posts actually make me smile because i dont feel so alone in this,you all sound like you know me personally and that helps so much. Im not sleeping well you right ,mostly because of the tenderness in my bellly and i love to sleep on my side and i am a huge cuddler,, and so is hubby and we have had none of that since the surgery. every time he lays his arm on me it hurts and he feels so bad. You are soooooo right that every girl needs her mom in rough times. I myself have 4 sons so the estrogen in this house is just me....they love me but they are not so intuned to what i am feeling and dont really have the ability to say are you ok mom? and hear the true answer, they are not talkers lol. my sons are 22, 19 , 15 and 10. the older two are gone one lives in idaho with his wife and daughter and the other is in the army stationed in arizona and is not due home until july when he is set to deploy to iraq *gulp*. Thank you thank you ladies for all your messages, it helps more than you know . And we are all post banded right?? today is day 6 for me and i started the dreaded shoulder pain last night.......thought i was having a heart attack at first and then a lighbulb went on and i had remembered hearing something about that here ,so i looked it up........thank God we have this as a resource . Keep in touch ladies and again thank you so very much =)

So now I am set to have surgery and its been over a year of hard work to get here. It seems unreal and now the nerves are setting in, am I doing the right thing? I have sleep apnea , fibromyalgia and I want to be healthy again!! I live in Portland and I am having surgery done at OHSU by Dr,O'rourke.........has anyone else had any experience with him?? I thought bands were more popular than bypass since its less drastic but he told me 90% of the patients there are bypass not lapband , now im worried! If anyone has any knowledge or input pleaseeeeeeee let me know! Take care everyone ~Kat

absolutely!!! i live in the suburbs around portland , OR how about you???

Yay fellow March bandsters!!! I got my date!!! Officially MARCH 24TH!! Ive been at this for over a year. Now its happening and i am terrified but excited too!! Feb 23rd is all my pre op testing ( a whole month ahead?????) Anyone else share the big day??? ~:thumbdown:

mike how did it go??? i am having surgery at ohsu as well on march 24th 2009 with dr. o'rourke, i am terrified, tell me about your experiance with him / them......... dying to hear from someone who knows first hand ! kat

:thumbup::tongue:Hi I am so new to this forum I admit I am a little lost but I am getting my surgery done at OHSU. I have been working on this for a little over a year and just got the OK for authorization after xmas, so my surgery date is March 24th with dr.o'rourke. It's been quite a journey but now that I have the official date im terrified!!! LOL Never had surgery in my life on anything,,,,,,even had all four of my boys naturally without any drugs cuz i was so terrified of hospitals haha. Glad to see there are others at ohsu as well ~ Kat

I believe its going to be Dr. Wolfe? But I am not sure until they schedule the final appt. for me.

Hi ! My name is Kat. I am new to lapbandtalk.com I am PRE-OP right now, been working on this about a year now. I have just completed my last task which was my psyche eval and now I am just waiting for the appt. with the surgeon. Been a longgggggggggg time working for this and I am scared but soooooooo excited!