cbergstrom

Hey there! I was going to get banded in October, but a few days before I was going in for my pre-op stuff, my dad had a stroke, so I canceled the procedure and spent a month in Oregon with my folks. After everything stabilized, I did my pre-op and I was banded on 4-14 at 1PM by Doctor Brown in St. Luke's in Denver, CO. I'm a 30 year old male and had never had surgery before (or even really ever been in the hospital outside of minor injuries). They wheeled me into the OR and that's the last I remember until waking up and struggling to catch my breath. They had me on oxygen, and every time I feel asleep, my sleep apnea would kick in and coupled with the anesthesia, I would stop breathing. They ended up keeping me on oxygen overnight, which was a pretty pleasant hospital stay. I went home the next morning and I've been still doing the liquid thing as following what I've been told. The only alarming thing so far is that between my last meal on Saturday the 11th and noon to today, my weight has dropped from 390 to 365. I'm assuming this is mostly Water and the fact that the few weeks before the liquid diet started, I kinda pigged out and gained about 10 pounds. The wounds are healing, I've been trying to walk each day but til today was blizzarded in, so minor gas pains aside because I haven't been walking much, things are going great so far.

I was banded on 4-14 at 1PM by Doctor Brown in St. Luke's in Denver, CO. I'm a 30 year old male and had never had surgery before (or even really ever been in the hospital outside of minor injuries). They wheeled me into the OR and that's the last I remember until waking up and struggling to catch my breath. They had me on oxygen, and every time I feel asleep, my sleep apnea would kick in and coupled with the anesthesia, I would stop breathing. They ended up keeping me on oxygen overnight til the anesthetic wore up. Went home around 1 the next day. All in all, a good experience!

Hey there folks... just wanted to introduce myself because I know I'll be using these forums a lot for moral and mental support in the coming months. I just scheduled my pre-op appointment for the 5th, and assuming I'll have the procedure done about 2 weeks later. I'm using Dr. Brown at CBSI (the mom of a friend of mine just had her surgery done today) and have high hopes. Been thinking and researching this for a long time and now it's time. Been overweight most of my life (it hasn't stopped me from accomplishing anything tho), and I was recently laid off, so in the time I decided to take off between the last job and a new one, I figured it was a perfect time to get this done). I'm not particularly worried about it, though I never actually have had any kind of surgery in my life, but my research tells me it's a particularly short and (comparatively) not super-invasive procedure. So, I'm sure you guys will hear more from me in the coming weeks. Thanks in advance! -- Chris