GVD

I had my band surgery on 6/25/09, one month ago, Today is the day I can start on a regular diet, Yeh, when it comes to comparing lap band and gastro bypass I remember my doctor telling me that the lap band is the safer surgery of the two and if you compare going back and getting the fill which you are suppose to be able to do 6 to 7 times a year and which makes the band tighter, it seems as though that would be better because with gastro bypass if your stomach spreads you will be able to get more food in and you are subject to gain weight again, it is a mind over matter kind of thing with both types of surgeries I think, you have to change your way of eating and exercising with both to make either work for you. So far I have lost 20 pounds in one month time wiht the lap band.

:thumbup:I have my first fill on 8/7/09 also. I have lost about 15 pounds, I don't see why I am not losing more, not taking much in food wise, I go on the hard stuff this Friday gingerly though. I have a lot of weird muscle pain in the sides of my back and I can also feel some pain in my port area. I hope in time this all settles down. I am worried that the weight will be super slow in coming off.:bored:

I was banded 6/25/09 pretty close to 6/30/09. How are you doing. I seem to feel hungry all the time even a couple of minutes after I eat...do you think this is normal.

Thank you... I appreciate.. I today had my first bite of solid but mush food, I loved it, I took so many liquids in that I just didn't think my body would hold any more, but I guess it kept me alive.

I had my lap-band surgery on 6/25/09, so I am two weeks out and I have been experiencing some left sided back pain and it is very annoying, has anyone else experienced this and will it go away. My port is on my right side. I am sitting here with an ice pack on it right now which seems to help until I take the ice pack off. Please someone tell me this will go away, it hurts. GVD :tongue_smilie:

:smile:Hello everyone, I am GVD or Gloria. As of this coming Monday I will be 61-years-young and I am still not sure about having surgery. I felt sure about every step of lap band surgery when I began all of this and I know I do want to lose weight and I have talked to several people who has had the lap band surgery and read everything that I can get my hands on and I have just finished my six visits with my primary doctor and getting ready for the next step. One thing that worries me is going through all the steps and then finding out that there maybe too much scar tissue and I already know that I have a hiatal hernia and I don't want to get my hopes up and find out that I am not a good candidate, it would be such a let down... Another thing that bothers me is that everyone that I have talked to that has had lap band surgery says that after the surgery they have severe pain in their shoulders and I remember the pain I had in my shoulders after I had gall bladder surgery and they assured me that this pain is worse than that or even having a baby. Which I remember the labor pain of having my children also.. I keep telling myself anything worth working for is worth a little pain, but I am not sure I can handle as much pain as they are describing. What can you do to help the pain? The reason I want to lose weight is to feel better, have more energy, get off a lot of medication that I am on and be able to cross my legs once again. I have two daughters that have had the more extreme gastric bypass surgery and my oldest daughter has gained all her weight back and my youngest daughter is working on losing some of the weight that she has gained back.. They both exercise every day with my oldest being in jazzercise and the youngest walking every day but they have found those foods that go in easily like chips and they enjoy their chips. My oldest just told me yesterday that sometimes you forget that some foods will swell and you are so uncomfortable like noodles... They both have advised me if I could do it on my own to do it that way instead of having surgery, which I have lost 30 pounds but I have about 80 to 90 pounds more to lose. At my age it so very hard and I just don't know if I can...I would like to hear other opinions please. Thanks you.

Is there a special menu or diet that you have to eat for 6 weeks or more before the surgery? Do you consider this a safe surgery for someone in their 60's? How do you get the Protein you need after lap band surgery to stay healthy? Gloria

Thank you so very much for replying... I keep swaying back and Forth in my decisions of surgery..... I know the weight loss will help me in every aspect of a better life... I think at this point in preparing for the surgery I really need to stay in touch with everyone that has had the surgery and become a part of a support group to help me get through this. It helps to know that my fears and questions at this time are not crazy but are the same feeling that others have had before their surgery. I need to know what to expect and your description has helped me so much.. Gloria