lizardgirl2112

I had my surgery on Wednesday too. They gave me tylenol w/ codiene for the pain and it just made me nauseous. So I stopped that and just went to straight Tylenol syrup and that seems to be managing the pain, but I am still sooooo nauseous. :-(

I got my band on Wednesday. I had a scopolamine patch behind my ear until Thursday afternoon (for nausea due to the anesthesia). After I took it off, the pain medicine actually started making me vomit (tylenol w/ codiene). I called my dr and he said to quit taking it so I did. Now I feel ok, but I did vomit a bunch yesterday... I read that vomitting right after band placement might cause slippage... Should I worry that I might have caused this already?

I had a complete thryoidectomy about 12 years ago... I think that probably helped me because, in all my paperwork, one of the things mentioned is they have to go through all the thyroid junk first to make sure you don't have a problem w/ that causing weight gain... so I got to skip that part, I guess.

I have only told my bosses. My time off is scheduled on the office calendar for all to see and I'm just waiting for people to start asking because I don't want to tell ANY of them. This is really horrible, but you would have to know the type of office I work in... if it worked, I wanted to tell them that my weight loss was due to becoming a satan-worshipping lesbian. :-)

I have BCBS federal basic and I'm not being made to do much at all.. just produce 5 years of medical history showing my weight. Even the liquid diet stuff everyone is talking about..? I'm only having to have liquids the day before. I'm delighted... if slightly wary as to why I'm not being made to go thru what everyone else is apparently going thru.:thumbup:

First consult: 11/06/08, got surgery date yesterday: 01/14/09... all I've had to do is produce 5 years of records showing my weight problem and that's it... no psych eval, no song and dance with the insurance company, nothing. Why is this going so easy? Is my insurance really good or something (blue cross blue shield federal)? It just seems like everyone else's experiences were made a lot harder. Kinda puzzling.

great big post numero DOS for me here... I had my first consult 11/06/08 and just got my op date yesterday - Jan 14 09. I guess I have really good insurance or something (??) because the dr isn't making me really jump through any hoops at all. No psych eval or anything -- just produce 5 years worth of records proving I've been overweight (no prob, bob, I've got TWENTY if you want!) Having been on a thousand programs, I'm not afraid of time because you are taught that slow weight loss = healthy weight loss. I'm not scared of pain as I've had plenty of that (heck, I'll take some physical discomfort if it means I can walk around comfortably after awhile... having arthritis in your TWENTIES sucks BIG TIME), don't think this is a quick fix, etc etc. I have read my literature and I see where you have to restrict yourself after the surgery and after fills, but I don't really see where you have to give up "food" forever and ever... I'm really looking forward to eating what I want (within reason) and feeling FULL after a few bits and not after a few COURSES.. you know what I mean. Everything I've read said it really only takes about a week before you can resume normal activity... so I'm gonna take two weeks from work to be safe... someone else said 3... is that really necessary? or can I get by with my 2? The longer I sit around the house, the less active I would probably be so I think maybe it would be better to get back to work quicker. I know that anesthetic makes me nauseous and cold so I plan on telling them that ahead of time.. other than that, I feel pretty confident... the only thing creeping me out is the idea of having a foreign body in me... ya'll say you can't feel it, right? what about the port? will I be able to feel that? something about that just kind grosses me out, but I'm ready to take what I can get. :-)

01/14/09 - first consult 11/06/08... maybe I have good insurance or something because I haven't had to jump through many hoops at all...?