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i am really struggling with walking due to a spinal injury last year. are there any options for me when 5 minutes a day is enough to put me in traction?

i was just banded 2 days ago and i am really struggling with walking due to a severe spinal injury last yr. i spent most of last yr in a wheelchair. just walking 5 mins is majorly painful on my back. i lost 4 pounds since the surgery, i hope it gets easier soon

i am really struggling with walking due to a spinal injury last year. are there any options for me when 5 minutes a day is enough to put me in traction?

this is off topic but can anyone tell me how to put a ticker at the bottom of my posts so i can track my weight loss? i had the surgery on the 22nd and have lost 4 pounds so far. i am so paranoid about food, i almost feel like i have an alien in me and i am scared of doing anything i shouldn't. i hope this feeling passes. thx katie

I was banded on the 22nd also and am not feeling horrible. I haven't needed the pain meds they prescribed but I did have a question to put out there. I had a bad fall last year and injured my spine pretty bad and haven't been walking much over the last year (most of it was in a wheelchair or on a walker). I am finding that just walking 5 minutes outside every day is extremely painful to my back. Any suggestions? Thanks...Katie

i had my surgery 2 days ago on the 22nd. i am sore but not needing any of the meds they prescribed. walking is a chore b/c of a spinal injury last year but i still walk as much as i can each day. i am finding that i am not wanting to eat or drink anything, like i am paranoid about everything now. i miss my dr. peppers and real food and find myself wanting to sleep alot. i have lost 4 pounds in 48 hrs. katie

i was just banded yesterday and last night i had a good cry over the end of my relationship with dr pepper and cheeseburgers. i didn't have to do a pre-op diet so i feel some withdrawal right now but i am hoping that in time it will pass and i will replace those bad habits with good ones. good luck on your journey! katie

i am 24 hrs post op and am feeling just minimal discomfort. my best friend was with me and 5 hrs after surgery, i was walking in the grocery store b/c i had forgotten something on my shopping list. i went to wal-mart today and bought a scale and am down 1 pound. it hurts to breathe deeply but i went in with some bronchial issues. they gave me vicodin but i haven't taken it. i took a tylenol last night for a headache. i seem to be paranoid about what i eat. i have been eating Jello and Soup and Water but i don't know if the first week i just need to eat when i feel hungry or eat according to a schedule. also, can anyone tell me how to make the little ticker thing at the bottom of the screen? thx! katie

I feel as if it will never arrive...the accumulation of a lifetime of emotional and stress eating, bad habits, addictions and now...at 42....a do-over. I am being banded at 10:30 Wednesday the 22nd. I quit smoking 11 weeks ago cold turkey ending a 24 yr on again off again love hate relationship with tobacco. I have gained a few pounds in the past couple of months and after a nasty round of bronchitis in February, I still have this lingering nagging cough...I worry about this. Has anyone else gone into the surgery with respiratory or coughing issues? My surgery was originally slated for the 15th but I found an abscessed tooth and had to have emergency oral surgery on the 14th and they had to push the lapband off. I am afraid...elated..and excited to know that in about a year....should all go well...I will see my 8th grade body for the first time in 30 years...God help us....please remember me on this journey... Katie

Hi, My name is Katie and I am considering having the lapband but I have many questions and look forward to poking around the forum.

Hi, I am very new to this forum and have not had the surgury but I had a question about excercise. I had a fairly bad fall last February where I shattered my kneecap and broke my leg in 2 places but the real problem was my back, the impact forced my thighbone into my hip and twisted the sacrum to the left hard and as a result i cannot stand longer than a moment or two without severe pain and i cannot walk on a treadmill or do a stationary bike per drs. orders and have to use a walker unless I am in a grocery store and can hold onto a buggy. My weight has been steadily climbing (on top of being obese before) since last February and I wonder how all of this will affect me if I do the surgury. The only safe option I have is to be in a pool and I don't know if that is enough excercise to corrolate with the surgury. Can anyone advise me on how this goes? Thank you Katie