nolongermisspiggy!

hey everyone! had my surgery on the 6th(friday)... was pretty uneventful and i stayed till saturday night... the first night was abit bad... got up from the bed and was soo dizzy! ended up vomiting once ( which i was so paranoid about coz they said that it might move the band or something) but they gave me a whole bunch of anti-nausea meds straight away and strong pain killers so by sat night i was alot better... would def recommend staying overnight if you can- there you have people at your beck and call and who have pain meds!! de-gas was really helpful... im at day 6 now... havent really had any pain for a few days.. but have a really sharp pain just left of my belly button when i move or bend to the left... it feels like the muscle is tearing!lol and the stitches are so itchy!!! but at least i know its healing... other than that im really happy with my recovery... on a liquid diet for 2 weeks... broken it once or twice but overall its going well.. i am a diet soft drink addict but since the surgery everytime i drink it my stomach swells double than it is already from the surgery, so much so that the other day it made one of the stitch coverings pop off! LOL! luckily the hospital gave me some extras!!! hope all are doing well and good luck to those having surgerys this week!

yeah i think its alright... people without private health insurance pay approx $10 - $15 000, and some also have to pay for fills etc... or you can wait on the (3-7 year) waiting list to have it done public for free..... lol but im not waiiting that long so with my private health insurance i just need to pay the $3500 for the surgeon etc and the $50 excess on the hospital... all the fills etc are bulk billed... i found a surgeon in adelaide that charged out of pocket approx $1000 but travelling back and forth.. wouldnt really be worth it and in the end the surgeon said he wouldnt do it ( too far away if there is complications etc..) but thats cool u can go across to belgium for it! does leaving the country not affect your health insurance? or is 4070 the total cost of the surgery without insurance??

Hey shoes having the surgery in melbourne, australia... I dont know much about the costs overseas but here it costs approx $3500 out of pocket... so its not too bad... just started my preop diet... so far its fun fun fun :blushing:

Hi All! just came across this site and so far i love it! having the surgery on march 6th.... so excited/ nervous! its all been abit quick but i am confident that this is the right choice for me and am so happy that the ball is finally starting to roll on losing this weight!