bgjon5

I couldn't meet-up but could lend encouragement through here, I had mine done on Tuesday, I will say that when I woke up it honestly sucked! however here I am today 3 days later and the only real pain I have is some abdominal pain and still a bit bloated from the gas used to fill your stomach. after surgery I will say take it slow, drink VERY slowly they say a ounce of Fluid should take you 5mins to drink, I had my last real food on sunday and haven't eaten anything up until today (friday) and have zero appetite, I had to force myself to do my Protein shakes today and I'm on my 2nd one today and should drink two more to get my required protein in for the day which I will unlikely do, because physically I can't handle it but if you don't do anything MAKE SURE you get your protein in, also after surgery, not sure if it's case by case but I was extremely nauseated and any smells and taste made me sick. after the surgery they will give you control of your meds but by the second night they will remove it and give you liquid pain meds which I couldn't stomach the cherry taste, so it came back up have them switch your meds I laid there all night in pain until the dr switched me to hydromorophone tabs. which works will..all in all I'm very happy, oh be careful of hiccups they run a drain tube in from your diaphragm to the side usually right under your breast plate this caused me severe hiccups which isn't fun after getting cut on lol. so if this is a issue by day two ask the dr if that can be the issue, he came in and pulled it out as soon as he did my hiccups went away immediately. so I'll be here, open ear if you need anything. best of luck to you!! Jon

Hi good luck on your surgery, I go Tuesday for Murr to do mine, the binder mentioned is put on you by the staff after surgery so no need to get one.

Good luck on your procedure, my Roux n y is Tuesday as well.

Congrats to all of you! I go in the morning to meet the surgeon! afterwards they submit to insurance..now looking at my join date of 2009 is when I "Said" I was starting my journey here it is 7 years later and it's truly happening so freekin excited!

Welcome to the forum..same boat here just actually starting the process..best of luck to you!

I also have UHC (cdhplus) and have been worried about the 5 years verifiable overweightness not that I havent been..im massive! well been 300 plus for 5 years or more..BUT have not seen my regular doctor in several years, but have seen my Neuro sugeron for the past 4 with weights will this count towards my 5 years?

Hello all! Just wanted to say HI, am new to this wonderful community, I have not been banded YET but am in the initial stages of getting it done, The Surgeon I have picked is Dr Michel Murr at Tampa General, hopefully I will have luck with my Insurance company, I have UHC CDH plus, initial calls to them was very pleasant, they do cover both the Lap band and RYN within meeting their criteria, wondering if anyone here has had experiance with them? anyways currently at 384lbs 6'1" have two beautiful sons who are my life, Ian (9) and Cameron (7). Nice to meet ya'll!