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Vince Campisi

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About Vince Campisi

  • Rank
    Newbie
  • Birthday 11/28/1942

About Me

  • Biography
    I am 63 years old, married to my wife Janet for 41 years, we have 3 children and 4 grandchildren and one on the way.
  • Interests
    I like RVing, we have a motor home and travel as often as we can. I like fishing and my hobby is railroading.
  • Occupation
    I am a Professional Engineer and I am a Partner in a 600 person Engineering Firm. I am the Chief Engineer for Transportation Structures in the firm, my specialty is highway bridges, rail bridges and movable bridges of all types.
  • City
    Frenchtown
  • State
    New Jersey
  • Zip Code
    08825
  1. Happy 70th Birthday Vince Campisi!

  2. 5 years has passed since you registered at LapBandTalk! Happy 5th Anniversary Vince Campisi!

  3. Vince Campisi

    1 week post op and liquid diet a problem.

    Thanks for asking, I am doing better. So far I am down 24 lbs from the day of my surgery which was 7/21/06. I have a post op exam with my surgeon tomorrow and I hope I can progress to mushy foods. Anything sounds better than Protein shakes at this point. How are you progressing?
  4. I had my Lap band surgery on July 21, 2006. Everything went well and I can't say I experienced any great discomfort. I am on cumadin and had to go to the doctors for a checkup twice in the week since the surgery. I was weighed both times and have lost a total of 17 lbs in one week from the surgery. I also lost 10 lbs over a 4 week period prior t the surgery as my doctor advised me to do. My concern is that the liquid diet I am following is causing severe stomach spasms. The worst bout came 1 week after the surgery. I am wondering if I should be talking to the doctor or the nutrionist about introducing some solid foods? I am also a little concerned about losing 17 lbs in one week. My weight at the time of surgery was 336 and at 1 week I was 319. If anyone has any advice or thoughts I would appreciate your response. Thank you, Vince C.
  5. Vince Campisi

    I got my lap band yesterday

    Yesterday I underwnet the lap band procedure. It was performed laproscopically at Morristown Memorial Hospital by Dr. Abkin. I arrived at the hospital at 5:30AM, was in the operating room at 7:30 AM and was back in the recovery room at 9:00 AM. I was discharged and sent home at 1:00 PM. There was some discomfort but nothing that could not be described as tolerable once I received some pain medication. After the lengthy preparation process which took several months from the time I first went to a introductory session hosted by Advanced Laproscopic Surgeons, I am amazed that the procedure and hospital stay takes so little time. It has been a little over 24 hours since the operation. I am comfortable with the exception of the gasses in my stomach. I understand they pump Co2 in to the stomach cavity during the operation and it will take several days to expel the gas that is trapped in there. I slept fairly well last night, i did take one pain pill and also slept with my cpap machine that helped me breathe better. I had to sleep on my back instead of on my side as I usually do because of the pain when I rolled on to my side. I am drinking liquids and when I took my medications including the Vitamin supplements I looked at the handful of pills and thought these wont all fit in my new upper stomach pouch. I haen't had any solid food for the last 3 days and I can't say that I feel hungry. Well today as they say is the beginning of the rest of my life. I keep thinking I should have done this long ago, it may have prevented some of the medical problems which caused me to have this procedure done. Vince C.
  6. Vince Campisi

    My Life after Getting a lap band.

    Yesterday I underwnet the lap band procedure. It was performed laproscopically at Morristown Memorial Hospital by Dr. Abkin. I arrived at the hospital at 5:30AM, was in the operating room at 7:30 AM and was back in the recovery room at 9:00 AM. I was discharged and sent home at 1:00 PM. There was some discomfort but nothing that could not be described as tolerable once I received some pain medication. After the lengthy preparation process which took several months from the time I first went to a introductory session hosted by Advanced Laproscopic Surgeons, I am amazed that the procedure and hospital stay takes so little time. It has been a little over 24 hours since the operation. I am comfortable with the exception of the gasses in my stomach. I understand they pump Co2 in to the stomach cavity during the operation and it will take several days to expel the gas that is trapped in there. I slept fairly well last night, i did take one pain pill and also slept with my cpap machine that helped me breathe better. I had to sleep on my back instead of on my side as I usually do because of the pain when I rolled on to my side. I am drinking liquids and when I took my medications including the vitamin supplements I looked at the handful of pills and thought these wont all fit in my new upper stomach pouch. I haen't had any solid food for the last 3 days and I can't say that I feel hungry. Well today as they say is the beginning of the rest of my life. I keep thinking I should have done this long ago, it may have prevented some of the medical problems which caused me to have this procedure done. :mad: Vince C.
  7. Vince Campisi

    My Life after Getting a lap band.

    Yesterday I underwnet the lap band procedure. It was performed laproscopically at Morristown Memorial Hospital by Dr. Abkin. I arrived at the hospital at 5:30AM, was in the operating room at 7:30 AM and was back in the recovery room at 9:00 AM. I was discharged and sent home at 1:00 PM. There was some discomfort but nothing that could not be described as tolerable once I received some pain medication. After the lengthy preparation process which took several months from the time I first went to a introductory session hosted by Advanced Laproscopic Surgeons, I am amazed that the procedure and hospital stay takes so little time. It has been a little over 24 hours since the operation. I am comfortable with the exception of the gasses in my stomach. I understand they pump Co2 in to the stomach cavity during the operation and it will take several days to expel the gas that is trapped in there. I slept fairly well last night, i did take one pain pill and also slept with my cpap machine that helped me breathe better. I had to sleep on my back instead of on my side as I usually do because of the pain when I rolled on to my side. I am drinking liquids and when I took my medications including the vitamin supplements I looked at the handful of pills and thought these wont all fit in my new upper stomach pouch. I haen't had any solid food for the last 3 days and I can't say that I feel hungry. Well today as they say is the beginning of the rest of my life. I keep thinking I should have done this long ago, it may have prevented some of the medical problems which caused me to have this procedure done. :mad: Vince C.

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