Vince Campisi

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.