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You are still loaded on pain meds!!! Lol, I went with my wife to the store 30 minutes after I was out of recovery on the way home. I was still in my sweat pants and wristbands and bandaids ect. Shoung but I really don't know what we went for! There are sugar free Popsicles with real fruit and 25 calories stay away from them, I thought they would be good for the dry mouth and all they have done is cause the worst abdominal pain I have had so far. I guess with nothing but poweraid zero in my stomach and my Protein shake it has caused a lot of gas and I am in terrible pain. Beware don't get them! I froze crystal light in ice cube trays and it works so much better

I was banded yesterday at 10 am and was out of recovery and getiing in the car at 1pm, but my wife was driving me. If I needed to drive tommorrow I probably could if I HAD to, I am hurting but I went to the store and walked around for about 30 minutes and feeel better. I would not set a time frame on getting home and I would not hesitate to stop and rest when you need it, be careful and I wish you the best of luck. Get some liquid tylenol for the pain as the liq. pain killer may knock you out even though it is like speed for me! Cant sleep at all when I take it.

I am leaving the house and heading to the surgery center to meet my new band! I wish everyone the best of luck In their journey and a safe and painless surgery. I will be back in here, don't post alot will share with all my experience today

Lol they do fill you up with fluids don't they! I am glad you saOd that necause I was wondering why I gained 3.5 pounds by the time I got home and I knew this because I had to write down my official pre op weight in stone! All down hill from here, now if the gas will leave me I will feel better

Thank you, I was in the O.R. For 1.5 hours and I was not in the frame of mind to ask why so long. Everything went well I guess I woke up with a lap band and a ton of pain! I never been put under before and was really nervous but it was over fast and I didn't Sven know what hit me. My incensions do not hurt at all and where they put the port is hurting a bit but I have an ice pack on it, I don't know if it is gas or where the band is attached to my stomach but I am in alot of pain there and it doesn't seem to move so I don't think it is gas. I have the gas pains in my shoulders and neck that seem to come and go. All in all I am not feeling to bad, I am uncomfortable and can get in a good position but I not taken any pain meds since I have come home either. I will admit I was mortified about the pain but all is ok, if I get to hurting too bad I have the food stuff. Sorry if it doesn't make alot of sence because I am kinda curled up in bed on my phone lol! Goodluck every one, I can't wait to hear others stories

For some reason my doctor does not require a pre-op diet but I have started my own pre-op diet myself. I have a shake for breakfast and another for lunch and either tuna or chicken for dinner. I have eaten about 8 boxes of sf jello in the last 5 days! I have also cut out all cabonated sodas and it hasnt been all that bad. Good luck to all that have to do all liquid for a couple of weeks, it is worth it though. I am finally out of the "Last Supper" frame of mind and the liquids through out the day are really not that bad. Good Luck everyone! I will let ya know how it went Wednesday afternoon I hope

Had all my blood work, chest xray, ekg(again?), and my consult with the surgeon yesterday. 24th is my big day!!!

I have AETNA POS and I had my first visit for my nutrtition consult and have a surgery date of Feb. 24th(next week!!!!) Good luck, the journey is kinda stressful but hopefully worth it.

I was approved for lap band the middle of Jan. and could of had the operation the 28th but my wife and I were going to Vegas on the 11th and I didnt want to rune here trip if I was in pain or not in the best of moods from the surgery. So the 11th rolls around and our entire trip was cancelled because of the snow, and now I am pissed that I didnt have the OP done. Not really pissed just upset that I didnt get it done, so I had rescheduled the op for March 17th because that was the soonest that I could get in and it was over spring break and the wife and kids will be home. Anyway, today I decided I was going to call the office and ask a few questions and before we hung up I told her I was available if they had anyone cancel or had to move there date. Well she laughed and said hmmmmmm how about Wednesday! I mean NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY! Well I was excited and called the wifey and I was then let down AGAIN, she wants me to wait until the 17th of march so the kids are home and she is off work and what not, I dont think she understands how tired of this entire process I am and I am ready for it to be over, so should I give in or should I try and talk her into letting me have it done next week? Help, I really want to have it done next week but she thinks I should wait......What to do? I can talk her into if I really try!:thumbup::biggrin:

Thanks Jack, I have tried to explain to her that I am not going to that bad off. I also agree that sitting around the house for a couple days alone would be nice as well, but she thinks she will need to be there which is great but I dont think its needed. She is very supportive of this and wants me to be happy but like I was saying before she doesnt know how much of a pita this is and I want to be done with it all. I will have to have the talk when I get home and hopefully get her on board!

March 17th HERE!!!! I just scheduled it today. I could of had it done last week but my wife and I are leaving for Vegas on Thursday, but good luck to everyone!

I decided to try the Liquid diet today and see how I am gonna do on it, how is everyone here making it on it?

Have you tried the stop smoking pill chantix yet? I have been smoke free for 2 years now and I also smoked 2 packs a day.

I have been doing some research and I need help from some of the experenced bandsters. I have completed all of my required visits, nutritionalist, cardio stuff, stress test, ect and I am waiting on approveal. My question is the doctor I have chosen has a great reputation as a surgeon and has great "personal" rep as well, but the more I read the more concerned I am about his fill practice, I see that the first fill is 3 months after surgery and second fill is 2 moths after first and then a month after 2nd for the third. I have also read he is super conservative with the fills as well. I have a friend that had the lapband procedure done by this dr and he has lost no weight and I think he is gained some over the last year, and he blames it on the lack of fills, so I guess my question is if this is normal and is it too late to choose another Dr. while I am awaiting for approval and if I am approved am I tied to THIS one doctor. Just worried because I am getting really close to having it done and I figured it will be within the next 30 days and I am worried I picked the wrong Dr.

I am going to try and speek with him before I commit to having it done by him or not, I just hope I didnt wait to long and I am locked in.

My concern is that I see on here people needing multiple fills to get the restriction they need but at that fill rate it may take a year to get where "I" need to be. I may only need one fill or two who knows, but I do not want to have to wait months to get a fill when I know that it isnt right. My good friend recomended me to him for his bed side mannor and said overall he is a great surgeon, but NOW he wishes he would have chose a different dr because of the lack of fills. I may be overly concerned about the fills but after going through so many months of stress and dr visits ect. I do not want to have to keep waiting. All of my paperwork was submitted 01-08-10 so I should hear something soon I hope, the girl that does all of that said that Aetna takes 7-10 Days and I am getting a little nervous!

Well I am not going to do anything dreastic until I speak with him, I am concerned with all of the people I know that have had it done through him and what I have read here. But this is the FAQ off of his site and from what I hear he follows it pretty close Question: When should I expect the first band adjustment? Answer: The first adjustment is 3 months after surgery, the second is 1 month after that, and the third is 2 months after the second adjustment. I see people on here getting them more often than that and at the slow rate I think you could get extremely discourged, I have seen my friend go through the same thing.

You TOO!! Wow I cannot wait till I get a "date"

Hello all, I have been on here for awhile but mainly just to get some reading information and answers to a few of my million questions! I am currently wainting for the insurance to approve me as I have completed all of the requirement that they had set, so wish me luck and hello to ALL!

"Again" I feel your pain there, I have been in the 400's and I really dont know how heavy I was but Low carbed it all the way to 285 in 10 months. I was soooo burned out by that time there was no way I could stay on it, so the yoyo dieting begain and before I know it I was at 385 again. I dropped back down to 280 from jan. to sept. of last year and I am at 325 right now. I changed shift at work and never could getback into a schedule or routine with the family and all of the sporting events and then the holidays. I am getting back on track i think.

I have lost over 130 but as of now I am only down 90, I changed from second to first shift and BOOM instant 40lbs since september. I am back on track and dropping again but I have done this up and down crap for the last 10 years:thumbdown:. Enough about me, who is your doctor and how long have you been waiting on the ins. company? I chose Dr Carter but I have been reading about the way he does his fills and I think that it will take a year just to get enough in the band to make a difference, I also turned all of the paperwork about 1.5 weeks ago, so I am getting anxious. I am all for the race, now what are we gonna put on it to make it good?!

I have Aetna POS and I initally went in for Lap Band as I had never heard of the sleeve, but in the middle of my nutritionalist visits I was told about it from a friend. But anyway, my question is I had the Dr. office call and I am covered 100% for lap band and the sleeve no copays or deductables. I have my last nutritional visit the 4th of Dec, do you think I will get rejected and have to go through the appeal process? I have done all of my PSYC, Phyysical, and even had a stress test done and I didnt know if anyone has had any problems if they are covered 100% or not. I was also wondering what the average time from approval to the point where you can set a date is, and this is my first post. I have never heard of this site before but I was on lap band talk and was reffered here, looks like I can get a lot of my general questions answered here with a little reading, but hello all and thanks for reading!

Well I recieved a call from carters office and was told they were wrong about the sleeve, aetna believes it is dangerous and too new so they don't cover it. Sucks for me because I am not looking forward to getting the band, I mEan I will be content and do everything I can with it but really hoping for the sleeve. But like you said, it has to be a psycological thing withthe weight gain because I cannot diet nor get to the gym, every time I try i cannot stay on it and I too eat like it is my last meal. If you don't mind can you let me know the cash price for the surgery, you can send in pm if you like but I wonder because dr Carter charges 12,000 for th sleeve and I don't want to pay that much. Good luck and please keep us all informed on your surgery and be safe!

Wingrider I am sorry to hear that. I turned everything in an they now want another month of supervised dieting, having a really hard time with it and have gained weight every time I have gone in to weigh. I have decided to go through all of this at the wrong time of the year for sure.

Everyone says that pasta will expand but I am confused why we don't feel it expand when we are not sleeved, I am just wondering cause I am not sleeved yet and doing as much research as possible. Just trying to learn what to expect