gimamazin

Wow, can I relate to your experiences. Thank you so much for sharing all that. I had my surgery on October 5, 2009. When I got to the hospital for my surgery, as much as I wanted it, I thought to myself "What the hell am I doing here? Maybe I should try dieting on my own again." Going through surgery is never easy. After surgery I was worried that I'd get pneumonia. I worry that I might lift something and get a hernia and not know it. That I might eat too much and stretch my stomach. I didn't know that after the band is tightened you can't eat as much. (Thanks Sara09). I thought that just having the band would restrict what I ate. There is so much to learn. I'm so glad I found this forum. Unless someone is going through the same procedure, they just don't understand.

Thanks for the speedy responses. I have an appointment with my Dr. tomorrow and will ask him my questions. I know that I'm not always going to hear what I want, but I'm here to hear what I need. (That's a lot of hears here, lol) Thank you for taking the time to give me an answer. I'm totally focused on this journey and I want it to be successful. I guess that I'm afraid of doing something wrong and messing it up. I'm so tired of being fat. I've lost so much weight through the tears, only to put it back on and then some. I hope this is the key to keeping it off. I realize that I have a lot of work ahead. So many people think that this is an easy way out and don't understand the amount of dedication it takes to get to goal. I will not accept defeat. I want to be healthy and fit.

Hi I had my surgery 2 weeks ago and the dietitian quit the doctors office. :cursing: I have so many questions and didn't know where to go. I just can't call the doctor for every little thing, although he answers all my questions, it's not the same. I first went to an obesity surgery forum and they seemed to all be bypass surgeries. They don't seem to think too much of the lap-band. I chose the lap-band because it looked like the right way to go for me. I don't regret it. Everyone I know who had the bypass couldn't eat certain foods because of dumping and other problems. They took a month to recover and I was back to work in 3 days. I have lost about 10 pounds since the surgery and have not had my first adjustment yet. I'm very happy and don't really want the adjustment. I'm not very hungry and I haven't had any adverse effects. Well I did have a case of indigestion. I ate too large a piece of chicken and it felt like a rock in my stomach. Eventually it went down. I was on pureed foods for the first week and soft foods this week. The brochure that they gave me from the manufacturer said that I was supposed to stay on pureed foods longer. What did you all do? Were you able to have regular coffee this soon? Does it have a bad effect? Are nuts not good to eat? Will aspirin harm my stomach? Are there any foods that I can't eat? What happens next? Are adjustments hard to deal with? I just don't know what to expect. I would appreciate any feedback you can give me. I have been browsing the site and picked up so much info. I'm really glad to have found it.