lamar44

Wow! Such strong opinions.....I am 5 days post-op for the lap band and I can tell you that there is no way I would ever consider gastric bypass. The banding has been so hard on my body that I cannot imagine bypass. I do know of several people who have had the bypass and their lives will never be the same. They had to commit 100% to all of the supplements and truly make lifestyle changes. It does sound to me like maybe your band has a leak, I can't understand the lack of restriction otherwise. I guess for me, if the band fails, I would choose psychotherapy about why I mis-use food as my next gameplan. It really frustrates me that I ever even allowed myself to become obese in the first place - wish I'd figured it out earlier!

5 days post-op for me and no hunger (head or stomach). My doc said just to concentrate on hydration so you're doing good if you're able to get down the other as well. My nausea is so overwhelming, I'm having trouble getting water down.

I had mine Jan. 21 and am feeling the same way....plus I'm feeling HORRIBLE! Tons of nausea and so much pain from the gas. I sure hope I did the right thing! Anxious to hear from the other lap-band vets!

I am so nauseated I can barely sit up. Worse, I can't tolerate the anti-nausea medication the doc gave me. Any suggestions? Did anyone else have this so bad?

I had my surgery Thursday, it's now Sunday and I feel awful. I'm super nauseated and the gas pains are horrific. Anybody have a similar experience? How long did this last for you????

Again, thanks so much everybody! Your support has been so awesome today as I have really struggled. I hope I'm through the worst of it as I did actually have 2 different times (seconds) where I thought Hamburger Helper, of all things, sounded good. What a gift this forum was for me today!

So glad you asked about the shoulder pain...I'm just 4 days out but my left shoulder is absolutely killing me....hurts worse than labor did for me!

Thanks so much for all of the encouragement. I think it just really threw me that I felt worse today than yesterday. I am trying to move around but seems like when I do, I get more nauseated. Still haven't been able to tolerate my vitamin/calcium. Maybe in another day or two. I teach (older kids) and thought I would be able to go back tomorrow but now realize there's no way so I'm taking the week off!

I cannot even imagine being hungry. I had my surgery 4 days ago and am still extremely nauseated and in terrible pain from all the gas. I've been choking down a few mouthfuls of cream of wheat and jello just so I can take the liquid pain medicine. My doc certainly didn't prepare me for this much pain!