my3sons963

Hi, I was banded on Wednesday 6/16. I am feeling so weak. No Energy at all. I understand it has only been 4 days, but will this go away? I have read so many posts saying they have so much more energy, so I do not know why I feel so weak. I have been taking my mulitvitiamin, and Calcium. I have been drinking my protein shakes to try to keep my energy up. I walk at least every 30 minutes and it takes all my energy to do so. I have very little pain now. All of the pain in my shoulders and throat have dissipated. My only complaint so far is that I have not been able to have a bowel movement since Tuesday 6/15. I hope this goes away soon. I can deal with alot, but not feeling weak. I can't stand that. I have to go back to work tomorrow and do not want to feel this way. Am I not taking everything I should? Is there anyone that had this same issue that can give me advice? Please. Thanks, :smile2:

I saw my doctor today for my 1 week post-op and he thinks I am not getting enough fluid. So I am now drinking 80 fluid oz. I do feel some what better. I also am able to eat mushies YEAH. I think that will give me more energy. I did use the a laxative and feel so much better, but I do for see having to add some sort of fiber to my diet so I can be more regular. I hate laxatives. I read on this site that there are metamucil wafers that they eat everyday. So I will add that when I can eat food. This was my one weak post-op and I lost 9 lbs. I know that will slow down alot, but I was really happy. So maybe I have been weak from lack of food. Now that I can start mushies, I hope to feel better. I will keep everyone posted. Thanks for all of the advice and support.

Hi, I was banded on Wednesday 6/16. I am feeling so weak. No Energy at all. I understand it has only been 4 days, but will this go away? I have read so many posts saying they have so much more energy, so I do not know why I feel so weak. I have been taking my mulitvitiamin, and Calcium. I have been drinking my Protein shakes to try to keep my energy up. I walk at least every 30 minutes and it takes all my energy to do so. I have very little pain now. All of the pain in my shoulders and throat have dissipated. My only complaint so far is that I have not been able to have a bowel movement since Tuesday 6/15. I hope this goes away soon. I can deal with alot, but not feeling weak. I can't stand that. I have to go back to work tomorrow and do not want to feel this way. Am I not taking everything I should? Is there anyone that had this same issue that can give me advice? Please. Thanks, :smile2:

That is great information! Thanks! I will try anything at this point:bored: I am still so weak. I am going to buy the CoQ10 today. Does it come in small pills or chewable?

Thank you to everyone. It does make me feel better knowing I am not alone in this. I did stay home from work today, but have to go back tomorrow. I will stick to the Protein and hope that this weakness will subside soon.

When was your surgery? I have been searching through some other posts and it seems like the weakness will go away in a couple of days. I would call in sick but I go on vacation in 9 days. So I don't want to push my luck. I may just work half a day and see how it goes. I hope we both feel better soon so we can start our journey feeling good about the decision we made. Thanks for your reply. :smile2:

Hi, I was banded on Wednesday 6/16 and am finally feeling better and starting to miss food. My husband loves to BBQ and he is all talk about cooking steaks for Fathers day. It is going to be really hard. I am already tired of the liquid. I want something of substance. So hang in there, I think we all have to go through this before things get better. My doctor said the first six weeks are the hardest. I believe that. :thumbup:

Hi, I have Tricare and was approved immediately. My BMI is only 36 but I have sleep Apnea. I think that is why I was approved so fast. If you have not done the sleep study for sleep apnea, I would recommend it. That may get you approved. I would NOT gain the extra weight. I had my surgery this Wednesday 6/16 and am just not feeling better. :thumbup: Good Luck

Thank You for your reply. I noticed you have a Navy connection. My husband is in the Navy reserves. My insurance is Tricare. I was surprised that they approved on the first submission. But they did.:biggrin:. So when Dr SMith's office never called back and I had to call them and ask what the next step was, I was dissappointed that they could not get me in sooner. They told me they had limited space for Tricare patients. Which made me angry also. They sure did not say that when they were taking my money for all the studies, Nutritional, Phych etc... I got the feeling like I was a second class citizen. I am not as important as anyone else. :w00t: Tricare did tell me I could tranfer approval status and Gave me a great referral. I spoke to Dr, Michael Green Office and felt really good after speaking to them on the phone. I have my appointment May 5th and they said I could have the surgery scheduled 2 weeks after. I have to have all my reports, sleep study forwarded to them. I asked Dr. Smith office to confirm once all documents were forwarded to Dr Green, but the have not responded as yet. I did do a search on this forum on Dr. Green and there have been good reviews. There was even one post from a member that had a similar issue and moved from Dr SMith to Dr. Green back in 2008. :wub: I love this forum, so much helpful information and support. I just believe in Karma, and i don't want to have bad karma because of my decision. But bottom line is that this is my life and my struggle and I have to go with my gutt feelings and it is telling me that I should not wait. So I appreciate your feed back. It really helps!! Who knows, maybe we will have our surgury around the same time. That would be great!

Hi, I have been waiting for my journey to begin for so long, I have gone through all of the Nutritional, Phych, Sleep Study etc appointments... and found out that my insurance approved my LAP-BAND®® on APril 14th. I called the doctor and they are telling me that they can not get me in until the end of June. I am so angry!! I called my insurance company and they said I could transfer my approval to another surgeon. I researched and found another good Doctor in my area who can get me in May. :biggrin: Should I change doctors? I know I already have a relationship with the 1st doctor, but I really on met him once. And if he is that busy, I dont want to feel like an assembly line. So I need advice PLEASEEEEEE:confused: