dreamskin

I am all finished, it was very awful. Not because of the band, I think. I just wrote a large post on the Surgery day posts.

Well I had my surgery and it really was awful. I dont think it was anything to do with the actual surgery though. The pre op nurses and theatre nurses, doctor and anethestic guy were all great, marvellous in fact. I was experiencing some chest pains before the surgery and told them and they told me I had shown no problems on my ECG. I came to after the surgery and the pain was horrendous! My heart felt like it was going to... I dont know what, Just hurting so so much. The theatre nurse was great, she gave me 2 big shots of pethedine, which is what we call demerol over here in Australia. They didnt do another ecg though, and I felt like, well I felt like I was having a heart attack. The pethedine made me sleep but every time I woke the pain was there. They took me up onto the ward and there is where it really got bad. The nurses were telling me it was in my head and giving me what felt like Junior asprin but I think was just paracetomol. No good whatsover. I had 2 nurses standing at the end of my bed telling me very nastily I didnt look like I was in any pain, I was basically making it up. My blood pressure was 170 over 100 and was not going down. They finally gave me a shot, and then completely ignored me. The night nurse came on and she was worse, I couldnt lay down and she pushed me down and snapped " Lay down!" I told her not to push me and I couldnt, when I lay down the pain was worse. She told me to stop whining and I said telling you I am in pain is not whining. She finally gave me the shot.The woman opposite me had had her varicous veins stripped and they were even worse to her, telling her she knew it would be bad and why did she get it done then. To stop whinning and to shutup. She was in agony, a huge abcess had formed under her bandage. It was awful. My doctor is sending me for some cardiac tests after everything settles down.

all done on the 2nd August, it wasnt nice but I will get there.

I am going for surgery on Monday the 2nd August here in Australia, and I have sat here for about 3 hours reading all your stories about surgery day. It has been so helpful and calming to me, reading them has actually made me tear up at times.Thank you so much for taking the time to write about your experiences. All the very best of good luck to you, and God Bless you all.

I haven'r even been banded yet so I cant really talk about that much, but this is what I find helps if I have those cravings for pancakes or things I shouldn't eat. Run to the fridge and eat something healthy quick! If you eat something before you let the craving build up in your mind, it seems to take your mind of it. What I am trying to say is,while you are hungry, the craving for things you shouldn't eat is a lot worse.