jenndubbd

I had BOB on December 29th and I am looking for your go to lunches and dinners. I also need to feed my family so some ideas of what we all could have (and like!) would be great!

Thanks. I do have realistic expectations about the band. Just thinking it may be because of all the additional Water I am drinking. My dr let me take Christmas off from the liquid diet before surgery so I thought I would at least lose that weight! lol I will be patient and go from there! Patients is not one of my strong qualities! :-)

Hi all! I had the band over bypass December 29th. Wondering if there is anyone else that has gone through this process? I had it done because my in my original bypass my stoma was too large and have had dumping syndrome ever since. I thought it was something I just had to live with until I started seeing a different bariatric clinic. I had lost almost 100 pounds with the bypass and over the years regained 48 pounds. I just had the band put in and have recovered very fast and I feel like nothing is different than before. No pain and I was up walking 2 hours after surgery and felt fine just a little sore. I obviously haven't had any fills but wondering once i do, will the weight start to drop? I am on a soft food diet now and I am definitely not eating what I was before, but I am not seeing any weight drop. My Dr. did say after surgery that this was the right way to go. I am hoping it was and the band will be a good tool. He said it should feel like it did when I first had the bypass.

Congratulations!

Grrr! So know they called and said it will probably be the following week. I'm so upset because its really going to mess with my time off from work. They also said that they may call me next thursday and i can have it Friday so I cant say i can work next weekend. Is this a sign saying I shouldn't do it?!

thanks for the replies everyone... I finally talked to someone. she said it is fine and there will be enough time for it to go through, and she said not to worry. SO I guess I will just trust them and keep my fingers crossed.

My surgery is scheduled for November 12, which is coming really fast. I called my insurance BCBS MN a couple weeks ago to see if I have been approved yet and they told they hadn't received anything for the dr office. After many calls to the 1 person that submits everything she told me that she was still working the ones for the end of October. So she said she would probably get it in on Oct 29. I called and called on Friday and she never answered, never called me back. SO today I have been blowing her phone up and no answer. I called BCBS and they still dont have anything there yet. WTH? It less then 2 weeks away and the person for BCBS said it may take up to 30 days!!!! Im freaking out! I cant just reschedule my surgery, everything at work has been planned. I dont have a normal job, when Im not there it effects other peoples schedules. I just dont know what to do!!! :thumbup:

Hey everyone! There are so many more of us November bandsters now! How exciting! So I am kind of freaking out...... I have my final weigh in tomorrow and the seminar that has to be taken before my surgery. I am required to lose 15 pounds before surgery, well, I am not down 15..... I am close but not all the way. What are they going to do? Will I still be able to have it? I only have a 2day pre op liquid diet so I am hoping I just will have to do that for a another day or so. I am so nervous! I will still be able to have surgery- right?! :thumbup:

yay! you are getting closer!! Are you in MN? which hospital are you going to? Im having surgery November 11 at U of M fairview

Hello Minnesota!! I'm in Brooklyn park. Where are you having surgery at?!our dates are close!

I always get sick off of the barium too. It's awful, usually throw up from it. I'm not sure if you have to do it after surgery, i've seen some people do and some don't. So, not sure about that.

Congrat! So happy for you!:thumbup: