kminner

Hello. My name is Karen. I was just banded on Friday, Aug 20. My surgeon is Dr. John Brebbia in Dover, DE. I have been overweight most of my life, except for a 2 year stint before I got married. (Phen fen) Anyways, I have been researching this band for a long time and finally went through with it. I was told I had a small hiatal hernia that he repaired while he was placing the band. I am feeling good today. I still have alot of pain in my shoulders and neck but i hear thats from the hernia repair. I can start full liquids today....so i made a protein smoothie this morning. Its amazing that I have no hunger at all. I ate about 1/2 of a sugar free jello yesterday and was full - wierd to me as before i could easily put away a medium pizza all by myself. Has anyone else been banded recently?

I had my surgery on 8/20. I am recovering well, but I have a tremendous amount of itching in the area of my incisions. Crazy itching! Today was the first day of no pain meds, but I just woke up from the uncontrollable itching. Just took some more pain meds to try and calm it down. Any suggestions???? Please help.

Hi there. I was banded on 8/20 and am experiencing this quite a bit. The other night, I just broke down crying - didnt really know why - just cray crying. It then dawned on me that I wanted to eat something - not sure what - but something and not broth or jello or popsicles - a hot dog ad fries maybe? and then i thought "will i every be able to have it again?" It was a rough night After some distraction with having to pick up my kids from band and cheerleading, I realized that I really have a very unhealthy relationship with food and this band has made me face it. Today, went to the mall to finish up some school shopping for the kids, was almost mad by the end of the trip and thought to myself "mall trips will never be fun again". Why?? because I cant eat all the junk. ok, so now I am rambling - I wanted to let you know that you are not alone. I understand what you are feeling. We can do this!!!