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Please help. I need advice, I don't want to run to the doc for nothing... I had my surgery a week ago Friday (17th). I was pretty good about not lifting anything for a few days, but I have two children under the age of 3 (one who is just 13 months old and still nursing). I've also started walking so I've been active. My pain has never completely gone away, but that doesn't concern me. What concerns me is that it seems to be getting worse around my port incision. I can feel a mass underneath... scar tissue? the port? A HERNIATION??? IDK!!! It hurts to stand up, but I'd say only a 2 or 3. I'm not on pain meds anymore. SHOULD I BE CONCERNED OR IS THIS NORMAL?? THANKS!

I just had my surgery last friday and this is something that I've been worried about. Thanks for your input!

Hi This is a poll. Did you lose your hair? If you DID what did you do about it and if you DID NOT, did you do anything to prevent it?

I just got banded on Friday this last week and I'm so thankful for this posting. It was great to read and gives me so much hope. Single digits as AE??? That truly is amazing. If I can make this work maybe I'll be there too someday. I may still be stuck shopping at walmart, but they have smaller sizes there too :thumbup:

Does your highest weight include your pregnancy weight? I was much heavier with my first pregnancy, but dropped it all within 2 weeks of birth. I personally don't use that as my highest weight, I use my usual weight for that. Am I cheating? What do you all think? Thanks.

Well congrats to all the other September 17th bandesters. I was banded on Friday as well. It's really late Saturday where I am, actually Sunday morning to be specific. My surgery was uneventful. The hospital stay was fine although I was on the general surgical floor and the nurses had no idea what to do for me, twice I was given cups with straws and they didn't have anything else for me to drink. They never once woke me to take anything and I couldn't leave until I peed, but having not had anything for so long that was VERY hard. I was disappointed by that. I've had two csections and was expecting this to be MUCH easier. I WAS WRONG. People have always downplayed the pain of the surgery to me I guess, but for those coming up be aware, it's not easy. You will need your pain meds. I was going to be superwoman and not take any narcotics so I could continue to sleep with and nurse my baby. That's not happening so now poor DH is giving him bottles in the middle of the night and he's in his crib. We've never done that so I feel super bad for him, but I'm not taking any chances. The gas pain is very bad, but it's mainly subsided. No one told me about gas x which I've read in several other posts. Should have picked some up I guess. The neck and chest pain is also a factor. I find taking deep breaths helps for that. The lortab works well, but I've been asleep for most of the time. My oldest, he's 2.75 years old, he knows somethings up and is having a hard time, but I'll be fine in no time so he will too. One good thing... netflix on demand! Loving it. Watching it on the laptop right in bed. Good luck everyone. As always, I'm cautiously optimistic! :thumbup::thumbup:

:alien::eek::eek6: Woe this was the wrong thread to read while on my clear liquid diet before surgery. My belly was already growling from my hubbies dinner and now this.... It all sounds so good.:wub:

That makes me feel so good. I'd live with it if I could feel it, but It's better to know that I might not. Thank you! :wub:

:huh2:I'm being banded on Friday and now I'm wondering if I'll be able to feel it when I'm walking around or sitting or laying down to sleep or what have you. I know I'll be able to palpate and feel the port from the outside, but what about form the inside while it's just sort of being there? Thanks.

So I wrote this for myself but I wanted to share with people who understand. I'm being banded on Friday this week! Dear Self, Why am I doing this? Why am I subjecting myself to this? Well mainly it’s for my kids. I’d like to be healthy and be a good role model for my children. I want to be with them for as long as possible. There are other more selfish reasons of course. I’m so freakin sick of having the sore back all the freakin time! I know it’s because of my belly and I’m hoping and praying that if I’m able to get rid of that my back won’t hurt anymore. Every time I go to pick up Little Stink or when we are in the rocking chair nursing and I go to put him in his crib it hurts SO bad. Bending down to clean up their toys is a nightmare. I’m also so sick of being scared that I’m going to develop diabetes. If I’m able to loss weight and keep it off, that fear will most likely be alleviated. Not to mention of course, the HPB which weighs on my as well. I’d like to be able to nurse my next child without having to worry about that medication at least. I’d like to be thin enough to attempt a VBAC for baby 3 so maybe I can even have baby 4 if I want! I also want to be able to run without hearing my belly flap. It’s more than embarrassing. I want to be able to run and play with the kids. Play soccer or baseball or tennis without being winded. I want to be able to ride my bike without fear of a hill. I want to be able to run and get my baby if he falls more quickly than I can now. I want to be there for them more than I am now. I want to be able to walk into a room of people I don’t know and not be looking around to make sure there’s someone fatter than me in the room. I want to be able to stop looking for the shock or disgust in people’s eyes when they see me (as a point of note, I’ve NEVER seen that though! I just look for it). I want to be taken seriously and included in circles that I’m currently not given the opportunity to join. I want to be able to ride my bike or take a walk without worrying what the teenagers are thinking or worse yet saying about me. I don’t want the day to come when my little boys say to me “Mommy, you are fat” and I simply have to respond, “Yes, Mommy is fat”. I want to see the looks on people’s faces when they see me thin FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! I want to welcome my sister home from aboard having lost 100 pounds. I want to go to weddings or other family events and see all their faces when they realize that it really is me. This has been a dream since I was 10 years old. I’d like to finally see it come to fruition. I want my husband to be able to pick me up and swing me around like he does his mother. I want him to find me attractive. I want him to tell me he finds me attractive. What am I scared of though. I’m scared of not succeeding. That’s for sure. I’m scared that I’ll go through all of this and 10 years down the road I’ll be back right where I am now, and I’ll have to watch what I eat on top of it. That would SUCK. If I’m gonna be fat, then I damn well want to be enjoying it! I’m scared that life is gonna suck after the surgery. I’m scared I won’t be able to follow the diet. I’m scared I’ll lose my drive after too short a time. I’m SUPER scared I’ll have a recurrence of my anxiety problems. In the past this was enough to keep me from trying anything. But it’s been well controlled for around 7 years so I do think I’ll be ok. If I’m not, well then I’ll cross that bridge when I get there. I’m scared that life is gonna suck without good food. I’m scared of what I won’t be able to eat anymore. I’m scared of not nursing for 24 hours. I’m scared of not being able to lift the kids for a time. That will be hard. I’m scared that I’ll give up too soon. I’m hoping that the band will not let me do that! I’m hoping that the results will be such that I don’t want to do that. I’m hoping to succeed. I’m hoping not to be disappointed by my audacity to hope.

I'm having my surgery with him on 09/17 and I'm just curious of other's impressions and thoughts. I'm not TOO nervous about the actual procedure, but of course there are the general concerns.... Thanks!

I'm new and this is my first post. I thought I'd make it official. I'm scheduled for September 17th. I start the pre-op diet on September 7th, the day after my birthday. I plan on making it some birthday too. :tongue2: I am nervous. I hope I can make it work this time.