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I'm here too! Right here in Indianapolis. Would love to meet up and work out, support group discuss the good bad and ugly..because it does get ugly sometime..lol..

I'm doing good..I think..have just settled in to knowing my band. Down almost 70lbs and that is after a restart from my ob cutting my tubing during my hysterectomy.just now feeling like I know my band and can go forward from here.I have 50 more pounds that I want to loose, but I will be happy with 40, that will put me at 186. I have found that many people are asking me now when will I stop that I'm getting too skinny :-D..i am far from skinny! I do need to do more exercise and use the various apps that I have downloaded to my phone and do things on the run..

to the left of my belly button...right now...but I have to go back to surgery on Sept 28 because my OB cut my tubing and my Band surgeon said she may have to repostion it a little higher depending on where he cut at..

<<<----No pre op diet. I did something small, like reduce some of the fat, made a meal a protein shake, and just watched what I ate. No fried foods or anything like that. Good luck!

Some of us are at or past 4months post op..How is everyone doing? Me, I've having some issues. Wouldn't be having them if I didn't have to have a hystrectomy 2weeks ago. My OB cut my tubing to my band!!! OMG another surgery in 4 weeks to repair that. So I;m just trying to keep my spirits up. What are you up to?

I am 17 weeks post op. Everything was going great and then I had to have a hysterectomy. It was suppose to take an hour and a half, be laproscopic and I would be back to work in 2 weeks. Didn't go as planned, OB had to abandon the laproscope and open me up due to adhesions to my pelvic wall and bowel. My hour and a half surgery turned into a 4hour slice and dice as I say. My OB attempted fpr 36 minutes to reattach my tubing but couldn't see where it was connected at. He did call my band surgeon and explained to her what happened and after seeing her today she said that based on what he told her sounds like he just cut it. She said easy fix because she doesn't cut the extra tubing when she places the band. The only issue would be if he cut near the band itself where then she would have to replace the whole band...smh... I'm trying to keep a positive outlook on the situation, but it is totally frustrating!!! So, I'm 13 days postop with my hystrectomy and in 4 weeks I'm going back under the knife to repair my band. This has been the 1st time that I have questioned my decision to go with the band. I know that if I went with the sleeve, I wouldn't have these problems right now but I also understand that I didn't konw that I would be going for a difficult hystrectomy so soon after my band placement. I never had surgery befor my twins were born in 2009, this next surgery will be my 7th including my c-section and my 3rd this year! Pray for me! Thanks for allowing me to vent.

No, my steri strips started falling off about 6-7#ays post op. But like PP said, just let water roll over, but don't scrub or apply soap. I didn't have any guaze, just the steri strips. Maybe that's why they are telling you to sponge bathe.

I was told 24hrs I could shower, 2weeks for a bath. Keep steri strips on for 7days then I could remove them of if they fell off, they just fell of. No scrubbing over the incisions and try not to get too much soap on them. After 7days, I used alcohol to remove extra goo from the steri strips

It a day to day process. If you mess up one day you always have the next to do right! Remember what your ultimate goal is. And remember that you are human and you do make mistakes. No one is perfect, if you do know a perfect person, point em out to me so I can kick their ass for showing out! Lol...I can give you a virtual kick, but stay on the boards, stay accountable to us. I find that LBT, Facebook and YouTube keep me in check. If it works for me, it can work for you! Good luck and give your husband a hug and kiss for me for keeping me and mine safe from the loonys of the world!

I have a 14cc Lapband and my doctor explained that she placed the bigger band because I have a larger esophogus. It cuts down on the risk of band slippage. She also said that my 1st fill that we were going to go "hard at it to get to restriction so that we wouldn't be doing so much poking on the band" So, I'm expecting a 5cc fill in 3 weeks. (I'll be 6weeks postop) I had heard that the 4cc bands were not offered here in the US anymore and that what we have here isn't offered in Mexico.