Greetings

[NBT 0]

Hello "Banders",

I truly hope that this introduction finds you all well and fine. I'm not sure if I am the first one to be a spouse on the lap band forum, but....that's what your getting. Never know...may lead into another part of the forum.... Family Support for the Lap Band Patient.

Anyhow, I found this forum in search of information regarding my wife's post operative symptoms. Will get into that later, right now I just wanted to give a word of encouragement to those who have had, are about to have the lap band surgery done. You are extremely brave, and I wish you the very best through the surgery and afterwards. "Our" surgeon is great, treated the Mrs with dignity, did not look "down" on her, and was never in a hurry to move on to the next client. MD Huguet, and his staff have been nothing short of wonderful.

There are however obvious "concerns", adjustment's, and "behaviors" that the patient's spouse, family, and friends also go through when "dealing" with a Lap Band patient. The Mrs and I both have 25 years in the healthcare field...she is an RN, and I'm a Paramedic. We met each other in the Emergency Department 18 yrs ago....been "stuck" since...HA.

In closing, I hope to get a few answers, provide a few answers, get a little support and give a little support. Never know, someday we might actually get the chance to meet one or two of y'all. We can split some Optifast and talk about the "good old day's"....when freeze tag was better than some 3D computer game....and the street light's were the clock in which we knew it was time to get home.

Keep your chin up, if your having a bad day...believe tomorrow will be a better one. I will leave you with a bit of humor, in an attempt to bring a smile to your face...laughter is good for ya.

Peekaboo Street (US Olympian) because of her Olympic performance ended up with a lot of money.

Rather than spending it on herself, she showed a lot of character by donating it to a local hospital.

The primary facility the hospital needed was a retrofit of the Intensive Care Unit, so in her honor, the hospital board is going to name the new unit, "Peekaboo, I.C.U.".

Ok...how about a puppy then? This is our puppy CoCo in Jan. 2010, she will be 2 this Nov. 29th.

Have a blessed week everyone, and I hope that this post is appropriate for the forum. I look forward to sharing information on both sides of the issues at hand.

Regards,

"NBT"

[Rojasanoll 920]

Congratulations to the two of you. Seems like you were made for each other.

May God Bless You as well.

[dee257 1,516]

Yep...yep....you and the Mrs story made me smile....thanks and best of luck to you both....dee

[Sojourner 2,446]

I believe that the concerns which you wrote about are valid and as with other life changing events, the IP (identified patient) does inevitably place some stress on the entire family as they move throughout the process of changing many of their daily routines with exercise and eating patterns.

Inherently people don't cope well with change; unless they are the one's initiating it. Though my husband has been incredibly supportive of my WLS and journey, I do appreciate how this has impacted our relationship.

And, family members of the IP at times will be in need of some emotional support and answers. It was nice to read your post...this is a great place to come for emotional support and to learn about life as a bandster, and life with a bandster.

Best wishes...