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I have been very sick for a while now, and on the 26th my doctor may remove my band. I was wondering if following surgery I will be on a liquid diet again and for how long. I am not having a band put back in, I am going to try to maintain my WL on my own.

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I have been very sick for a while now, and on the 26th my doctor may remove my band. I was wondering if following surgery I will be on a liquid diet again and for how long. I am not having a band put back in, I am going to try to maintain my WL on my own.

Hi Kim, I remember responding to a question of yours. I was thinking of you, how are you doing and feeling?

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Ehhh, not so good. I just weight myself and I've lost 10lbs. in a week, and not in a good way. I can't keep anything down! I went to the ER and they told me it was a reaction to antibiotics but it is just getting worse. I was banded July 2011 and I've lost just about 100lbs., but as happy as I am about the WL it has come at the price of my quality of life and happiness. I'm out of work and haven't been able to keep a job because I am always so sick from all of this. I feel like its time for it to come out so after Thanksgiving I am making to trip to NY to see the surgeon that put the band in and will most likely have it removed. I am very nervous. I've heard having it taken out is worse than put it and idk what my diet will be like after surgery.

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Ehhh' date=' not so good. I just weight myself and I've lost 10lbs. in a week, and not in a good way. I can't keep anything down! I went to the ER and they told me it was a reaction to antibiotics but it is just getting worse. I was banded July 2011 and I've lost just about 100lbs., but as happy as I am about the WL it has come at the price of my quality of life and happiness. I'm out of work and haven't been able to keep a job because I am always so sick from all of this. I feel like its time for it to come out so after Thanksgiving I am making to trip to NY to see the surgeon that put the band in and will most likely have it removed. I am very nervous. I've heard having it taken out is worse than put it and idk what my diet will be like after surgery.[/quote']

hi

iv just had my lap band out on Friday at 10am I was out of surgery by 1pm and was only in a little bit of discomfort but then they gave me morphine and I was fine...I was on morphine drip for the rest of that day and night then my morphine was taken away ( :( morphine is amazing)

I wasn't in any pain while on morphine...getting up and down was a little sore BUT just take your time moving around and it's all good!

I was worried the pain would suddenly slam back into me because I was in SOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! much pain when the lap band was put in and only given Panadol/paracetamol BUT no I was tired but there was no major pain...I had lunch which was just liquids - vege juice, milk, tea, apple juice...

I ended up drinking the little apple juice, the little milk and had two small cups of tea but the vege juice tasted like sh$t I was in no pain and had now been off the drugs for 5 hours

i was taken off all drips etc...because I was weeing, farting, drinking plenty of Water and felt fine after my "liquid lunch"

i was given 2 Panadol/paracetamol tablets and they went down fine...i asked if I could go home as I was in no pain and didnt see the point in sitting in hospital when I was fine with liquids, had no drips hooked up to me and I wasn't in any pain.....they made me eat ice cream because its a slight solid and it went down fine then I was discharged :)

it's now Sunday morning! and I'm home :)

I took one Panadol/paracetamol in the afternoon and then another at 9.00pm just before going to bed....iv just woken up and it's 7:51am (sunday) and I feel great I'm not in any pain getting up and down is still a slow movement but that's for the best I don't want to rip anything...

for the rest of the week I'm sticking to liquids and slowly moving on the solids but taking small steps trying things like yoghurt, purée fruit etc..

I thought I was going to be in so much pain because putting the lap band in hurt so much

but seriously i barely feel like if been in surgery!

I'm taking a week off work to recover but my doc said I could go back after a few days :s haha but I thought I'd be on the careful side...

if you want the band out DO ITTTTTT!!!!!

I'll keep you updated :)

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Kim,

I hope everything goes well. Keep us posted please.

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