Advise After Revision!!

[REDDGIRL1209 0]

I just had my second surgery on Wed. 2/20 and came home on Fri. 2/22. I am very very sore. Dr. gave me pain meds but they are not helping. My band slipped and so they took out the old one and put in a new one. I am having alot of pain on my left side! My doctor says that I have to have liqueds untill my follow up visit on Tuesday. How long do I have to stay on liqueds after a revision? Do I have to start the steps over again? Sometimes I feel hungry like I want to eat solids but then I get afraid of upseting my stomach. I am not sure how soon i get a fill. But i beleive my band slipped because I was too tight and that's why i was so sick all the time not holding any food or liqueds down. Does anyone have any advise on having a revision and where do i go from here?

[2muchfun 8,927]

I'm sure your doc gave you post op instructions? The nurses in the hospital usually give you written orders?

If you have a new band, you're starting from scratch and I would think you're on Clear liquids for however long your doc prescribes and then pureed and onto soft foods maybe 3 weeks down the road.

The new band has to settle in, swelling from the sutures and then the sutures must heal so I would follow the same routine as when you were originally banded.

tmf

[Neenah04 2]

my band was repositioned on Friday. Discharge instructions say 72 hours liquids then resume normal diet. When band was unfilled week and a half before surgery for slippage, doctor told me to eat a regular diet. I have to admit, I am not hungry at all and thus am having trouble getting 3 Protein Shakes in.Not sure I will be ready for a regular diet on Monday. I think I will take it slower and listen to my body.

[krzy4vt 109]

I had revision 2weeks post op now. My doctor had me start at the beginning with Clear Liquids, then puréed, mushies, then back to soft solids. I also thought this surgery was more painful than the first but I was thinking I was only 8wks post op the first time them had to have major surgery again. So my poor body has had a few rough months so def take your pain meds when needed. I noticed also it seems like I'm healing at a slower pace then the first time. Hope you start feeling better soon.