One week into surgery

jlogantx · June 15, 2006

Hello everyone. I had my lap band on June 7. I passed the one week point yesterday. I have to admit it was not as easy as I expected but it was not all that bad. I think ads where people go to work on the 2nd day are very very very much exaggerated. I look forward to being able to eat again. I have been on a liquid diet for 4 weeks and still have one to go. Any ideas on some things to drink would be appreciated. Yesterday was the first day since the surgery that I could drink without my stomach cramping. Today I am actually starting to feel a little bit hungry.

I started out weighing 294lbs and at 5'3" that is definately obiese. This morning I weighed 263. I realize that when I start eating I might gain some of this back or be real slow losing any more, but I don't care. It feels wonderful to look at those scales.

To those of you who are planning to have the surgery. My stomach felt as though I had exercised too hard and my muscles were real sore ( not too bad). My worst pain (which most probably will not have) was my neck and shoulder. The doctor thinks that it was hyperextended while they were putting the tube in. The other problem was my stomach cramping whenever anything but Water hit it. Because of this I became dehydrated for about 3 days. All in all it was not that bad of an experience.

Would I do it again??????? :clap2: IN A HEARTBEAT!!!!!!

I AM 49 YRS OLD AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS AND YEARS, I ACTUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT.:biggrin1:

lisah25 · June 15, 2006

I AM 49 YRS OLD AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS AND YEARS, I ACTUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT.:biggrin1:

Congrats on your banding! :clap2:

I love what you say above. As soon as I got my surgery date set yesterday, I realized the same thing. I felt hopeful for the first time in YEARS that I don't have to be this size and watch my health get bad and then worse.