October 2006 Bandsters!

[moon goddess 0]

My e-mail address is~~~~

the_moongoddess@hotmail.com

I hope that all of you keep in touch with me always....why do I feel so sentimental tonight?

I start back to work tomorrow....I will let everyone know how that goes!

[Jodi-T 0]

moon goddess I started back up Monday. I found that I got tired really fast. I am not sure if it is from healing of if it is from the lower amount of calories. But yesterday was better and today was better yet so don't get discouraged if you feel wore out cause it will get better each day.

[Jodi-T 0]

moon goddess I started back up Monday. I found that I got tired really fast. I am not sure if it is from healing of if it is from the lower amount of calories. But yesterday was better and today was better yet so don't get discouraged if you feel wore out cause it will get better each day.

[njbandman 0]

Just got my band on Monday from Dr. George Fielding at NYU Medical Center. I must say, I had worse experiences at the dentist. No problems, very little pain and I was on the treadmill tonight. Would appreciate any feed back from anyone as well as advice for the next few weeks.

[moon goddess 0]

Thanks Jodi~T!

The good thing is that there are only two days left of the week, so at least I can have the weekend right around the corner. I don't have a lot to do beyond paperwork at the desk, so it shouldn't be too hard!

[njbandman 0]

Just got my band on Monday from Dr. George Fielding at NYU Medical Center. I must say, I had worse experiences at the dentist. No problems, very little pain and I was on the treadmill tonight. Would appreciate any feed back from anyone as well as advice for the next few weeks.:clap2:

[Dani-X 0]

Hi guys!

I hope all is well! I'm back on my feet again and tonight I'm feeling really good. To be honest, I was so nervous about the actual surgery that I didn't think about the recovery. This is all so new to me!

So I was the first surgery scheduled on Monday, 10/23. I arrived at 6am for a 7:30 procedure. Boy was I nervous. There was another girl who got weighed in at the same time as me and she was the second surgery of the day... turns out, she was to be my recovery roommate! Well, some of my fears were put aside when I found out that I had lost 23 lbs in my 2 week pre-op diet. As soon as they told me, I hugged, kissed and said good bye to my boyfriend. I was terrified of the surgery and remember my eyes were starting to tear up as I was walking with the nurse to the OR. I quickly regained my composure thinking that it wouldn't make ANYbody's job easier if the patient was all weepy!

When I walked into the OR I was surprised at how many people were in there. It was about 7:20am and they were laughing and joking around with me. The anesthesiologist was great and really helped to put my mind at ease... I remember them putting an IV in my hand and remember the big BIG lights in the OR. And that's all I remember. The next time I'm awake I'm in the PACU in some pretty decent pain. They gave me morphine to help with the pain and it kicked in shortly. My boyfriend came to see me and they brought me up to my recovery room.

Throughout the day I felt pretty darn awful. For one, my upper back felt like it had been slammed with a baseball bat. Second, the dreaded gas pain in my left shoulder was pretty bad. Third, never having had anesthesia or morphine left me a basket full of nausea. I literally turned green and started to throw up at two different times that night. We managed to calm it with deep breathing and all that came out of me was the spit/saliva you get when you're about to throw up. The 2nd time I heaved but there was nothing. Because of the nausea, I wasn't allowed any ice chips or Water because they didn' want anything in my stomach. It also meant they wouldn't give me any pain medication aside from the pain reliever/anti-inflammatory (toradol.) After the 2nd time of near-puking, it magically went away. They came by with some crushed up percocets and I started feeling better.

I ended up having to spend the night in the hospital. My roomate was able to go home at 6pm (god bless her!) I ended up getting a new roommate who was a smoker and was hacking all night. It was pretty gross, I thought she was going to cough up a lung (or a band!) and had to plug my ears. Anyway, I was released in the AM and my BF brought me home.

Day 2 was still pretty rough on me although I slept through the night. I took some liquid tylenol PM felt pretty comfortable in my position. Day 3 - I woke up this morning in some pain and slept on and off for the next few hours. I decided to make it a lazy day and that was a mistake. I was too tired to do anything but lay in bed but my Dr. office says "bed is your enemy after surgery." I got up and went for a walk to the post office and came back tired but in good spirits. I ended up straightening up my apartment for a bit and then watching some TV before my sis came over to take me to the store to pick up a new prescription. The Vicodin the prescribed me wasn't making me feel good and was hurting my stomach... they gave me percocet and I feel SO much better on it. If I tried to eat or drink anything with the Vicodin, my stomach would get this stabbing pain on my left side... not so with Percocet. But thing that's nasty is crushing them up into Water to take them *blech*

So, tomorrow is Day 4 and I'm sure it will be better than today. I thank god I came through it OK and that I have friends, family, and my friends on LBT to support me. I can't imagine having to go through this without this board!!! Good luck, guys!

[soniacan 0]

Hi friends!

Well here I am at my moms - giving her the tour of the LBT boards. And trying to figure out how I will ever fall asleep!!

I have to be in at 9:30 for an 11am surgery.

I'll see when I can log on again!

have a good night!!

[qbanita75 0]

question I hope I don't sound mean or rude. :omg: I just wanted to know if anyone else in the first two weeks have been hungry???? I was speaking to someone the other day that hasn't been banded but that will be soon Good luck to them. And I was telling them that I'm hungry SOMETIMES not always sometimes. They just kept going back and forth with me telling me that I wasn't drinking enough protean and I wasn't getting enough liquid. ANYHOW I said I was hungry but I think its more my mind telling me you need to eat because food wasn't going in my mouth but I had good nutrition so I would be find when I got to mushie food.

HELP tell me I'm not mean for thinking this. I'm sorry if it sounds mean I don't mean for anyone to get upset just that I need positive :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: suggestions not telling me that I'm drinking enough Thanks

Eileen:help: :help: :help:

[qbanita75 0]

good luck sonia :cool: you will do great!!!

[~Jules~ 0]

I can't sleep. I should be because I have to be up in 5 hours to get ready. Today is the day. I guess I should at least try and sleep and quit reading posts on the computer. Good luck to everyone. I will post when I get back.

[JDru 0]

Getting ready for bed and oh am I nervous!! I have to be at the hospital at 6:30 am, surgery at 7:30. Good luck to everyone tomorrow!!! I'll definitley post something when I feel up to it. Thanks to everyone for your support!

[roxy123 1]

gbanita,Im hungry too. Your not alone.Remember healing stage!? I was hungry the day of the surgery in the recov. room! Not head hunger either my stomach was empty and rumbling. After they strarted allowing me broth an stuff at the hosp. I was ok and was ok on broth and stuff for the first week(still dreamt of solids though) 2nd week i felt like I was strving all of the time, yes real hunger pains almost non stop. Now into my 3rd week and much better because of mushies but if I dot stop myelf i would overeat. Dont forget your band isnt filled so yoour going to feel like eating like you did before so you need to imploy some good old fashioned will power until its time to get a fill.

[Cowgirl74 0]

I was banded on the 11th October ... I have been on fluids ... went onto Mushies on Monday ... yep today back on fluids for the next 24hrs. I went to the Doc and he gave me a fill. Has anyone else who had surgery this month had a fill yet. I was freaking out .. but it was so easy, not painful at all

Also I am 14kgs (about 30 pounds) down since the 29th September.

[roxy123 1]

Cowgirl, wow that was vey fast. Did your doc explain why he was doing a fill already or is that normal practice for him? Im jelous! Most doc's have you wait 4-6 weeks.