Well .... the day finally came ;)

[ChrisP 0]

Well, the day finally came..... ; ).... not as smooth as I had wished but worth it.

Hello, My name is Christina.... I was banded on 3/19/07 @ the weight of 228. My surgery was done by Dr. Clarey and Dr. Bruce (awesome team). Unfortunately, right after being released from the hosp. on 3/20 I ended up right back in only 6 hours later with a temp of 302.5. Needless to say that my family was in a panic that infection or something to do with the band had set in........ But, come to find out that I had double viral pneumonia ..... Can you believe it... I was actually happy to hear that it was only pneumonia.....ya right. Dr. Clarey & Dr. Bruce called in a great respiratory Doc and I was finally released on 3/26. I am just now starting to feel like my old self.

There was something good (as morbid as it sounds) that did come out of the extended hosp. stay..... Because I felt like DooDoo and was kept on the "full liquid" diet ..... I ended up departing the hosp. weighing 202.6lbs .... Nice little jump start huh? ; ). Except ..... now I am dreading the fact that I am once again HUNGRY and going through withdrawal ..... and then there is the cheating. At least I have begun my walking again .... which I started in the hosp. .... I was more stir crazy then wanting to exercise... but it all worked for me...lol.

Well, anyway.....thats my story and I am sticking to it ; ).

Christina

[Mrs Husker 3]

ChrisP

Sorry to hear your start in bandland was so rough. But Welcome. We have a thread for people banded in March (Marchies in April) if you would like to join us. Love to have another person to share with and learn from.

[ReneBean 3]

I guess that hospital stay had a silver lining, huh?

Good Luck!

Welcome to Bandland!

[elizajo 0]

Hi Christina,

Glad to hear you feeling better...pneumonia is so horrible and luckily you had people to help. Again glad to hear you are feeling much better.

[juliegeraci 7]

Christina, glad you are feeling better. Congrats on getting banded.