May 12th Surgery-kinda freakin

[cydli 0]

Hi, I'm Cyd. I had the lap band installed on Monday May 12th. I thought I was totally prepared however, Sunday night I got a call from the surgeon saying he couldn't do the lap band his partner would have to do it. I said ok but wondered if it was an omen or something. In the hospital, 15 min before surgery, I met the surgeon and he told me he could place the belize band it would have to be the lap band and did I want to proceed....Yes, I was ready, checked in, had an IV in, I guess that would be OK. Then he came back and said they needed to move someone ahead of me and I would need to wait 2 hours. I have to admit I was freaking!!!

It turned out I didn't have to wait the OR was prepped for me already and the next thing I knew I was waking up. I was fine Monday & most of Tuesday then last night I started to have an anxiaty attach. Did I do the right thing by having this surgery! There's a forein body in side of me! The incisions are way, way bigger than I thought they would be and I have to say they are really ugly. No possible way they wont leave huge scars.

I'm sorry this seems so down and winey I don't have anyone to tell this kind of stuff.

On the possitive side since I started the journey I have lost 22#s quit drinking my 20 cups of coffee a day and stopped smoking so, just doing that is fantastic.

[agreatknead 1]

Hi Cyd,

Congratulations on all your accomplishments so far. This is only the beginning. As far as a foreign body in your body be glad its not a pacemaker or some other device that you can't live without because of your weight. Learn to love it and it will work for you in wonderful ways.

Blessings,

Sally

[detroitdame75 0]

You are so right, great analogy!!! I am pre op and have a few normal jitters but for some reason what you said hit the spot. Thanks!!

XOXO

Barbie

PS. Im from MI too!

Hi Cyd,

Congratulations on all your accomplishments so far. This is only the beginning. As far as a foreign body in your body be glad its not a pacemaker or some other device that you can't live without because of your weight. Learn to love it and it will work for you in wonderful ways.

Blessings,

Sally

[cydli 0]

I have another quick question...how do you attached the ticker tape. I went to the web site & set it up I just don't know were it goes in this web site-

THX Cyd

[brown bear 0]

Title was supposed to be Ticker Tutorial. OOPS!

From the home page, go to the left side "Lap Band Talk Forum Listing". Under the heading "Basics for Lap-Band Surgery Beginners", find "Frequently Asked Questions" then under that CLICK ON "LapBandTalk Forum FAQs". CLICK ON "General Forum Usage". CLICK ON "Adding a Ticker to your signature". CLICK ON "Ticker Tutorial" which is underlined in a sentence near the bottom of the screen.

The tutorial is great, just follow it step by step and you will have a ticker, too.

Good Luck!

Edited May 14, 2008 by brown bear
tried to change title

[ReadySteadyGo 8]

Okay I thought I was pretty well versed in the lapband world, but what is the belize band? Is this a diffrent surgery?

[agreatknead 1]

Hi Barbie,

Do you live in Detroit. I just scheduled my first fill in Troy at the fill center USA since I had my surgery in Mexico and will be going there on the 30th of this month.

Sally

[cydli 0]

Sorry, I was doing 2 things at once this morning. The band is the "realize" band and made by johnson & johnson.