Newly banded

[roseymatt 0]

Hi All,

I'm another newly banded. Been looking around for information on banding and came across this site. Hopefully I can get some ideas off here and maybe even help some others going through the same thing as me. I was banded about a little over a month ago and am doing well.

[sharyn80 0]

Hi

I am also recently banded 3 weeks today! I am finding things very difficult emotionally, I guess I was an emotional eater and now that I cant do it I am finding myself depressed a lot of the time. I cant start any excersise yet as I injured my back not long before being banded. Anyway it would be nice to hear from anyone who has felt this way, I have also started an online journal to hopefully help me through this, feel free to check it out.

In Search Of the skinny me

[Socialdot 0]

:redface: Hi, I was banded on 9/29. I had some problems with my liver (too fat) and I am having a very slow recovery. I have a bad knee and can't walk and can't be dismissed for Water exercises until I see the doctor. I hope you do well. There seems some really scary stories here.

[roseymatt 0]

Hi Sharyn, Sorry to hear you are having some difficulties. The back problem would be a real hassle. I am able to exercise quite a bit which makes the whole lap band experience easier. I hope you are feeling a bit better. I know what you mean about the emotional eating - it's something we all need to try and get around. Good luck.

Hope to hear more from you about your journey.

Edited October 7, 2008 by roseymatt

[roseymatt 0]

Hi Socialdot,

Hope you are doing well. Sorry to hear about your knee problems. It must be frustrating but I think you will still do alright as I have a friend who is banded and she's not exercising and she is losing a good amount of weight - so here am I exercising and she isn't and she's doing as well as me - go figure!!!

You mentioned problems with a fatty liver. How did it affect you? I was warned before the op that the fatty liver could cause problems and told to go on diet shakes to shrink it. The state of my liver was never mentioned after the op so I presume mine was ok. And if my liver wasn't fatty it certainly was not because I did the right things before surgery (which I didn't) it would have just been lucky.

Look forward to hearing from you again.

Edited October 8, 2008 by roseymatt
Sounded different to what I meant to say.

[roseymatt 0]

Sharyn80,

I just looked at your on-line journal and it's great. You're young and the weight will fall off to reveal the slim girl inside (without any of the saggy bits us older ones can look forward to)!!! Keep up the good work.

[Socialdot 0]

Thanks so much for the encouragement. I am older, nearly 60 and I think if you have been obese for a long time as I have--your liver gets fat.

Dorothy

[sharyn80 0]

Thanks for the replys sociadot and rosey it does help to know I am not alone, I do hope your right and the weight dooes fall off. keepp me informed on yall it is great to hear about others stories.

[roseymatt 0]

Socialdot,

I am 50 and we encounter a whole different set of problems due to age as well. My doc said I was almost certainly heading for diabetes (due to family history) and my main health problem was with arthritis which of course the obesity was making worse. Is your knee problem to do with arthritis?

[roseymatt 0]

Sharyn, I have no doubt the weight will fall off you. Just be patient and it will come. I sometimes think its not happening fast enough but we have to go slowly and be easy on ourselves. Then when I think nothing's happening I jump on the scales and another kilo is gone. It's amazing.

[ambraberger 0]

I'm 10 days out, was banded 9-29 and I am really struggling today. I am tired of the pain. I am really struggling with the emotional part of letting go of old eating habits. I know this will pay of in the long run, but today, I am tired of hurting. Tired of not being able to just eat something and feel better. I'm going back to work monday, I'm a NICU nurse and work 12 hour shifts. When I decided to go back to work at my post op appt this past monday, I felt better then I do today. Now I'm worried. I'm just struggling today. Ambra:sad:

[roseymatt 0]

Hi Ambra,

Gee it doesn't sound like you really should be going back to work yet - 12 hours shifts!!!!. Your recovery doesn't sound like its finished yet. I found the anesthetic knocked me around too so you've been through a lot and need to take it easy. Can you get more time off work. It really sounds like you need another week.

[ambraberger 0]

Hi Ambra,

Gee it doesn't sound like you really should be going back to work yet - 12 hours shifts!!!!. Your recovery doesn't sound like its finished yet. I found the anesthetic knocked me around too so you've been through a lot and need to take it easy. Can you get more time off work. It really sounds like you need another week.

Not really. I turned in all the paperwork to HR today. People I work with are very supportive and I just need to take it easy these next few days, not run around all over the place like I have been the last couple of days. It will be to work and then bed that's for sure. And the good thing about my patients they are very tiny!!! My coworkers will be very supportive and concerned about me, I work with a close group. At least this is what I hope!!!

[Socialdot 0]

Rosey, yes, my knee is from a fall and arthritis. It is a family genetic problem, but my 300+ pounds has made it so much weight. I hope you are doing well, Dorothy

[Socialdot 0]

Ambra, I had my first post op visit today, and my surgeon said to go back half days Monday because I am so tired. You have a very difficult job, I don't know how you can do that 12 hour shifts. Dorothy