Need Lap Band Buddy / Mentor Anyone in the Denver area

[NIKNIK69 0]

Hello.....

A little about me.....I am a 38 year old female with 3 kids. I love bowling, gardening and playing online games on yahoo and pogo.

I got my Lapband on 10/10/08.....with Dr. Michael Snyder @ Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. My surgery went great, my pain was very minimal, and my incisions are healing just fine. The problem is everything is going so well, I am not sure if I am doing things correctly because it seems effortlessly so far. I called the doctors office because I was concerned that I dont get full, I dont get hungry, and I can still drink alot of Water and I am following my pre-op diet, then I felt soooo stupid when the nurse said well you dont have any restriction yet so you really wont feel anything yet.....Boy DID I FEEL STUPID!!!......like if I just had someone to talk to about what I going through it would make it so much better.

I am very new to this forum and so far it seems to be very helpful and most likely I think I will be on here often. But I just feel like I need someone one on one who can relate to me.

[CarlB 0]

Good day Nik - I am the practice manager here at the DENVER CENTER for BARIATRIC SURGERY. Things sound like they are going very well for you. We would be happy to find you a mentor or someone that has been through the band surgery that you can speak with.

Contact me directly at carl@denverbariatrics.com or call me at 303 280 0900.

I look forward to hearing from you and we look forward to helping you along your weight loss journey

Sincerely,

Carl B

[Great2BThin 5]

Hi Nik,

Welcome and congrats on your surgery!! I was banded, too, by Dr. Snyder. My surgery was on June 5th. I am down 76 lbs so far. It's the best thing I've done for myself. BikiniBeachy(Lisa) who posts on here was banded the same day as you by Dr. Snyder if you look her up online here. I know those first few days are so overwhelming when you come home from surgery. You planned and planned so long for this, read up on all the pre op stuff, etc. then suddenly here you are banded. I think I read that manual you get in the preop nutrition class 10 times but still had to keep referring to it each day as I went through the post op phase. Can I eat this? Can I drink that? recording my ounces of Fluid, and Protein grams etc. But this too shall pass. You will feel stronger every day, and more confident in your banded lifestyle. If you have any questions, you can PM me on here or post here, I think I answered another post of you here where you introduced yourself. My name is Lori. Good luck to you, and congrats!!