Help Needed from Banders!

[RebeccaJ 0]

I just got banded on Monday, and I am hoping I am doing everything right. I am really sore where the five incisions were made, but am doing pretty well. I have gone walking several times each day, today for about a fourth of a mile. I have had a little bit of bloody seepage from the port site, but everything feels right (just very sore).

I am not really hungry at all, but I am burping a lot. I am drinking my 2 ounces of shake every three hours, and I have gotten in about forty ounces of Water throughout the day today. I just seem to be burping like crazy. Is this normal?

I want to do this right, and I am planning on going back to work on Tuesday, so I want any advice you have to give me. Thanks so much for your help and support in the pre-banding process. Together, we can do this!

[LollyMoe 1]

You are right on track. Everything you mentioned is normal. Lots of burping and gurgling sounds. My appetite has just begun to come back. I had to make myself drink my 2 oz of shake and drink my Water. Make sure you get as much rest as you can also. You know you have to have healing time.

[Sue Magoo 71]

Hi:

Sounds like you're doing most of the right things. Are you taking a liquid Vitamin too? Try to get some extra rest too because it will help with healing.

Not sure what kind of work you do, but I would have been able to go back to a desk-type job after about four or five days, however I had plenty of time so I took two weeks off to laze around the pool and get used to my new eating/drinking style.

Best wishes to you newbie!

I love my band and my new flat tummy!

Sue

[YngGram 73]

If you are ONLY burping you are lucky! Some of the gas comes from the surgery, I think the rest is just from the "new" slow way you are digesting your food now. I am a gas factory and my husband finds it really funny. I was banded in March and it is just starting to get better. I recently started taking B6 and Aloe Vera, they help with metabolism and digestion. I try to always have some type of gas pill with me because I can get gas from iced tea!

You are doing the right thing, walking was a lifesaver for me. I was up in the middle of the night just walking in the house to get relief. Keep up the good work, follow what the doc says.

Edited September 3, 2009 by niterun