Re: OP complete & back home

[Guest guest]

WEll done Christy,

I was a mess before going in and went metal once on the table as i

saw what my blood pressure and was yelling i am going to stroke out

and die lol.. ( i work with Stroke and brain injury vic's)

It took me a good 8 to 10 weeks to be able to do good exercise, that

is what my doctor told me to do,

walking was ok but lifting and pushing etc was to be careful as your

port is stiched in and you dont want to twist it etc.

Everyones port is in a different place once you have your first fill

you will be able to find it, to this day i still cant feel mine and i

know were the spot is,

take it easy and let yourself recover

Jay

>

> Thanks everyone for your kind words of support. I'm glad I'm not

the

> only one to freak out just before. Luckily my admission nure had a

> gastric sleeve 12mos ago and she was really comforting (besides the

> fact she looks fantastic!).

>

> I've just gotten home and everything seemed to go fine. I'm a bit

> achey, but feel okay. Not really hungry at all. Last night I was

> really thirsty and the lady in the bed next to me had Maccas for

> dinner - I wanted to throw up!

>

> Two Questions if I may?

> I can't feel the port anywhere - can you actually feel it?

>

> How soon after the op have people returned to the gym (I belong to

> curves)?

>

> Well must go and give bubs some lunch.

>

> Hooroo

> Christy

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Christie,

I don't know about anyone else, but I did not really find mine for awhile... Until I had lost a bit of weight. Now I feel it all the time and although its foreign it doesn't bother me.. But sometimes I wonder if I could have felt it as much as I do now after losing 40 odd kilos it may have freaked me out a bit !

Also, I started Curves about 3 weeks after the op and just felt stronger and stronger all the time.

To all: Just wondering as I have not been to any get togethers yet or met anyone... Does anyone live near Pennant Hills and/goes to Fitness First???

-- OP complete & back home

Thanks everyone for your kind words of support. I'm glad I'm not the only one to freak out just before. Luckily my admission nure had a gastric sleeve 12mos ago and she was really comforting (besides the fact she looks fantastic!).I've just gotten home and everything seemed to go fine. I'm a bit achey, but feel okay. Not really hungry at all. Last night I was really thirsty and the lady in the bed next to me had Maccas for dinner - I wanted to throw up!Two Questions if I may?I can't feel the port anywhere - can you actually feel it?How soon after the op have people returned to the gym (I belong to curves)?Well must go and give bubs some lunch.HoorooChristy

[Guest guest]

Christy - depends on how many layers of fat you have - i couldn't feel mine

at all but it was below alot of fat so my DR tells me - when you lose weight

you will probably be able to locate it!!

>-- Original Message --

>To: SydBand

>

>Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:41:55 -0000

>Subject: OP complete & back home

>Reply-To: SydBand

>

>

>Thanks everyone for your kind words of support. I'm glad I'm not the

>only one to freak out just before. Luckily my admission nure had a

>gastric sleeve 12mos ago and she was really comforting (besides the

>fact she looks fantastic!).

>

>I've just gotten home and everything seemed to go fine. I'm a bit

>achey, but feel okay. Not really hungry at all. Last night I was

>really thirsty and the lady in the bed next to me had Maccas for

>dinner - I wanted to throw up!

>

>Two Questions if I may?

>I can't feel the port anywhere - can you actually feel it?

>

>How soon after the op have people returned to the gym (I belong to

>curves)?

>

>Well must go and give bubs some lunch.

>

>Hooroo

>Christy

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

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-----Original Message-----From: SydBand [mailto:SydBand ] On Behalf Of ChristySent: Thursday, 24 July 2008 12:42 PMTo: SydBand Subject: OP complete & back home

Thanks everyone for your kind words of support. I'm glad I'm not the only one to freak out just before. Luckily my admission nure had a gastric sleeve 12mos ago and she was really comforting (besides the fact she looks fantastic!).I've just gotten home and everything seemed to go fine. I'm a bit achey, but feel okay. Not really hungry at all. Last night I was really thirsty and the lady in the bed next to me had Maccas for dinner - I wanted to throw up!Two Questions if I may?I can't feel the port anywhere - can you actually feel it?How soon after the op have people returned to the gym (I belong to curves)?Well must go and give bubs some lunch.HoorooChristy

[Guest guest]

Congratulations Christy!!

I can feel my port sometimes - but it's still buried in there!

*laughs*

I was back at the gym 3 weeks after the surgery...but just take it

easy, listen to your body and go at your own pace.

I think I went back as early as I did because I was worried if I

stopped too long, I'd lose momentum and wouldn't start again. If this

is you, then I would go and just go through the motions if you feel up

to it so that you can re-establish your routine. But it's your body

and you know best.

All the best with your recovery. Take it easy.

Kate.

[Guest guest]

Christy, I had my band done about 8 weeks

ago, my surgeon puts the port just below the breasts in the middle and I have

always been able to feel mine but my understanding is that different surgeons

put it in different places. My surgeon was at Penrith.

Lizpaula

From: SydBand [mailto:SydBand ] On Behalf Of Christy

Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008

12:42 PM

To: SydBand

Subject: OP complete

& back home

Thanks everyone for your kind words of support. I'm

glad I'm not the

only one to freak out just before. Luckily my admission nure had a

gastric sleeve 12mos ago and she was really comforting (besides the

fact she looks fantastic!).

I've just gotten home and everything seemed to go fine. I'm a bit

achey, but feel okay. Not really hungry at all. Last night I was

really thirsty and the lady in the bed next to me had Maccas for

dinner - I wanted to throw up!

Two Questions if I may?

I can't feel the port anywhere - can you actually feel it?

How soon after the op have people returned to the gym (I belong to

curves)?

Well must go and give bubs some lunch.

Hooroo

Christy

[Guest guest]

hi i can feel my port my doctor put it down practically in my belly button cos if i put my finger in there i can find it so it seems diffrent docs do put it in diffrent places

amanda

OP complete & back home

Thanks everyone for your kind words of support. I'm glad I'm not the only one to freak out just before. Luckily my admission nure had a gastric sleeve 12mos ago and she was really comforting (besides the fact she looks fantastic!)..I've just gotten home and everything seemed to go fine. I'm a bit achey, but feel okay. Not really hungry at all. Last night I was really thirsty and the lady in the bed next to me had Maccas for dinner - I wanted to throw up!Two Questions if I may?I can't feel the port anywhere - can you actually feel it?How soon after the op have people returned to the gym (I belong to curves)?Well must go and give bubs some lunch.HoorooChristy

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[Guest guest]

Hi Liz

I'm going through Dr as well. did you have any problems or

concerns with him? Besides him not having much of a sense of humour

he seems pretty good. And its reassuring he's had it done himself.

>

> Christy, I had my band done about 8 weeks ago, my surgeon puts the

port just

> below the breasts in the middle and I have always been able to feel

mine but

> my understanding is that different surgeons put it in different

places. My

> surgeon was at Penrith.

>

>

>

> Lizpaula

>

>

>

> _____

>

> From: SydBand [mailto:SydBand ] On

Behalf Of

> Christy

> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:42 PM

> To: SydBand

> Subject: OP complete & back home

>

>

>

> Thanks everyone for your kind words of support. I'm glad I'm not

the

> only one to freak out just before. Luckily my admission nure had a

> gastric sleeve 12mos ago and she was really comforting (besides the

> fact she looks fantastic!).

>

> I've just gotten home and everything seemed to go fine. I'm a bit

> achey, but feel okay. Not really hungry at all. Last night I was

> really thirsty and the lady in the bed next to me had Maccas for

> dinner - I wanted to throw up!

>

> Two Questions if I may?

> I can't feel the port anywhere - can you actually feel it?

>

> How soon after the op have people returned to the gym (I belong to

> curves)?

>

> Well must go and give bubs some lunch.

>

> Hooroo

> Christy

>

[Guest guest]

Christy,

I have found Dr really good, but you

are right he does not really have a sense of humour, and seems a little reserved.

I had always taken either my husband or best friend to each meeting with him for

moral support but last week I went for my first fill on my own and he was just

so different.  I don’t know if it was just a coincidence or maybe he

prefers one on one, I would be interested to hear what you think.

The reason I picked Dr was partly that

he had had a band put in about 4 years ago and because he has a very good

reputation as a general upper gastric surgeon and I felt that was really

important also I liked the idea that he does seems to make sure that his

patients have fully explored all options and meet his criteria, this attitude

made me even surer that I was making the right choice.  I did not want to go to

a surgeon that seemed more interested in how many he could do rather than doing

them for the right reason.

In answer to your other note I can

probably eat an entrée sized meal and have not had any problems with PB, I seem

to get a little pain if I am eating to quickly or not chewing enough and then

if I stop eating for a couple of minutes I can finish my meal.  Lots of chewing

and going slowly seems to work.

I was really worried about having a sense

of loss from not being able to eat whatever, whenever and how much I wanted but

have not found this a problem at all in fact my focus now seems to have gone

from how much can I cook to cooking lots of different meals with a much greater

variety of tastes.  I also find that if I am feeling hungry and this is very

rarely just a tiny amount of something that is tasty makes the moment pass, I

am finding that one nut or a tiny bit of someone’s biscuit satisfies me.

I have found that my life is changing but

I am enjoying my food much more quality is now more important than quantity.

I still have to work out how to manage

eating out with people who do not know about the band but this does not worry

me as much now as it did before I had the operation. I have only told those

people who are close to me and have only found support.

Hope the above is of some help, I seem to

have gone on and on.

Lizpaula     

From: SydBand [mailto:SydBand ] On Behalf Of atrayu77

Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 5:27

PM

To: SydBand

Subject: Re: OP complete

& back home

Hi Liz

I'm going through Dr as well. did you have any problems or

concerns with him? Besides him not having much of a sense of humour

he seems pretty good. And its reassuring he's had it done himself.

>

> Christy, I had my band done about 8 weeks ago, my surgeon puts the

port just

> below the breasts in the middle and I have always been able to feel

mine but

> my understanding is that different surgeons put it in different

places. My

> surgeon was at Penrith.

>

>

>

> Lizpaula

>

>

>

> _____

>

> From: SydBand

[mailto:SydBand ]

On

Behalf Of

> Christy

> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:42 PM

> To: SydBand

> Subject: OP complete & back home

>

>

>

> Thanks everyone for your kind words of support. I'm glad I'm not

the

> only one to freak out just before. Luckily my admission nure had a

> gastric sleeve 12mos ago and she was really comforting (besides the

> fact she looks fantastic!).

>

> I've just gotten home and everything seemed to go fine. I'm a bit

> achey, but feel okay. Not really hungry at all. Last night I was

> really thirsty and the lady in the bed next to me had Maccas for

> dinner - I wanted to throw up!

>

> Two Questions if I may?

> I can't feel the port anywhere - can you actually feel it?

>

> How soon after the op have people returned to the gym (I belong to

> curves)?

>

> Well must go and give bubs some lunch.

>

> Hooroo

> Christy

>