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| Oh, Terra, you poor thing. Have you got painkillers (liquid, or fizzy gone flat)? Are you putting soemthing hot on the shoulder pain, like a hot water bottle or microwaved heat pack? Or lie with the electric blanket on high (if you're in electric blanket country). Just try and relax and be looked after if possible. My manual says wound pain is 'to be expected' and treat with painkillers, and also that the gas pain is helped by walking. I compare all pain with a tooth abscess (my pain was nothing compared with that), others may compare it with having children! The anaesthetic may have exhausted you, too. Soon this period will be over and you'll be raring to go! You've made a great, and, strong, decision. Congratulations! Libbi |
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| Day 3 post op and still feeling really really sore. Head not in a good place either. Starting to wonder if I have done the right thing. Shoulder pain still so bad and pain in my stomach terrible. Is it normal to still feel this bad. IF I knew I was going to feel like this not sure I would actually be here. Hoping once the pain goes so will the negative thoughts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hey Im back home. Feeling like c r a p. Lots and lots of gas pain and very sore all over. Feel a little like I have been hit by a truck and then it reversed over me again. Also had a hernia repair on my diaphagm that I was not expecting so thats made me a little more sore. Dont feel like eating however mouth so dry I know I need some fluid. Hoping in a couple of days I will feel better and think its all worth it. Time will tell. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terratime, Wow i thought there was still a couple of days to go. I so excited for you. I hope your feeling ok and the hospital staff are treating you good. Libbi, Time has really wizzed by. The doc said i was healing well so 4 and 1/2 weeks after the surgery for my first fill is ok. I am getting pretty hungry now tho. Jess |
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| Hello,libbipuss, Thanks so much for the post it was what i needed to hear and am feeling more comfortable with my decision to have this done.I know your right about other people I think they get jealous because you have the courage to take the step to change life.I am looking forward to not being ashamed of the body i have these days but an updated version that will let me keep up ith my kids and be able to do everything i want to do with out worrying what i look like. Thanks again for kind words of encouragement Slaz |
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| Terra - it's done! Good on you! I know that feeling before surgery - 'what on earth am I doing here?'. You must be home by now, and perhaps coping with a bit of gas pain, but recovery will be so quick, especially with the excitement of your decision. Thinking of you Libbi |
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| Hello Slaz Don't you dare worry about what other people think! In my experience, their reasons often have nothing to do with you at all, but can be based on their underlying fear, even resentment. Even my 'fat' friends can sometimes moralise about weight loss, as though gastric banding is the easy way out. I look back and it seems so simple, but it does require strength of character to make the decision and go through the procedure, not just the operation, which is just the start, but all the monitoring and care required after. That's why the surgeon's team do quite a psychological evaluation of suitability. After 22 months I still have to have eternal vigilance - it's not a quick fix! I've heard of people who have it reversed after a few months because they can't cope with the changes - what a waste! Two years ago I looked around and saw people my age (mid sixties - so old!) becoming stooped and pear shaped, hardly able to walk, and I didn't want that to happen to me, hence my decision. Now at least I can stand up straight, shoulders back, chest out, and most important of all (I am so superficial) I can wear nice clothes! And, amazingly, I've lost weight in the feet, so all those expensive shoes fit again. Be thrilled with your decision. Jess, it seems so soon for your first fill. Good luck with the next stage. Libbi |
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| Terra, Best of luck (Not that you will need it. Take your time to recover and drop me a line when your feeling up to it. Will be thinking of you. Best wishes, R |
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| Hey Jess. Hated Opti but it did get a lot easier. Going in for my surgery today at 12. Really stressed, felt like I was going to chicken out yesterday. Let you know how I am when I am on the other side. Wow a fill already you must be excited, glad you are feeling well. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hey terratime, Hows everything going with the opti? I am ok get my fill in less then a week. woohoo!!! Sort of started on solids which seems to be going ok. I have also discovered that food courts in shopping centres don't have very small meals, i end up throwing most of my meal away (even tho i pick really small meals). Jess |
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| Hello libbipuss, thanks so much for answering me i was wondering if any one else doubted about this working as well. I still feel like people will judge me and think that i have not tried hard enough but i really have tried everything and nothing seems to work.I dont know if anyone else has thyroid issues as i would love to know if they have tried this as well.I am quitely excited now though and will continue to read everyones posts. Thanks alot slaz |
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| libbipus, not sure, but it comes and go and seems to be more noticable in the afternoons. during the brief stay at maryvale they gave me anti nausea medication, but nothing to bring home. maybe its just cause I have not eaten substantial since thursday at 9.30pm, whos knows, |
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| Tanya, could the nausea be a hang-over from the anaesthetic - did you have it after surgery? I remember having nausea for days after an operation, and I learned quickly to ask for some anti-nausea medication. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My GP told me powerade/ and another name I can't remember, is good to drink it has the right amounts of electrolytes. Mary |
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| Yes, I remember now, Tanya. Did your doctor suggest a food/drink programme for your intolerances? Do make sure you don't dehydrate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| also have issues with fructose - most fruits/juices/sacchrin, and sugar substitutes, they give me bad gas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| i am lactose intolerant so that means no milk except lactose free. i do have what i think is gas pain, but feel very nausea. |
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| Tanya, is it still the gas pain? I've been going through the pre-op. manual and it recommends liquid panadol (but nothing fizzy, let it go flat). The gas is used to pump up the cavity for easier access, it will disappear soon. The manual also says walking helps. Are you sipping fluid constantly? And don't forget to drink sustagen (I had the hospital or sports chocolate as a hot drink). Did you get some information as to what you might expect? Don't hesitate to ring your doctor's office about feeling sick. Libbi |
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| I'm uncontrollable with the posts today! Thinlizzy mentioned people being judgemental - there's an article in Saturday's Sydney morning Herald Spectrum about obesity and gastric banding, and it's very judgemental. The writer says fat people just lack willpower and self- discipline. How many weight loss programmes have we all been on, and how many times have we heard that criticism?! I do believe the theory discussed in my pre-op handout that there may be something wrong with the physiology of our hunger mech*nism, and that the suppression of appetite through gastric banding can help us. And it does! Libbi |
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| why do i feel sick?????? tanya |
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| Hello Thinlizzie and Slazdins Congratulations on the big decisions! And, Thinlizzie, I think you're sensible keeping it to yourself for a while. I certainly did, but after a few months told a couple of dear friends (mainly because they caught me when I had a blockage). And I was nervous it mightn't work, like all the other weight loss programmes I've been on, so I didn't want constant questioning, however well-meaning, about my progress. At my age of 65, once the weight loss starts to show people don't ask questions because they think I might have some dreadful illness! Good luck on your exciting journey. Libbi PS If people do ask and I don't want to go into the detail, I just tell them the truth - I've been eating less, especially at night, which I think really makes a difference. |
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| Wonderful, Tanya! It's not too bad at all, is it? And now you're set for pumpkin soup, and well blended cauliflower soup with blue cheese, and lovely fruit smoothies. Mmmm. Libbi |
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| Hey terratime, BMI was 32 day of surgery! not sure what i expected, but have no shoulder pain, but think the pain I have is gas/wind, which wont come up or out. Tanya |
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| Tanya, Congratulations. Was it better or worse than expected. What was your strarting BMI?? I only have 5 more sleeps....I just cant wait to get it over with. Hope you are all mended soon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hi all. just a quickie, well im on the other side now! still a bit tender and very sleepy - have not had hardly any liquid today is this bad. tanya |
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