adistacke posted a discussion topic 7 years, 1 month ago

I had my 10 year old band removed on Friday for an upcoming sleeve in May.  The surgeon told my parents there was a lot of scar tissue but nothing else wrong.  When i had the band inserted, the pain from the port was pretty intense.  Now with removal,


adistacke wrote 5 days after lap band removal 7 years, 1 month ago

I'mback at work today and the pain has been tolerable...only one narcotic yesterday to sleep and none today.  The previous port site where suturing to the muscle was done still hurts quite a bit......


adistacke posted a comment 7 years, 1 month ago
I just emailed the dietitian who tole me the first 30 hours are worst...

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adistacke posted a discussion topic 7 years, 1 month ago

Hello-

I am having my band removed on the 17th (after 10 years) and have the sleeve scheduled for May 19th.  Anyone gone through the same process?  I'm doing full liquids for prep before removing the band...on day 2 and it is pretty rough but l


adistacke wrote starting full liquid diet before band removal 7 years, 1 month ago

I've had the lap band for 11 years.  At most, I've lost about 50 pounds with the band.  I'm currently about 20 pounds below having the band and have taken the past 2 years to think about next steps...

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