Butterfly13
Active Member
Helllllloooo everyone!
I was referred by a friend to this site and I'm super excited to meet new people and get answers to a lot of questions that I have! I am having a revision surgery from a Lap-Band to the DS. I'm super anxious/nervous/excited about it. I do have quite a few questions because I've read TONS of different responses across the board on other sites so I am curious to see what general consensus in on some things to get a better understand of what the "norm" is. I would be so grateful for any advise and support!
Sooooo.... I just went to my "pre-surgical seminar" and I wanted to ask you all a few questions about your experiences. From what I gather on this site - everyone has had quite a bit of different experiences so it would be helpful to hear what different people went through.
I was referred by a friend to this site and I'm super excited to meet new people and get answers to a lot of questions that I have! I am having a revision surgery from a Lap-Band to the DS. I'm super anxious/nervous/excited about it. I do have quite a few questions because I've read TONS of different responses across the board on other sites so I am curious to see what general consensus in on some things to get a better understand of what the "norm" is. I would be so grateful for any advise and support!
Sooooo.... I just went to my "pre-surgical seminar" and I wanted to ask you all a few questions about your experiences. From what I gather on this site - everyone has had quite a bit of different experiences so it would be helpful to hear what different people went through.
- Did you stay in the hospital overnight after surgery? If so, how long?
- How long was your procedure - start to finish?
- How long did you have drains in?
- How much weight did you lose BEFORE surgery and in the 1st week after procedure?
- When did you have a REAL piece of meat for protein?
- Did your surgeon say that it was okay to have gummies for your vitamin intake?
- Were you told to only count your "shakes as protein intake and not worry about counting the protein in real food"? IE: Make sure to have 5 protein shakes a day to equal 150g and whatever meats, etc you eat doesn't matter.