3rd week post banding

[Pacsman]

Hello everyone. I am new around here. Found the forums today.

So far I have gathered some information I did not have so that is exciting for me.

As the title says, I had my band placed 3 weeks ago.

Two days after surgery I got really sick and had to return to the hospital. My white count was 16,000 (normal is 5 to 10 thousand) They gave me two days of IV antibiotics and I was better. Just so no one reading this thinks this is normal. I will give more detail.

I am allergic to Latex and unfortunately when I was placed under anesthesia someone put a latex Foley catheter in place. They of course should have used a non latex catheter. So it is believed that my high white count was an inflammatory response to the allergy I have to latex. It could have been worse as some folks have such a strong allergy they would have died on the table. It was a horrible mistake to which I am glad to be better.

The benefit of this is I was so sick that I was not hungry at all for the first week after surgery. I was able to drink water, and propel and that was just about it. I lost 12 lbs. Of course that is not the way we want to lose it though.

I feel much better now. I am getting more hungry. I still feel less hunger than I did before the Lapband and I get satisfied more quickly.

I am looking forward to getting my first adjustment.

The strangest thing that I had happen to me after my surgery (after I recovered from the infection) was I began craving tomato soup.

Don't ask me why I don't know, but I had the utmost joy and satisfaction when I gave in and ate the tomato soup.

Well I hope to continue to keep in touch and gleam information from you guys.

Thanks!

[nita57]

Hello everyone. I am new around here. Found the forums today.

So far I have gathered some information I did not have so that is exciting for me.

As the title says, I had my band placed 3 weeks ago.

Two days after surgery I got really sick and had to return to the hospital. My white count was 16,000 (normal is 5 to 10 thousand) They gave me two days of IV antibiotics and I was better. Just so no one reading this thinks this is normal. I will give more detail.

I am allergic to Latex and unfortunately when I was placed under anesthesia someone put a latex Foley catheter in place. They of course should have used a non latex catheter. So it is believed that my high white count was an inflammatory response to the allergy I have to latex. It could have been worse as some folks have such a strong allergy they would have died on the table. It was a horrible mistake to which I am glad to be better.

The benefit of this is I was so sick that I was not hungry at all for the first week after surgery. I was able to drink water, and propel and that was just about it. I lost 12 lbs. Of course that is not the way we want to lose it though.

I feel much better now. I am getting more hungry. I still feel less hunger than I did before the Lapband and I get satisfied more quickly.

I am looking forward to getting my first adjustment.

The strangest thing that I had happen to me after my surgery (after I recovered from the infection) was I began craving tomato soup.

Don't ask me why I don't know, but I had the utmost joy and satisfaction when I gave in and ate the tomato soup.

Well I hope to continue to keep in touch and gleam information from you guys.

Thanks!

Welcome the the board. Congratulations on your weight loss and much continued success. Keep us posted. Lots of us are still waited to be banded. My band date is Sept 8. Nita

[mommyrkr]

I'm so glad they got you better with the antibiotics. Was it Dr. Ortiz who did your surgery? Just curious.

I never liked tomato soup, but I'm on my preop diet and it sounds so good right not. I will have to put that on the grocery list when I get to the right week.

Becki

[Tarnia]

Hello everyone. I am new around here. Found the forums today.

So far I have gathered some information I did not have so that is exciting for me.

As the title says, I had my band placed 3 weeks ago.

Two days after surgery I got really sick and had to return to the hospital. My white count was 16,000 (normal is 5 to 10 thousand) They gave me two days of IV antibiotics and I was better. Just so no one reading this thinks this is normal. I will give more detail.

I am allergic to Latex and unfortunately when I was placed under anesthesia someone put a latex Foley catheter in place. They of course should have used a non latex catheter. So it is believed that my high white count was an inflammatory response to the allergy I have to latex. It could have been worse as some folks have such a strong allergy they would have died on the table. It was a horrible mistake to which I am glad to be better.

The benefit of this is I was so sick that I was not hungry at all for the first week after surgery. I was able to drink water, and propel and that was just about it. I lost 12 lbs. Of course that is not the way we want to lose it though.

I feel much better now. I am getting more hungry. I still feel less hunger than I did before the Lapband and I get satisfied more quickly.

I am looking forward to getting my first adjustment.

The strangest thing that I had happen to me after my surgery (after I recovered from the infection) was I began craving tomato soup.

Don't ask me why I don't know, but I had the utmost joy and satisfaction when I gave in and ate the tomato soup.

Well I hope to continue to keep in touch and gleam information from you guys.

Thanks!

Hi - I am finding this site really useful as well, had my banding one week ago. Now that you have said 'tomato soup' you have given me a craving. I just realised today that if I have coffee, it gives me stomach cramps, so no more of that for a while. I lost 5 kgs (about 12 pounds) in the first week also. How is your weight loss going now. Let me know if the fill hurts when you go for your adjustment. I ended up having the port in my stomach as opposed to near my sterum as I heard that some people's ports become visable after they lose a fair amount of weight and having the port in the stomach under the muscle elimates that (so I'm told) - anyway, good to hear that you are going so well. keep up the good work. Tarnia.

[Pacsman]

No Dr. Ortiz did not do my surgery.

I am still doing well. I am just anticipating the filling of the band.