The Surgery

The surgery was on December 27, 2007. The procedure took around 30 minutes to one hour. The Band fits around the stomach and creates a small stomach pouch. The procedure is a laparoscopic procedure performed under general anesthesia. Once the surgery was over the recovery was a little longer then I expected. I stayed over night and was in the hospital until they felt I was ready to go home.

During the time I was in the hospital I saw various Doctors and Nurses. One of the Nurses I saw was a Nutritionist. She explained that for the rest of the day I would only be aloud to have two tablespoons of water every 30 minutes. The next person I saw was a Metabolic Doctor. He took me off one of my Diabetic medication called Metaformin. He also explained his role in this adventure I was about to take. The last two Nurses I saw was the Bariatric Nurses involved in the groups that are for the bariatric patients. She explained the that group meet once a month to discuss various topics, concerns or issues.

Before I left to start my weight loss adventure was to get weighed. I weighed 326 pounds.