Coming from out of state to see Dr. Chae any advice?
WOW, I was surprised by all the replys. Well anyway, as I said my surgery was March 25, & I haven't had a fill yet. I'm alittle anxious about it. I don't feel much different than before the surgery. I was hungry 3 days after. I'm trying to stick to the soft foods but it really is hard. I went through Kaiser so the other hospital that Dr Chae is at is St Joseph. I had a wonderful experience there. I had to stay overnight because of other medical issues. I hope this helps. I will try to check this site more often to reply.
On April 4, 2008 at 7:56 PM Pacific Time, debshaw5 wrote:
WOW, I was surprised by all the replys. Well anyway, as I said my surgery was March 25, & I haven't had a fill yet. I'm alittle anxious about it. I don't feel much different than before the surgery. I was hungry 3 days after. I'm trying to stick to the soft foods but it really is hard. I went through Kaiser so the other hospital that Dr Chae is at is St Joseph. I had a wonderful experience there. I had to stay overnight because of other medical issues. I hope this helps. I will try to check this site more often to reply.This is a little off subject here, but I had my Lap Band put in by Dr. Metz at P/SL and my fill is set for April 23. Though I think by the time my appointment comes around, they're probably gonna need to do an ultra sound - JUST TO **FIND** THE PORTAL HOLE THAT THE NEEDLE GOES INTO. I say this because if there was an incision over it, it's healed up now. 'cause it ain't there.
That said, once they do find it, I hope that when they do stick the needle in, the pain will be comparable to an IV being put in my arm. Anything much more painful and they may as well numb the area with LOADS of morphine or just put me out.
As for the diet, I can relate as effective yesterday, I am now able to eat normal foods, but the nutritionalist told me to GO SLOWLY in re-integrating normal foods into my diet once again. But I too find this hard as there are times I just wanna go take a trip to the nearest fast food joint, supermarket deli or SOMETHING to fulfill my hunger. But I know I can't quite do that just yet. I may be able to go to places like Taco Bell, which serves their food in small portions to begin with, to snitch every once in awhile. But their food isn't the most nutrious.
Anyway, I'm drifting WAY off topic now and just wanted to comment on the fill issue and dealing with hunger while on soft foods. But trust me, you'll soon be in a position to re-integrate nutritious normal foods into your diet before you know it, so hang in there Deb!
Cheers :D
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