having surgery- family lives out of state
Kim, There are some good people here and I am sure we all can help support you. I am sure it will be awkward not having family here. Can any of them come? Sometimes friends are like family and I hope that this is the case for you. I am sure you are nervous and that is to be expected. Are you able to contact your family by phone? If so I hope you will be in contact with them. Usually when you have surgery you pick someone to be your angel and they help with communication and I guess other things if you so desire. I wish you well and hope others will chime in on this as I have not had WLS yet.
There is a really nice lady named Nikki and I think she had Lap band and lives in Gaithersburg. I hope she will see this and reach out to you. Her screen name is Nikki C. Good luck.
There is a really nice lady named Nikki and I think she had Lap band and lives in Gaithersburg. I hope she will see this and reach out to you. Her screen name is Nikki C. Good luck.
Hi Kim and Welcome to the Md board,
I am in the same situation as you. I have no family in the state, but I do have wonderful friends. I had VSG, and the recovery was pretty easy, and I did have someone stay @ my home for 3 days, and honestly I could have had someone for 1.5 days, 3 days was really too much. I had friends that stopped by, and brought me things, but I was very fortunate my WLS was smooth sailing. I really do not know what the recovery is with the lap band. I would think if you had 2 good friends that you could count on, between the 2 of them, they should have no problem taking care of you. Try and put a feeler out to anyone that used your Dr, or that lives near you. I am sure they could advise you better what is available to you. I wish you luck with your journey, keep us posted! Leslie:)
I am in the same situation as you. I have no family in the state, but I do have wonderful friends. I had VSG, and the recovery was pretty easy, and I did have someone stay @ my home for 3 days, and honestly I could have had someone for 1.5 days, 3 days was really too much. I had friends that stopped by, and brought me things, but I was very fortunate my WLS was smooth sailing. I really do not know what the recovery is with the lap band. I would think if you had 2 good friends that you could count on, between the 2 of them, they should have no problem taking care of you. Try and put a feeler out to anyone that used your Dr, or that lives near you. I am sure they could advise you better what is available to you. I wish you luck with your journey, keep us posted! Leslie:)
I like you had family who were out of state... My parents came to stay the night before surgery to take me to the hospital... They stayed over night after I got home (I also had hubby here with me...) Once I got home I was pretty much okay on my own - I did have trouble getting in and out of the recliner on my own because I couldn't use my stomach muscles to scoot up to put the feet down, etc. You will also need someone to drive you the first week or so - and to your first post op appointment, home from the hospital, etc.
Good Luck!! If there is anything we here can do, please ask!!
Good Luck!! If there is anything we here can do, please ask!!
Angie
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