My Story
I left on Jan 26, 2010 and flew into San Diego. Stayed the night there and then was picked up in the morning from the airport. Our first stop was to have our lab work done. From there we were taken to the clinic where we met all the staff. Everyone is so friendly there and do there best to communicate with you. There is a lot of waiting at the clinic. They get everyone ready and then take you back when it is your turn.
I was put in a room with a gal who had plastic surgery and she was eating Cheetos when I walked in. That was torture, seeing how I had been on a liquid diet and knew I wouldn't be eating for quite a while. I was second to have my surgery done. 45 minutes after surgery I was up walking around. Can you believe it? I didn't get the chills like I have read others have gotten. A couple hours later I was taken to the recovery house.
I didn't sleep much that night, I was afraid of pulling out my stitches ( I still am). The next morning I got up and was taken for my xray. I only had to drink one liquid and it was cool because I got to see everything on the xray. From there we headed back to the recovery house.
Later that day, they offered to take anyone who wanted to go, shopping. I was feeling pretty good, so I went. They took us to a place called Revolution Street where we learned real quick how to bargain with the shops. We had two people with us that were along for support and on our way back, they did a drive-thru at Carl's Jr for them to eat. The smell really got to me but I didn't feel like eating. Back at the recovery house the plastic surgery sisters had ordered pizza, but again I didn't really crave it. It was hard for some of the other people there.
Friday morning I was up at 4am to leave. Going across the border only took a few minutes. Our border agent was happy as the driver explained and just let us through. The plane ride home was a little hard. Not much room to move around and the gas build up from surgery was worse on the plane.
The only real problems I have had since being home is the gas and the port site for the Lap-Band is really painful. I am at work today and have been up and moving around most of the weekend. I still cannot sleep laying down, so I sleep in my recliner. Overall it was a good experience.
I was put in a room with a gal who had plastic surgery and she was eating Cheetos when I walked in. That was torture, seeing how I had been on a liquid diet and knew I wouldn't be eating for quite a while. I was second to have my surgery done. 45 minutes after surgery I was up walking around. Can you believe it? I didn't get the chills like I have read others have gotten. A couple hours later I was taken to the recovery house.
I didn't sleep much that night, I was afraid of pulling out my stitches ( I still am). The next morning I got up and was taken for my xray. I only had to drink one liquid and it was cool because I got to see everything on the xray. From there we headed back to the recovery house.
Later that day, they offered to take anyone who wanted to go, shopping. I was feeling pretty good, so I went. They took us to a place called Revolution Street where we learned real quick how to bargain with the shops. We had two people with us that were along for support and on our way back, they did a drive-thru at Carl's Jr for them to eat. The smell really got to me but I didn't feel like eating. Back at the recovery house the plastic surgery sisters had ordered pizza, but again I didn't really crave it. It was hard for some of the other people there.
Friday morning I was up at 4am to leave. Going across the border only took a few minutes. Our border agent was happy as the driver explained and just let us through. The plane ride home was a little hard. Not much room to move around and the gas build up from surgery was worse on the plane.
The only real problems I have had since being home is the gas and the port site for the Lap-Band is really painful. I am at work today and have been up and moving around most of the weekend. I still cannot sleep laying down, so I sleep in my recliner. Overall it was a good experience.
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