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Corrigan, I was so hungry. I did liquids days 1-3.5 but I was so hungry. I dont want to ruin my surgery my doc worked so hard. Is it to late to start over.

Elcee, I'm confused too. I feel pain. But is the pain from incision and surgery or overeating ? I'm suppose to still be on liquids per Dr orders but I was hungry. I feel pain first thing in the morning. I eat a yogurt. 3 hours later I eat real food, soft and mushie but real food. I can't bend down and pick something up off the floor without discomfort(Pain).

This is how I describe the pain. On a scale of 1-10 the pain Is a 5. On that scale of 5 the pain ranges from 1-20. If you do absolutely nothing but lay in bed days 1-3, depending in how good a friend she is to you, you may be able to go. That's my .02

How do I know if I'm eating too much? Where should I feel discomfort? Is it different for everyone? Should I be feeling it in upper abdomen, mid abdomen or lower abdomen? What do each of those areas mean if I feel discomfort in them? The problem Is I don't know if I'm uncomfortable because of eating or because of surgery. I am 6 days out and still taking pain Meds. I have no restriction. Today I ate 2 eggs with a Gortons fish filet patty. It took about 15 minutes. I Ddnt feel uncomfortable. 3 hours later I had a half a cup of lasagna. Felt great. Am I missing something? Please let me know your thoughts. J

Thanks everyone. I have been resting. I think the lifting did something bad. But better now. Still on pain Meds 6 days out. Not as much med as before but some, especially at night. Weird thing is u can eat anything without much discomfort, why? Today I had 2 eggs and a fish patty. Is this normal for day 6?

You may be tired bcz your not eating a lot of calories. That is a lot to lose in a week. Im six days out and I can eat anything.

Gas x works really well.

Allergan

This lapband thing is huge. I'm investing in allergy

Thank you Caramel. Can't wait to weigh myself at first Dr visit. I'm amazed that I eat so very little and am so very full.

Seemed appropriate to me @ m1

My lapband was Monday too. I was in significant pain. Not hungry day 1 and 2. Day 3 and 4 very hungry. I took lots of pain Meds to get more comfortable. The tape was causing more pain than the incision so I took it off. Prayer works also. Today, day 4 much better than days before. I have had a very easy time getting things down, lol. Really the least of my concerns. Take comfort in knowing it sucks for me too. Maybe in a different way but still sucks.

Caramel, Not at all. No worries. You were honest, thank you. You can only tell me about your experience and you did. Your experience helped calm me a lot more than anyone. Continue being honest and real. @ Jim lol @ bring the pain. I would rather go thru this than the misery of being obese and able to eat enough food for a family of 4 at one sitting. Yep, did that often. Although I am whining and very cynical, I am very happy blasted pain and all. QUESTION: I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO CHEATED? I tried doing the 2 wk fast lost 10 pounds first week then ate once a day after that, up to the night before surgery. Also, I am now 4 days post op. Eating pudding, cream Soups and grits and eggs Kind of like grit and egg Soup but grits and eggs nonetheless Also, and this is big, I can eat pistachios. One at a time. I chew it until it becomes like paste then I swallow it. Then I drink something. Just curious if I'm the only one and ufr not how much have you list so far?

Everyone thank you so much for responding. Common sense dictates that you research any procedure before having it done. Did that about 3 years. So for all the pre op peeps It's Going To Hurt. I'm not going to sugar coat it like some Do. Do not lift anything, PERIOD. The pain is not so severe on a scale of 1-10 the pain is about a 5. But on that scale of 5 it ranges from 1-20. That is a good description of the pain. It's like getting à spanking. It hurts. Not life threatening but will avoid it if I can. Hope this helps. Please continue to respond. This is fascinating.

Shirley, TMI babe. Thank you for responding.

Hmmm. You are told there will be pain when having à baby. Getting banded not so much.

LaBelle, How far post op are you?

Cynical not cubicle

Also, I have the single incision procedure so I have 2 holes. One main hole and one very small. I guess ufr I had double inc ision I would have 4 holes???? Lies all lies. There is no single incision. If there is ut comes with 2 holes. "They" told me I would only be pregnant for 9 months too. 10 Women are pregnant for 10 months not 9. The lapband people must have seen me coming. So cubicle,yet, so very happy I am. J

3 days post op. 1st day piece of cake. I thought I was some kind of scientific or medical wonder cz there was no pain. Days 2 and 3 very different story. Much pain. Very much waiting for day 5. 6 and 7.

Where is my port hiding? Shouldn't there be an incision near it? Only have 2 incisions: a big one and a little one...No port. And this hideous, random pain, when will that leave? Don't mean to sound so whinie but it hurts. Hurts bad. Not like having a baby bad more like why did you lie to me and say the pain is no big deal. That's like women saying after you have the baby you forget all about the pain. Have the baby and I remember the pain in contrasted detail. This lapband is, so, worth it but it stings Like hell healing.

Tragically funny. I agree, you were way out of your league for psychiatric care. Hopefully, you got a really good price. Glad you didn't committed. The psych patients were prolly thinking you were crazy for being there sane, relatively, anyway.

Ummm, you're not suppose to have creamy soup day 1??? Seriously? This is day 3 only creamy soup and V Water. Wow I read in my literature it was ok on day one. Now granted I was fresh piston op. Maybe I read it wrong. Anesthesia is a hell of a drug.

Thank you. I didn't think about the iv Meds, duh me. No wonder I wasn't in paany pain at the hospital. Bus hitting me is pretty accurate. I was not thinking when I brought groceries in. I thought it was odd that I had no pain. Odd but cool. Still don't have major pain just major discomfort. Some gas but walking makes it go away. Oh well so much for Guinness book for having no pain after surgery. J

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