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oldoneyoungagain, The pain after lap band was nothing, I never even took the pain meds after a few hours. I too have a high pain tolerance so after my RNY I was shocked by the amount of pain I was in. I had extensive scar tissue that had to be removed, plus I had both procedures done in one day, so my pain and recovery time were both more than I expected. I stopped taking anything more than tylenol after a week, and was ready to go back to work after 2 (I am a nurse), but am actually still on medical leave due to minor complications with my lovely JP drain that is still in. I will be 3 weeks out tomorrow and feel great, and could most definitely be at work. Is it just your surgeon's preference to do it in 2 steps? Or do they know you have a lot of scar tissue already? Kim

I had my band to RNY revision 5/1/13, and the surgeries are almost literally night and day. With the band it never felt any different to me than being on a diet. If I was "good", I would lose weight, if "bad", I gained. Except when I was about to get my period and would somehow get stuck on food eaten an hour ago and vomit to the point I saw stars. I hated that band from about a week post op until eternity. With the pouch I haven't had issues eating anything provided I eat slowly. If there is a high Protein content and I eat it quicker than 30 minutes I get terribly nauseous. I have lost 23lbs since surgery which is more than I ever lost with the band.

Hi everyone, I had a band to RNY revision 5/1/13. There was significantly more pain than I anticipated, and a few minor post op complications, but all in all, things went very well. I stayed in the hospital just 2 nights and was glad to go home. I stopped pain meds after about a week, and felt like a human after about 1.5 weeks. Much to my surprise I started feeling real hunger -definitely not in my head- after 1.5 weeks. food still doesn't interest me so often times I just deal with feeling hungry because nothing sounds good. I still have my JP in and cannot wait to get the stupid thing out. I have lost 23lbs since the date of surgery and feel awesome these past few days. Kim