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coastlgrl
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Phyl - I had my surgery in Olympia, WA by Dr. Neal. He and his staff are awesome. I am anxious to get past the post op pain...and to start feeling human again!
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Hi from Raymond, WA (on the washington coast) Was banded on Sept 13th. Would love to keep in touch with others from WA. In just these few days I have really enjoyed and appreciated this site. I chose to keep my surgery quiet so I don't have a lot of friends to lean on yet. My family is supportive though! Good luck to all of you!
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Wow, glad to hear that! I was reading about a heating pad for the gas pain - think I will give that a try!
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I was banded on Sept 13. I can hardly get up and down without really bad pain on the side where the port is. I am looking for reassurance that this will get better! It hurts much worse than I anticipated.