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mine is on my left side, a few inches below my bra line. it probably doesn't matter if its left or right. i would guess...

Melody, Tearby and others --- Thank you and the rest of the bunch for your messages. They were really encouraging! I do also have the pain and the grumbling in my intestines. I was up last night and my husband said "why is your stomach making all that noise?" I really didn't know how to answer. My guess is that its the gas working its way through and a bit of hunger I also have a bit of diareah and pain at the incision port site. Also, I am finding that I get full really really fast. And its like 2 spoonfulls of broth or thin yogurt and I'm full and in pain. I'm almost afraid to eat. I haven't had a fill yet...I wonder will it will be like with the fill. Have any of you had 5 days after being banded? I am going to take this weekend to try and relax and be positive about this change in my life. I both need and want to lose 135 lbs - and will have to find a way to feel that "control" and "power" and not resticted and powerless.

:help: Hello all - I am happy to have found this forum. I was banded on only 4 days ago. I had lost 10lbs before my band (due to general dieting and the pre-op liquid diet). I have conflicted feelings / emotions now that I have the band. I feel happy to have it but also now I'm scared and afraid. I didn't feel this way before the surgery - I was seriously looking forward to it. But now, I feel that this is such a big change...perhaps it is the soreness / pain / gas that has got me down. Its almost like after I had my baby. The week after I arrived home, I was so tired and sore, it was hard to be happy. And that's how I feel now, like I should be estatic...but I'm more sad and conflicted. Did anyone else have these feelings? Also, the only folks that know are my husband and my aunt. I haven't told anyone else in my family (I don't want to be judged) has anyone else held back from telling their families?