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Micheleangelina- Hi, sounds great! I was banded on May 12, 2009. I see you you were a few days before me ? ...cool...so how is your experince so far post-surgery? I am feeling better today, (day 5) but still dealing w/ some gas in shoulder/ chest! ouch! I have one incision that hurts more than rest..I wonder if this is the Port? hmm..well I go for my first post op visit on Monday(tomorrow 18th) so i'll keep posted! God bless!

I also had a hiatal hernia repaired so that may be why I was not one of these 1 day recovery ppl! :0) Today is day 5 and I am feeling much better. Still some shoulder gas pain, but much better. I heard a lot of ppl & the Doc talk about the gas pain but I had no idea it would be so awful! who would have thought that "gas" could be such a big deal! lol! I've just about used a whole box of gas x melty things...still gassy. lol. thanks for reply / sharing. I am new to this thing but the site seems very useful. So when were you banded?

I had lap band May 12, 2009. I also have been experiencing this for a couple of days now. I was wondering the same thing! It it's good to know it gets better. The gas / burping /hiccuping pain is the worst! ugh!:scared2:

I had surgery on Tues. May 12, 2009 and would not been one to go back to work the next day. The incision pain wasn't that bad but I used pain meds for 4 days. The GAS is awful! It was trapped in my shoulder and chest and excruciating! However it has been 4 days & It is finally getting out! My kids got a good kick out of all the uncontrollable burping though! Maybe this is a strange problem but the gas was worse than the incision sites!