I am noticing that some people are put on a 14 day liquid diet like me and some people only have 7 days or even 3 days? Some people can even eat solid foods like veggies or leans meats. I can't imagine how I am going to function in everyday life not eating anything but broth, sf jello & pudding & choke down protein shakes?? What do I do about fogginess or weakness? I have 88 pounds to lose before I am at a healthy weight. Any thoughts or ideas? Encouragement would be great..thanks.

btrieger - Good luck with surgery! Mine was Feb. 8th - so easy and I'm so sorry I didn't do it sooner!

btrieger - Good luck with surgery! Mine was Feb. 8th - so easy and I'm so sorry I didn't do it sooner!

Thanks and congrats!!

Is the pain fully gone after 2 weeks and everything back to normal?

Thanks and congrats!!

Is the pain fully gone after 2 weeks and everything back to normal?

Honestly, I didn't have a lot of pain. (I have a very high pain threshold, however) My throat hurt a little from the tube but that disappeared quickly. I was groggy from the anesthesia but Day 2, I was up and at 'em!

You will have some "gas issues" from them pumping air into your stomach BUT...get up and walk every couple of hours and it shouldn't be too bad. I didn't really have anything too severe there - just a tad bloated.

Some incision pain, mostly from the bigger incision where my port is - but, nothing unbearable.

My port hurt for a couple days - but it just felt like an internal bruise and I couldn't lay on that area and definitely couldn't wear jeans!

Again - no MAJOR pain, just minor annoyances. Listen to the surgeon and nurses and you shouldn't have any problems.

I don't work - I'm a stay at home mom. But, I was back to doing laundry and "working" after about Day 3. (no heavy lifting though for 2 weeks)

Your surgery is going to be AWESOME!

LOL -and to actually answer your question. 2 weeks later... NO pain.