Well, post op for me has been worse than the liquid pre op diet.

I have no appetite at all. I am very sore, tried and "gassy". I have very little strength and I have found my mood swings are off the charts.

Bowel movements have not happened.

Please let me know your experience and tell me when things turn around and you feel healthy again.

I am anxious to get this journey started.

Walk as much as you can. Gas-X strips for the gas. Regrettably, our heads can't be banded but that's where most of the problems are. Cheer up! "Bandster Hell" is yet to come!

Six or seven days post op is when bandster hell started for me. Sure I feel physically better, but I am starving and there is NO restriction yet and I am still on the doc's post op diet and won't be able to move on till he ok's it. I get to follow the exact same diet as his bypass patients. YAY :thumbup:

I started to feel a lot better after 5 days... was sore for a couple of weeks but feeling ok. HUNGRY after 5 days... like major hunger. No BM for several days... however since it's all liquids at that point you can imagine what comes out...

Once I got onto mushies I was a lot better mentally... very miserable and hungry the first 2 weeks on liquids. Then when I could eat mushy food I was better... although after 4 or 5 days of that I could eat and eat and eat mushy food. Now on "real" food and learning how to actually eat... gotten stuck a few times and it came back up- painful and not fun. Learning what I can tolerate. No major restriction unless I eat something that's likely to get stuck- then after 2 bites I'm in trouble. See the dr next week- hopefully they'll be ready for a fill!