banded yesterday

hurting today

struggleing a little with buyers remorse

splitting headache from no caffeine

dreading followup upper GI.......

good thing i have this site to give me hope.....

xo to all

Oceangirl6

Good to see you over on this side. I had my band yesterday too. I feel really good today but I was hurting a lot yesterday from the gas pains in my shoulders. Today hey are mostly gone and I got down a Protein shake earlier and have been doing a lot of walking.

Thanks for checking in with us... It will get better hang in there

Yay congratulations! I am 8 days post op and let me tell you. Before I scare you, we all know everyone experiences the after affect of the surgery in different ways, so you may feel amazing lol. I had severe pain in my neck from the gas, dry heaving, nauseous and on the verge of death, so it felt. lol I want to give you hope that it is worse before it gets better. :-D Being able to come on here has been a true blessing!

We are all here for your support. It's great being able to ask questions knowing that the people who are answering, have lived what we are going through!

Best of luck to you.

<3 Ronni

thanks!!

Yay congratulations! I am 8 days post op and let me tell you. Before I scare you, we all know everyone experiences the after affect of the surgery in different ways, so you may feel amazing lol. I had severe pain in my neck from the gas, dry heaving, nauseous and on the verge of death, so it felt. lol I want to give you hope that it is worse before it gets better. :-D Being able to come on here has been a true blessing!

We are all here for your support. It's great being able to ask questions knowing that the people who are answering, have lived what we are going through!

Best of luck to you.

<3 Ronni

I had my surgery this morning and before I went in the doctor told me that some people get gas pains that settle into their backs rather than their shoulders...and I'm apparently one of them. Strangely enough, the majority of the pain I've been dealing with today is in my back! Any suggestions on how I can get this to ease off a bit?

I had my surgery on Wed and yesterday I had the killer shoulder and neck pain from the gas. Walking around really helps to expel the gas. I am having up & down moments --- my pain medication does help though. Good luck on your journey!! I hope all of us newly banded members have the success that so many on this site have had. It's been great looking through here and seeing all of you doing so well while having normal struggles! It definitely gives me hope because I was feeling pretty scared! :-)

Jennedge, I get up and walk a lot and that has helped get the gas out. I have also been taking the gasX strips and putting one of those thermocare wraps on my back. It's like having a portable heating pad on. If you get some though, get the kind for your lower back and you can put it up higher on your shoulders. The ones that go on your shoulders are smaller and they only have two small sticky pads that don't stay on very well. The ones for your lower back go all the way around your body and have velcro on them.