I got banded on Tuesday March 6th, spent one in the hospital and came home yesterday March 7th. I feel good no pain just a lot of soreness in my stomach area. I have 5 incisions, the lower left seems to be the worse I'm think that is where my port is. . I have only been given broth and Jello in the hospital and to be honest I had less then half of both and been extremely full not sure if its the meds, surgery or the band ( I have no fill) ibut I can feel the liquid going down. It feels hard almost like chest pain but I was told this is normal.

I have to stay on liquids for the next week and to be honest I first thought before surgery how in the world will I be able to do another week of liquids but I don't think I can tolerate more then that right now. Three sips of broth and I"m full..

I'd love to hear any other post-op stories or if anyone has any questions I'd love to answer them!! YAY!! I'm so excited!!

I see the surgeon again in two weeks then he said a fill in four weeks!! I can't even think of a fill right now due to how tight I feel but I know this won't last!!

Good luck everyone we are on our journey!!!

Congrats! I was banded 2/3/12. You sound like you are doing great. Just keep up the sipping. Good luck!

did you feel like everything was stuck between your chest?? I just made myself have a protein drink and I feel tight almost like its all lumped between my chest?? When did you start feeling better?? I'm feel good just sore.

Congratulations!!!

sorry about my spelling pain meds!

I was banded on March 6th too!! I could have typed your post for you as I feel the same way. I feel good but weak. It is just hard to get much of anything down. Slow sips all day but I'm not even getting close to 64oz. The craziest feeling is when you take a sip and you can actually feel it go all the way down. Is that how it is always going to be now or does that go away. Its just weird. It feels like there is a funnel at the top and the liquid sits in there and then just slowly funnels down. Crazy!!! Every day seems a bit better. The gas has been the worst!!! I am hoping by the ed of the weekend I will feel normal again...I hope:)

I was banded on March 6th too!! I could have typed your post for you as I feel the same way. I feel good but weak. It is just hard to get much of anything down. Slow sips all day but I'm not even getting close to 64oz. The craziest feeling is when you take a sip and you can actually feel it go all the way down. Is that how it is always going to be now or does that go away. Its just weird. It feels like there is a funnel at the top and the liquid sits in there and then just slowly funnels down. Crazy!!! Every day seems a bit better. The gas has been the worst!!! I am hoping by the ed of the weekend I will feel normal again...I hope:)

This is how I feel! I"m eating jell-o now and don't even think I can finish it. I feel it all bunched up trying to go down and just sitting there. I'm sure this is not going to be like this forever I'm assuming until the swelling goes down! Good luck, I'm so excited for our new journey!!

It's cmforting knowing someone else feels what you feel. This is just unlike anything I have ever done. It will all be great in a few more weeks, but this sure is crazy! We can do it!!

I just had a half of jello ( can't believe I couldn't finish it) and it feels very tight and tough between my chest area. Are you having this when you eat jello or drink? I do hope that stops.. It kinda feels like chest pain??

I haven't been brave enough to eat Jell-o. I can't get passed the feeling when I drink. It does feel like it is sitting up high on my chest and going no where. I was almost wondering if it was going to come up. I heat some broth a while ago and I could feel the warmth of it go all the way down. WHy does this freak me out so much? I feel like I am 9 months pregnant again when the baby is so big that everything pushes upwards and sits on your chest...ugh! Someone please tell us this is going to go away soon!!

I feel the same ...but hear after swelling goes away. It will get better! ..