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My surgery was on the 12th. I get better every day. The worse for me was the shoulder pain. It was worse when I ate/drank something warm. Also everytime I sneezed from allergies I thought I was going to die. My big mistake was not realizing what a huge surgery this was. I was able to do it out patient and the feedback I got on how many days I should take off was so vague I only took 3 days off. Huge mistake. But like I said I feel 100% better. Incisions healing, little pain

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I'm POD #4 and feeling pretty good. I do have some GI gas, but mainly due to lots of dairy in my diet right now. My port site is sore. I had my gallbladder removed at the same time and that hurts more than anything. I'm on full liquids until Friday. I'm definitely starting to desire and crave real food. I can tolerate about 6-8 oz Soup at mealtime. Today I had hubby get me soup from subway and blended it with some skim milk. It was SO flavorful compared to everything else.

I'm really trying to listen to my stomach and know when I'm full. Sometimes I don't know until I stand up and feel really full.

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patch, what kind of Greek yogurt are you eating? I bought the Chobani because it was the highest in Protein, but it is not my favorite.

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I will also add that I'm experiencing a lot of heartburn-type symptoms. Most of the time it's hours after eating.

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Hi did you have a sliding hiatal hernia? When I get my surgery done in August he is repairing my sliding hiatal hernia

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I had my surgery yesterday. I came home from the hospital this morning and honestly, I feel like crap. Unless I lay very still I feel like my insides are going to come out.

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Jemama - that's how I felt the first day. Hankfully, I slept through most of it. I wasn't awake most of my 1st 48hours...

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I had my surgery yesterday. Today I am more sore than yesterday. The gas pains kicked in! I also had a hiatal hernia repair. My body just aches, but I haven't taken any pain meds. My port site aches. I started back on my Protein replacement today. I made 1/2 serving and was able to drink it, I had concern I didn't feel any restriction. Is this normal?

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I was banded with plication yesterday (June 25th)! I've progressively felt better since then! I get up and walk every now and then and move at a pretty quick pace. Gas pain is very minimal. Gas X strips work pretty great!

Getting up and down is rough and I'm sleeping in a recliner because it's difficult to lie down in my bed and to get back up.

I don't like chicken broth so I took the flavor packet from ramen noodles and made Soups with it. I feel satisfied with such a small amount of it. When I tried a sugar free popcsicle I could only eat half of it! I looked like such a dork smiling while I was eating because I was just so excited that for the first time in my life I feel like I can finally control my portions! And it's only day 2!

I'm leaving for an internship on Sunday where I'll be on my feet all day long for the next six weeks so I'm hoping bending will start to become easier!

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I'm day #5 post op and am doing well for the most part. Took my last pain meds on the eve of day 2, nothing since day 3. I'm moving around a lot and have been driving since day 3 without a problem. I'm back to work today and having pretty severe neck pain (trapezius muscle aka the shrug muscle) on the left side. My port site hurts on occassion but feel that it may be due to the amount of activity/talking that I am doing today since being back at work. Like many of you, I'm having difficulty getting in my Protein - my poor hair :( Today is really the first day that I'm genuinely trying to get down my Protein Drink. It makes my stomach hurt to try and digest it though. Almost like it's protesting LOL I am hungry all the time now, but I don't actually want to eat because of the pain that it causes - I feel like my stomach literally seizes up when it gets food to digest. Hopefully I can push the rest of my Protein Drink and it can move the healing process along. I only had four incisions and none are very painful - the port site does get sore but nothing that is not manageable. My surgeon did an awesome job and can only think that the Trap pain is from the hiatal hernia repair.

We can all get through this, one minute at a time :)

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patch, what kind of Greek yogurt are you eating? I bought the Chobani because it was the highest in Protein, but it is not my favorite.

I'm eating the Chobani as well. I prefer mango & pineapple. I advanced to regular meals today after seeing my doctor. I'm POD #5 and feel great. The shoulder pain has decreased by about 50% which is wonderful! My belly feels great, too.

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MomOf3InOC - my port pain is almost gone and I'm day 14 post-op. I know how you feel I was so sore round my port and I felt like it would never feel better but it has subsided to almost nothing now.

Good luck hope you feel better soon!

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I'm now on day 4. The gas is about 70 percent resolved. It's the port that's killing me. I can hardly move. It does not show any signs of infection bot it is lumpy there. Feels like its burning and ripping when I move my core - which is pretty much every time I move.

What was your port like in the first few days? When did it get better?

I was banded on June 12th. I felt like I was going to rip apart. I would say it began to feel better to move around day 11. I still have some burning day 15 but nothing near to what I felt at first. Hang in there!

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I was banded on 6/25/2012. I am very sore, especialy on the port side of my abdomem. I am drinking as much as I can. I dont think I am getting enough Protein. I can deal with the soreness as I know that that will where off, but it feels very uncomfortable on the port side....almost like it is sticking me in the side. Will this subside once the swelling goes down? If so, how long does that take?

Good luck Everyone :)

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