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When Did You Feel 100% Better After Surgery?

How long did it take for you to feel 100% better?

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  • I would like to know that question too!! I'm 10 days post op and definitely not there yet!!

  • I dont think I ever felt just 100% I'd have to say about 4 to 6 weeks post op I felt about 200% better. I just woke up one morning and felt fantastic. It will take a few weeks so hang in there!!

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    I had my surgery on a tues and was back to work that following Monday. I would say I was at 100% 3 weeks where I felt no pain. Hang in there it gets better

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i am back to work and doing normal activity. i was banded the 10th. Still get a little sore sometimes or it feels like it you ever been pregnant the babies butt in under my ribs but that is it. Still a little fatique but i am sure that will pass soon. i have a very active job so i am moving around constantly.

Other than being exhausted, I felt great just 2 days post-op. Still had 6 days off of work - but I didn't stop my life and sit on the couch the whole time. Went to the store, cleaned house, etc. I'd say 100% about 2weeks. But I'd found different ways to move around. Like instead of bending over or even regular squatting to get something off the floor, I would plie - no, not a ballerina, just found it the easiest way to get lower without any discomfort.

100% was at two weeks...

I had surgery the 12th. I had my gallbladder taken out and was supposed to have lapband surgery as well. Well' date=' my gallbladder was pretty bad and my surgeon couldn't put in the lap band. My stomach still feels miserable. I have the lapband incisions because my surgeon was planning on putting the lapband in. I am now scheduled for lapband surgery on August 6th and I start school the 20th. Will I have enough time to recuperate? Because right now I'm 10 days out and still feel miserable...

PS- I'm glad some of you are feeling better and I hope the rest of us feel 100% better soon![/quote']

I had my gallbladder out 8 years before my band and maybe time erased some things but to me the band recovery took longer than gb (both laproscopic). I also had a hernia repair with my band, so maybe that's why. I was only off work for 4 days, and wish I would have took a couple more. I would think you'll be ok to do school a couple weeks after surgery, unless you still feel bad going in to surgery. Double check with your Doc and feel better soon!

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I had my gallbladder out 8 years before my band and maybe time erased some things but to me the band recovery took longer than gb (both laproscopic). I also had a hernia repair with my band' date=' so maybe that's why. I was only off work for 4 days, and wish I would have took a couple more. I would think you'll be ok to do school a couple weeks after surgery, unless you still feel bad going in to surgery. Double check with your Doc and feel better soon![/quote']

Thank you! I'm starting to feel better, I'm almost two weeks out now. I do have a sprained foot? Haha I don't think that is from surgery though. I hope I will be better by the time school starts, I cant afford to postpone this surgery much longer. Thank you to all who answered. To those who are still recuperating, I wish you a speedy recovery!

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