I was banded 10-12, i was up moving around and doing well. I went back to work on 10-13 no problems. Have been feeling pretty good until yesterday and then it felt like a ton of bricks have been dropped on my. Yesterday couldnt go to the bathroom so tried everything I could find, nothing worked. Today I'm in so much pain but afraid to take anything. Dr said I would be ok.

Guess I need to just sit around and wait. Sorry just needed to vent

Hang in there. Take your pain meds, rest and walk, walk, walk. You'll turn a corner and this will all be a faint memory....like child birth! We're here when ever you need to vent. NOW GO TAKE YOUR PAIN MEDS! ....and rest!

Hang in there. Take your pain meds' date=' rest and walk, walk, walk. You'll turn a corner and this will all be a faint memory....like child birth! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> We're here when ever you need to vent. NOW GO TAKE YOUR PAIN MEDS! ....and rest! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

I got the walking thing down, it's the resting thing I don't seem to do too well, lol. Afraid of the pain meds while my husband is gone at work because I'm home alone with the kidos. Gonna see if I can sleep on the couch seems to be the most comfortable place lately.

I was banded 10-12' date=' i was up moving around and doing well. I went back to work on 10-13 no problems. Have been feeling pretty good until yesterday and then it felt like a ton of bricks have been dropped on my. Yesterday couldnt go to the bathroom so tried everything I could find, nothing worked. Today I'm in so much pain but afraid to take anything. Dr said I would be ok.

Guess I need to just sit around and wait. Sorry just needed to vent [/quote']

God Bless you honey!! Can't believe you went back to work the next day, plus watching children too.

I was banded 10/15 and I don't know if its b/c I'm 56yo, but no way could I do that. I'm proud that I emptied the dishwasher & fixed dinner for hub.lol

Today I'll tackle the cat litter.lol

Yep, God Bless SRN!!!!

Unless you've had a bad reaction to pain meds in the past, I honestly wouldn't worry about taking it despite your husband being gone. They normally only give you Lortab or Vicodin after Lap-Band surgery and neither are horribly strong. Base it on your past reactions- did it knock you out? Did it make you feel stoned? Unable to function? If no to those- then take it.

Get a stool softer like Colace to help with the bathroom issue. Take it every single day until you go. It's not a laxative so there's no harsh stimulants to cramp you up. Constipation after general anesthetic is very, very common. If you're really in a lot of pain, you may even want to try an enema or suppository to get things going again.

Feel better soon!

Unless you've had a bad reaction to pain meds in the past' date=' I honestly wouldn't worry about taking it despite your husband being gone. They normally only give you Lortab or Vicodin after Lap-Band surgery and neither are horribly strong. Base it on your past reactions- did it knock you out? Did it make you feel stoned? Unable to function? If no to those- then take it.

Get a stool softer like Colace to help with the bathroom issue. Take it every single day until you go. It's not a laxative so there's no harsh stimulants to cramp you up. Constipation after general anesthetic is very, very common. If you're really in a lot of pain, you may even want to try an enema or suppository to get things going again.

Feel better soon![/quote']

I took a smaller dose of the pain medicine last night it seemed to be better. The last time I took it within a half hour the room was spinning and I passed out on the couch because I couldn't get my brain to focus to walk to the bedroom, lol.

I realized what had caused a lot of the pain yesterday, my husband and I went to Starbucks and I ordered an unsweetened iced coffee and drank it thru the straw, I couldn't finish it because about a half hour after we were there I started hurting. I completely spaced out about not using straws and it took me until this morning to realize what I had done. I won't do that again, lol.