I have so many questions and I have learned so much by reading all of the old posts.

How painful was the surgery? I am planning to take a week off work, will I need more time?

I never needed any pain meds. I used ibuprofen the first day. Had surgery on Thursday and back to doing almost everything by Monday. The worst was the gas pains the first day or two. Good luck!

First of all they give you good drugs for the surgery. I did not have a lot of pain, but caution, do not take aspirin or aleve or ibuprofen It is not recommended for band patients. Liquid tylenol would be best. I only took prescrip pain meds two days.

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One week should be fine unless you have a very strenuous job that involves a lot of lifting.

I was just banded a little over 2 weeks ago. The first 2 or 3 days only needed the pain meds and started to feel good about day 5/6. I had a hyadal hurnia repaired also. I still feel the larger cut a little when bending or leaning on my stomach.