so i am cramping so bad!!! It's my TOM and all i can take is tylenol..well my cramps laugh at tylenol and it doesnt help at all..i am miserable and just want to cry. I have PCOS and take metformin for that. It helps a little but i still usually take midol also. My dr has me off of my metformin for now due to my body adjusting from surgery and I cant take midol because of the anti inflammatory in it..UGH FML!!!! I am so happy to be banded but something has to give on this TOM stuff..i cant do this every month..i am just miserable...Sorry needed to vent..no one here understands. on a happy note..tomorrow is 1 month post op and i am down 25 lbs.

I used 1/2 the dose of the liquid Vicodin that I got for the surgery... My monthly cramps are just as bad as contractions during labor! So I know how u feel!

there are pressure points right in the center of your palm that will relieve this pain. take your fingers of one hand and press in other hand hold for like 10 seconds slowly release and then switch hands. right in the center of your feet as well.

struggling with that myself. i am here at work with a wee heating pad on my tummy..i am trying to stay ahead of pain by taking it at reg intervals...hurts like total hell and i am excited i can be bit**y and blame it on something else for a change....feel better soon

Haven't had to deal with that for almost 2 years. Feel sorry for you as period pain is horrible.

Candace, I totally feel for you. I get so frustrated at times because I can't use aspirin or Motrin. I wish my surgeon would have spent more time educating me on pain control. Even with Tylenol, I can't swallow the caplets or tablets so I have to take liquid. I can only find it in "children's" strength. Swallowing 6 teaspoons to equal an adult dose. I just can't stand it. I live in a small town and the pharmacies will not order adult strength liquid Tylenol because its expensive and there is not a demand for it. Pain control is one of the only negatives to having the band I have found. I apologize for my rant. Two days and counting till my TOM. Ugh! Hope you feel better soon.

Call you doc and ask for something that will help. Suffering is no good!

My doc told me to take tylenol and i too live in a small town so i have children tylenol as well..i have pain meds from surgery but i can't take them at work..Im home now and took some...feeling much better now...hate being a girl lol

I found this new another board for gastric sleeve, it may help:

"I was in Walgreens and I asked why they don't make liquid adult Tylenol anymore. My wise pharmacist replied : " Ahhh... Grasshopper... but they DO. You just need to know where to look!" and she took me to the Cold and Flu Section. "But Dr. Drugimoto! I don't Have a cold!" She sagely responded : "Patience Grasshopper. Read the label on this!" Tylenol.com — TYLENOL® Cold Sore Throat

I did. It turns out that liquid Tylenol Cold SORE THROAT variety. Minty blue liquid is nothing but Acetaminophen. That is the other name for Tylenol! It costs $7.95 a bottle in my store and lasts much longer than liquid baby Tylenol.

The minty flavor was pretty strong so I poured it into about a cup of Water and it did fine in my five day old tummy!, "

Hope that helps you gals out!