Today is Sunday and I had my Lapband removed on Tuesday afternoon. I am having a lot of pain in the left hand side of my stomach. It's not severe but making it hard to walk. My port was situated just under in breast bone in the middle. Did anyone else have this pain after 5 days? I see my surgeon tomorrow. Thanks.

hi i hope you feel better soon. why did you have your band removed?

Yeah what happened? Hope you feel better soon. I also hope I never can answer that question!

me to emptying it is hard enough

My band had slipped and I had a huge amount of stomach sitting above the band.

I'm so sorry but I'm happy that you removed it. I too wil remove permantly

Have you also had some problems?

In the event something goes wrong. I don't want them to go in to "fix" anything just remove it. Hope u feel better. You must be on liquids for a while I would think ?

Yes on liquids for a few days and then purée for a couple of weeks and then soft and move towards hard foods. I didn't realise I would have to do this after the lapband removal. I read of lots of people having the lapband removed and eating a burger on the way home.

I was shocked to hear of the post op diet after removal.

It occurred toe that you need to heal again. It also gives you an opportunity not to regain if you go slow.

Yes that makes sense. I've lost a few kilos this week which has been nice.