Hi all,

I had me lapband installed Wednesday July 10th 2013. I've been home recovering and learning the art of sipping Water.

I'm still having pain in my chest and back from all the air left in me, but it's getting much better. I have gone through all my "If I gain more weight" clothes and donated them to goodwill.

Right now I'm having the weird hungry growls, but I feel like I ate an entire horse after a few sips of my water. What are some tips to help me keep track of my water and clear liquid intake? I've already loss three pounds since Wednesday!!!

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I had me lapband installed Wednesday July 10th 2013. I've been home recovering and learning the art of sipping Water.

I'm still having pain in my chest and back from all the air left in me, but it's getting much better. I have gone through all my "If I gain more weight" clothes and donated them to goodwill.

Right now I'm having the weird hungry growls, but I feel like I ate an entire horse after a few sips of my water. What are some tips to help me keep track of my water and clear liquid intake? I've already loss three pounds since Wednesday!!![/quote']

Hi there I was banded on Wednesday too! Pain gets better everyday. I m still having the shoulder gas pains only in my left shoulder. I have been walking about 15-20 mins a day twice a day. I feel soreness in my tummy but its not to bad! Finally passing some gas burping a lot! Popsicles are my friend. Only able to tolerate sips of chicken broth.

^{Awesome! So happy for you!}

That is great.... i can't wait for the 23rd....

the gas pains worry me a lil bit geting my band 7 aug so soon dose everyone get them???

try using a heating pad and you might have 1 cc of solution in your band. then again you are so fresh out of surgery so there might be a lot of swelling still. my doctor said its normal not to be able to drink or sip a whole bottle of water right away. just keep sipping and spread it out throughout the day. you all will be fine really soon. youre doing a great job so far!!!

That's awesome! I was also banded Wednesday. Bandedblake, I have had no gas pains at all since surgery so no not everyone gets them I have been really hungry though so I guess you can't have it all good!

Hi everyone! I'm Joe. I was just banded 5 days ago on 7/9/13. I was extremely sore for the first 3 or so days. Between the shoulder gas pains, incision and stomach pains, I was miserable. But thankfully most of that has past and moved up today to creamy soups (such a tiny bit though) and was able to tolerate a few ounces of eggbeaters. Yesterday I tried a scrambled egg.....guess it was too soon. Lol. My first fill is scheduled for the beginning of August. I just can't wait to be able to eat something normal again. Nice to meet you all and love ready all the experiences here. Very very helpful to know other people have had some of the same experiences so far.

Hi Joe,

How are eggs? I tried eating a CLA chew it by bit and was so uncomfortable. Back to the Gatorade, Water, and broth

Hi! I had the exact same problem so of eggs dont sit we'll with you, your stomach swelling hasn't gone down enough yet. Give it another day or two, you'll be fine. Just be sure, even though they're scrambled eggs, to chew the bejesus out of them. Lol. Also yogurt worked well for me. Remember, I'm new to this as well so I can only give my experiences so far.