HI EVERYONE - I WAS JUST BANDED DOWN IN MONTERREY LAST TUESDAY - MAY 16TH. I HAVE BEEN RECOVERING THE PAST WEEK. INITIALLY FOLLOWING SURGERY, I FELT A TIGHT FEELING IN MY CHEST AND THROUGH TO MY BACK, HOWEVER, IT WENT AWAY ABOUT DAY 3 AND NOW I'M FEELING IT AGAIN - I'M STILL ABLE TO DRINK MY liquids, ETC, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS GONE FOR NOW!

ANYONE EXPERIENCE THIS TOO??

ALL THESE NEW EXPERIENCES ARE KINDA SCARY!!!

PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS!:eek:

HoneyBaby, if you are having chest pains, please call your regular doc and get to the ER. Chest pain is not normal.

(((((hugs)))))

Since you are just one week out my totally uneducated guess would be residual gas pains. I had them for about 2 weeks. I dont know how severe the pain is....but as Vines said, call your doc for reassurance. Better safe than sorry!

Thanks for your replies. I did e-mail my doctor - it isn't chest pain like I probably made it sound. It is a restriction type pain where the band is. I wondered if it might still be some gas pressure hanging around in there today! They had me describe the pain and said not to worry about it??

ok, I'm glad you called and spoke with someone with a clue. (not that we don't, but we are not qualified for some things) I'm glad they told you to not worry.

The gas will slowly go away, and you will be right as rain. You might try the new GasX strips, they might help.

I had and still have a tightness in my chest, its just my bodies way of adjusting to the band, my surgeon said its normal. its not really painful just sort of a sensation that i have now that i didnt have before.

That sounds very familiar - does it feel like a giant burp is trapped somewhere with nowhere to escape? If so, it sounds like trapped gas from your surgery. I rememeber walking around feeling fine, and then suddenly being overtaken by that weird tight feeling. Still best to check with Doc.