I'm now 3 days post op and everything went smooth. I have 7 little incisions and no drain. I've been walking since just a few hours after surgery... But damn! My stomach HURTS!

I can't lay in my bed. I can barely stand upright when I walk. I can hardly get up from a chair. I can't bend over to pick up toys. And my stomach is still bloated. Ooooouuch.

How long does this pain last?

I was sleeved on Tuesday' date=' and I still have a lot of pain in the incision where they pulled the stomach out. I was walking hunched over too, until I decided to try to walk like a normal person. I'm not rushing it, and I'm still taking pain meds. I will not be one of the ones going back to work in a week. That's what vacation and short term disability were made for. Hope you feel better soon.[/quote']

Thank you and everyone else. I never really read anyone in here who said they had pain and had to walk hunched over -- even my rommate in the hospital hardly used her pain meds!

So I appreciate that having this pain IS normal. sorry you guys are experiencing it too, but thank you!

No bending over to pick up toys you are healing.

Have someone else do that stuff.

I am one of the freaky ones.... I experienced virtually no pain. My Doc did a great job of removing most of the gas they pumped in me and said that I flew through surgery. I started walking the day of surgery.... 5 days after surgery I walked a mile and have been walking a mile every day since. Hard to explain why everyone is so different.... but we are.... so like everyone said, listen to your body and take the pain meds as needed, It can only get better!