Tell me what you rate/rated the pain from 1-10 (obviously everyone's pain threshold is different) but give me your opinion, your personal experience and what things you went through during your recovery!!

Right after surgery I had mild shoulder pain and chest heaviness, which was from gas. It went away pretty quickly. I never really had any "pain". I felt soreness-- the kind of soreness if you're out of shape and exercise hard and the next day your abs are sore. Or the kind of soreness from coughing during a bad cold.

The only truly truly miserable thing I experienced was nausea right after surgery, which lasted a few hours until they found the right combination of drugs to treat it.

So all in all, I rate my pain a 1 or 2. I know I'm very lucky.

I was sleeved 12/21. I had no surgery site pain and no gas pain. I took no pain mess at all.

Sorry that should be no pain meds.

0 pain. 1 gas for almost a week.

Was very smooth

See, I always thought I tolerated pain well, but compared to what I'm reading, I'm a wimp! My pain post op was 8-9. I was begging for drugs. On meds I was around a 4-5 and when it was time for another dose, I was around a 7. Now today, three days post op, I'm close to a 5 when the meds wear off and around a 2-3 with drugs. It still kills to get up and down from a seated position, and I can't bend over or stretch. I get a terrible burning sensation at the incision sites, as well as a deeper, more gut wrenching pain around the area where the drain was (I'm assuming this is where the doc pulled my stomach out as well). I'm feeling better today than any other day, so I'm hoping that tomorrow will be even better and I'll continue to recover quickly. I can't wait to sleep on my side again!

1 for pain. 2 for gas in shoulders. Walk often and this helps with gas. Oh - I am a total baby, wussy, and avoid pain at all costs. VSG for me was outpatient surgery. Went home same night to sleep in my own bed thankfully. Only took pain meds once and that was to sleep on day 2 or 3 since I got my days/nights mixed up.

No regrets, I love my sleeve.

PS - now, everyone is different. One of my SoCal sleeve sisters woke up screaming according to her. She said she would do it again even knowing the discomfort level, which was managed by pain meds.