Good morning my band is out. My band was taken out yesterday. I'm home recovering. I had a lot more pain than I thought I would. I'm glad to be free of it...

I hope to getting my band out on Dec 16 2013. I cant wait. I have the feeling I will be in more pain but will be happy to be done with it for sure.

Yippee!

High five to you both;)

I hope the pain goes away quickly for you. I got mine out 12hrs ago. Still in hospital, hopefully out in a few hours.

Pain from the gas they pump in, and quite a bit of nausea, other than that I feel fine.

8 week wait now for my sleeve.

Just got my band out 48 hours ago did anyone else swell up I am 6 pounfs heaver then when I went fkr surgery is this normal?

I had my band out in September and it was relatively easy, thank goodness. It seems to me that I gained 3-5 pounds, but after about a week I was losing again. I continued to eat as though banded and ate low carb.

I had a lot of nausea for about 8 hours. I was also up all night, though not for any particular reason - unless the anti-nausea meds keep you up?

I didn't have any pain to speak of. I thought I was on pain meds thru the IV, but I wasn't. Just anti-inflammatory. I did, however, use pain meds at home for a few days.

One thing that really really helped (though it seemed impossible when I read the orders) was that my surgeon included walking 5 times a day to his written at-home orders.

My surgery was held up, so I didn't get out of the OR until 6pm or so. I spent the night and the doctor agreed to discharge when he saw me at 7am. THEN it took several hours to get that done.

By 6pm the day I went home, I walked outside for about 5 minutes.

After that, I went out for 10 minute walks, 5 times a day. It helped keep me active, helped move the gas they pumped me up with, helped pass the gas from the intestines, and helped structure my days!

I highly recommend it. It's not like I was eager to do it, either. I forced myself to do it and it really payed off.

What is everyone doing to facilitate weightloss now that you are bandless?

I feel so very much better without the band - my body could not support it. I know about 7 people at work who have the band and never feel it inside them; they all love their bands!! And it's wonderful seeing them each get healthy and look great!

The Lap Band just was not for me.

~hiddn