I am 3 weeks post op for my gastric bypass. My surgery was on 1/8/14. I had a great experience, no adverse side effects at all (except soreness, of course!). I was off pain meds within a week and have felt so great I think to myself, "did I really just do that?"

I primarily did the surgery because i am a diabetic with no complications. My mom is on dialysis and is blind from the disease and my sister (1 year younger than me) had a pacemaker at the age of 37 because of this dreadful disease. I am so pleased - i have not had any diabetic meds since i left the hospital and my sugars are perfect! I have lost 25 pounds already, even though I have not yet been cleared for normal activity by my surgeon (hopefully that will be this week). I am anxious to get on with my plan and move forward!

I hope that those of you who are still in the process take heart that there are a lot of us who had a great, complication-free experience out here. I have found that with this surgery, as with pregnancy, people just feel the need to tell you every horror story they have ever heard. I'm not sure why that is...

Thank you for your update. I am about a month away from surgery. Now that these 6 months have gone by, I'm getting nervous and just thinking of the worst case possible. I know if I don't have it done, my hormones will never work right. Just spazzing out a little

Hi, Had my band 6 days ago. It was uneventful except I had a UTI the week before surgery and had to get up every2 hours to urinate..each time I would get the dry heaves..yuk.. The rest was pretty easy. My main complaint is I am hungry! I'm not sure if I had a fill. No gas pains just a little discomfort from the surgery.

Do you generally have a fill during surgery?

Oh, by the way, I am 70.

Congrats on your smooth recovery so far. I think its good to hear everyone's experience-good, bad, or somewhere in the middle-it's that person's truth and can help someone else going through a similar situation.

I am 3 weeks post op also. Had my surgery the same day. I have not had any problems either. I am walking and doing weights at the gym. I have lost almost 20 pounds from my surgery date. I also feel that people tell more negative than positive things. This is a life saver if you use it right!