Has anyone seen the recent issue of Cosmopolitan magazine? There was an article in there about a girl who had the band. It seemed very informative. The only thing that I read that seemed like it might not be totally correct is she described the pain after surgery as something that feels like mild menstrual cramps? I'm getting my band in 2 months and from what I've read here on the forums, it's NOT like that?

It could have been for her, but I did'nt have any pain with the incisions, except for ONE gas bubble in the center of my back and a few burps.

I didnt really have any pain at all... just was a little stiff

I had horrible gas pains the other night, I can only pray the surgery doesn't feel like that! lol I thought I was dyin'....was weird! I'm curious to read that article now!

I had no pain to speak of either. Very little gas but walking took care of that. Just stiffness.

I felt fine, had band on march 1 and moved the next day big house big job was fine. piece of cake

I guess mentrual cramps kind of describes what the gas pains may feel like. Nothing horrible, that's for sure.

Brandy, the only pain I had was at the port site. It was a bit tender. Julie

I had surgery on Wednesday and I feel like I got in a bar fight! It feels like someone punched me in the stomach a couple of times... more sore than acute pain. But it's a lot better than Wednesday, better than yesterday and I feel pretty good today. Get your butt out walking and you'll feel better and stronger.

Which Cosmo? The May issue?

I would say it feels like a upper c section.

Im with you Janine, I felt pretty rough for about 7-10 days and was not 100% for a month. Everyone is different. I had the referred shoulder pain, tightness, incision discomfort and port pain. It wasn't intolerable. I didn't take narcotics after I came home but it wasn't a walk in the park either.

The thing about morphine, for me, is that it does not one darn thing for pain. Just makes me dizzy, cranky, talk about weird crap thats not there and sleep.

Once I got off of the morphine and on to a pill, for the life of me, right now, not sure which one.. I was ALOT better!

After about 3 days, I stopped taking the prescription pain med during the day and went to the liquid tyeleno. By the end of the week, I wasnt taking anything but the prescription at night. By about 10 days(?) I wasnt taking anything

Besides the addition they made to my IV in recovery, before I realized, and spoke up---I had nothing for pain, and needed nothing. When I realized that was pain meds, I ask not to have more, they offered it orally, I refused. I took a shot of liquid Tylenol to fly home.

Surgery was not a big deal pain wise to me. Comparing it to mild mestrual cramps would be very accurate in my experience. And they were nothing I would ever take an actual pain med for.

My cosmo hasn't come yet.....I think sometimes my mail lady forgets where it goes!!!!

Kat