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How soon does the soreness go away?

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JeninCO    0

JeninCO
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Hi everyone! This forum is great! I have learned far more than just with my dr alone. He's not the most forthcoming individual. :phanvan

I was just banded Thursday, April 12 and am still pretty sore. I had a friend who was banded on a Thursday and was back at work Saturday. She just thinks I'm a bigger baby than she was. :notagree

My question is: How soon does the soreness go away?

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TerriDoodle    6

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I was at day 5-6 before I started to really feel like I could work again (desk job). I went back after 7 days off (from Wed-Fri) and those three days were HARD for me! Not so much the pain, but gassy and upset tummy feeling. Very tired at the end of the work day. I wish I had taken 10 days off for my surgery.

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Denise    0

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Hi everyone! This forum is great! I have learned far more than just with my dr alone. He's not the most forthcoming individual.

I was just banded Thursday, April 12 and am still pretty sore. I had a friend who was banded on a Thursday and was back at work Saturday. She just thinks I'm a bigger baby than she was. :)

My question is: How soon does the soreness go away?

It took me almost a week before I felt like a human. But please remember this throughout your journey in bandland---everyone is different: Recovery times are different, what you will be able to eat/not eat and how fast or slow you lose weight.

Congrats on getting banded!

Denise :clap2:

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txbecca    0

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friday marked two weeks for me, and I dug a pond in the back yard, it took about 8 days for me to not guard the wound.

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Syrah    0

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I went back Monday (banded on Thurs) but was still quite sore and moving slowly. You will probably be sore for a good week. Not unbearably so, but sore. I compared it to other abdominal surgeries I've had (c-section, open gall bladder surgery) and it was a piece of cake. Your friend is probably minimizing her pain.

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Billie Elaine    0

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Speaking of liquid hydrocodone... I have to take numerous medications due to my injuries from the car wreck. You can't take pills any longer after lap-band? Not sure all my meds would come in liquid form. Does anyone know? Thanks.... and that's another question on my list for Dr. Fisher!

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WASaBubbleButt    41

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Speaking of liquid hydrocodone... I have to take numerous medications due to my injuries from the car wreck. You can't take pills any longer after lap-band? Not sure all my meds would come in liquid form. Does anyone know? Thanks.... and that's another question on my list for Dr. Fisher!

You are correct, not all meds can be broken or crushed. What meds are you on and I can tell you if they can be crushed/broken.

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Billie Elaine    0

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Loritab, Neurontin, Effexor are the main ones. There are others I take occassionaly. Oh, I'm on B12 & Calcium as well. Bones still aren't healing at 23 months.... hope weight loss helps that! Thanks.

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WASaBubbleButt    41

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Loritab, Neurontin, Effexor are the main ones. There are others I take occassionaly. Oh, I'm on B12 & Calcium as well. Bones still aren't healing at 23 months.... hope weight loss helps that! Thanks.

Lortab comes in liquid, Neurontin... not so sure it comes in liquid form but you can break open the capsules. B12 is small enough that it shouldn't be a problem but it can be crushed, Calcium comes in liquid.

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WASaBubbleButt    41

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So, I'm assuming then that you can't take pill form after lap-band?

Right after surgery you likely have a lot of swelling and the tablets/capsules might not go down. After restriction they might not go down then either.

Each person is different.

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Syrah    0

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I have not experienced this at all (below). Even in the hospital, they gave me a painkiller by mouth at several points, in addition to my blood pressure pill. That said, I ditched the giant prenatal Vitamins post-op, in favor of Flintstone chewables. Small pills are OK for me; I'm not taking a chance with the horse pills though.

So, I'm assuming then that you can't take pill form after lap-band?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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