Everyone is talking about the gas pains after the labband surgery - well I had a c-section 7 months ago and the gas pain is still very fresh in my mind. Also - the pain was so severe then that there was NO WAY IN HELL I could have flown from Mexico back to Florida a few days after the birth of my son, or even 2 weeks!

I know - cutting you wide open and extracting a human being from your gut is not quite the same as laproscopic surgery to implant a small band,. but I guess all I can see is myself writhing in pain on the flight back for hours and hours - what are your experiences???

Shannon, are you a Resp THerapist??

I, like Wasabubblebutt, had hernia repair during the lap band procedure and I had not one gas pain.

Wow, thanks so much. That's very flattering. I wish I was a nurse but the reality is I work in my hubs law firm by day and psychic by night. lol

As per having another surgery. The good thing about my TT is that even when I piled weight back on I never really gained anything in that area. There I was at 284 with no tummy, weird huh. I think I may get away with not having another one because I even had a baby with the TT and it didnt affect it at all. I will need some work done on my bum, and thighs and my boobs need doing again. I had them lifted and enlarged at the same time as my TT but a boob job doesnt fare well after several years and tons of weight gains and losses.