I had the lap band surgury on Wednesday (9/5) (on Long island, Dr. Brackman) and when I take small sips, it hurts when it reaches my tummy...is this normal? When wil this feeling start subsiding, I am hardly drinking anything. What opther experiences do you get, also I have been sleeping ALOT

For the first few days after surgery, I barely drank anything either. Maybe 8 ounces the first day, 15 the next, 25 the next... I don't remember if it "hurt" when it hit the stomach, but I could almost physically feel the liquid in there, and I knew I didn't want anymore.. It got a little better each day..

I also slept a TON that week - very very normal.. also got better each day, but lingered for about a week and a half or so.

Your feeling restriction from swelling, most likely. The WORST thing in the world you can do is not drink. Every waking moment of the day you should have a bottle of something in your hand and sip sip sip. If you can get your hands on some clear protein drinks that would help. Pretty quickly you are going to start feeling lightheaded and nauseus if you don't get anough liquids down. That tight feeling and pain will subside. Seems to me mine went away after a few days.