i was banded on september 11th and the doctor made 7 incisions because i had three hernia that he had to remove so i am still in some pain i have been taking my pain medicine but my back has been hurting alot does anyone else have back pain? my husband found this website and i have found some interesting ideas i have been trying.

I was banded on 9/5 and I too have back pain-i think a lot of it is the gas pain-just get up and walk as much as possible-this will help alleviate the pain- I have 6 incisions- I think I had some scar tissue from a previous surgery that is why I have 6 incisions and not 5.

thank you for replying back. how r u feeling since your surgery? i am still having trouble getting all the liquids i need do you have any suggests?

days 3,4, and 5 were really rough. I am feeling pretty good now-just some back pain-and a little pain in my port area-I am having trouble also getting in all the liquids- But I have been improving over the last couple of days- it is pretty much all about planning-I feel like I have to plan to get all my liquids in- I have yet to get 8 glasses of water in one day.I guess it is just a work in progress and it will get better each day. I have been getting hungry though- I still have two more weeks of liquid.arg..but on the positive side the numbers on my scale has been going down so no complaints there.

Hi!

I was banded on 9/11 as well. I have 4 incisions. The back pain has been my biggest issue so far -between the gas pains and not being able to sleep on my side. But I have found that getting up and moving around as much as I can is the best thing for it.

I have 5 incisions and one is right under my bra line right between the boobs. Pretty weird if you ask me. I feel like crap, back hurts all the time. I can not take my pain meds because oxycontin is way to strong for me. I am supposed to go back to work Monday and I feel like I want to sleep all the time. I have zero appetite. Blahhhhh is how I feel.

I was banded 09-07-07. I feel pretty good, except for the back pain and I feel that my esophagus is full. I attribute the back pain for too much walking. I need to take it easy. I am so glad I had this surgery.

Do you have any bloating in the stomach? My stomach is soooo bloated, It is finally starting to go down. I'm too afraid to weigh yet because I know alot of it is water bloat and still being swollen from the surgery.