Hey all .. the day finally came!! i got banded yesterday! Im on my way home now which is like an 8 hr drive, so we stopped halfway. Im REALLY sore, and i cant sit up alone, but other than that the only pain im having in in my upper stomach (below my chest). This is normal.... right? now get this, i was banded with a 10 cc band, and have 7 cc's in it already!! the surgeon said my stomach was small and it wouldnt have even stayed around my stomach without it. WOW.. well if anyone can offer me some insite as to weather my pain is normal, that would be awsome. And how long until i can sit up on my own?!?!

THANKSSSS

LAuren

The pain most likely is gas. Take deep breaths - and get up and walk around every hour - that helps move it as well.

Some find gax-x help as well -- they do have them in the dissolving strips that are wonderful and I keep them in my purse.

For me -- I wasn't able to get out of the sitting position by myself the first day - but there after I could. But I couldn't get up from a laying down position for a few days.

Congrat's on your new and wonderful journey!

Hugs!

No advice (I will be banded on 11/1) but wanted to just say congratulations!! I hope you have a speedy recovery!

I was banded 10/10/07 (this past week) and I am gassy too. So excited though!!! We need to keep in touch to follow our progress. I am in the moderate group, weighed 170 and have a severe back vertebrae fracture and history of weight excess in my family. Decided to do it to help my mobility. So excited. My insurance wouldn't cover it, went to Mexico with Dr. Arturo Rodriguez who was AWESOME. It was worth every penny.

Walk a lot and sip a lot. Heating pad might help with gas pain in the shoulder if you get that. Congrats on your bands, both of you. Donna

Thanks everyone! hey idean1973- i was only 178 when i got banded too!!! lol how funny ... are you home yet?? i just got home today and i got on the scale, im down 10 lbs alreadY!!!!

Lauren

You have 7cc in a 10cc band? Why didn't your doc just put a smaller band on you? If it was so large that he had to fill it that much just to keep it in place, that sounds like a pretty big band for you.

Does he use a 10cc band on everyone? Or is it the new AP band?

He only uses the 10 cc band, he said he doesnt use the ap band

He only uses the 10 cc band, he said he doesnt use the ap band

That is a concept I really disagree with. They make various sizes of bands because each person has a different size stomach and some need a larger band, some need a smaller band.

There are some docs that are of the opinion that if you have a band that is too large for you, you might reach a point where you can't get proper restriction. I'm really not sure how accurate that is.

I don't blame him for not using the AP band, it's new and the kinks aren't worked out of it yet just like every new band that comes on the market. But I don't quite understand using the biggest band for everyone. It would be like getting a bra that is 4 sizes too big and hoping you'll grow into it. It just doesn't make sense.

But since the current thinking is that erosion is from a band that is too small I know of one doc that isn't taking chances and he's using the large band on everyone. But doctors who use the appropriate size band don't necessarily have higher erosion rates.

May I ask who your doc is?

That was basically his reasoning, he didnt want to see erosion. Im not sure if he was expecting a stomach as small as mine either, after surgery he told me he as never seem a stomach as small as mine.. wierd write?! but yea my doctor is Dr. Mathew Weiner in Detroit MI

I can't remember if he is the same doc that someone else wrote about or not. Does he have a lot of banding experience?