I'm having my surgery on 11/26 and am very nervous about how I will feel after surgery. I'm not sure what to expect.

I'll let you know- I get banded tomorrow morning.

wow congrat! well you will feel like a @@@ right after and will be a lot of pain and struggle with that pain medicine and getting dizzy and stomach pain etc...but no worries it will go by from the moment the pain will get stable. And than is like from the hill down on slides day by day is better and better. I had my on Nov 1st and on 5th went to work.I admitt it was hard and I was sooo tired and weak. I had also a pain shoulder from the gas they pump in you during the surgery but belive that was he most difficult thing for me. I even stop my pain med in Tuesday. Its been week and I am still kind of weak but happy and functioning!

Good luck!

Well, I had it last Thursday morning. When I woke up, I was sore but not too bad. I took the prescription pain medication regularly. I slept in my bed that night with a pillow to support my belly. The next day, I was a little more sore and started to get bloated. My belly was very tight. As the day went on, the bloating started to go away. I slept better the second night. The third day, I woke up the most sore and started feeling a little down that I seemed to be getting worse instead of better. However, as the day went on, I improved immensely, so that day was the turning point for me. The fourth day, I was hardly sore at all but still felt a little tired. The fifth day, I went back to work and had moments of feeling flushed and sweaty and a little dizzy, but just took it easy. Today was the sixth day. I started out feeling a little weak but actually got stronger as the day went on and now I feel almost normal!

I was banded on the 1st as well. I woke up a little sore. I took my pain medication Thursday and Friday and that was it. Saturday I felt great!! A little sore by the port and I was having some gas pain in my chest but that's about it. Tomorrow makes one week and besides being on liquids and the tape and bruises on my stomach I don't even feel like I had surgery. Good luck to you and I hope you have a speedy recovery as well!!!

Day 8 post surgery here.

When i first came to after surgery, the most pronounced pain was in my shoulder from the gas they use to get around your insides. Day 2 was very painful inside, and after that it just kept easing from there.

I was in hospital all up for 2 days and have needed no pain medication since i left, though rolling over onto my stomach in my sleep on my first night back home wasnt pleasant.

I think its a very individual thing. Personally, i tried to keep moderately active after surgery which i believe helps speed the healing process. Oh and by moderately active I mean post-surgery style... short walks around the house, sitting up more than lying down... 200 meter stroll slowly down the street.

Well the fact that I;m working on my computer speaks volumes...

the first day I was very sore although not too bad.. I found the Tylendol rapid liquid and was taking that during the day and the pain meds in the evenings, but today i decided to take the pain meds during the day too. Not as much gas as i had expected, and I;d say the pain is a tolerable 5 to 6 (with 10 being the worse). My worse concern is my cough and mucous in my chest that makes me spit up a lot, I have a call into my primary doctor to see what's up..

I'm attempting to go to work 1/2 days next week, so I won't be too far behind, but I'll see how things play out.