I have been taking medication for blood pressure for a few years now and it has always been under control even low sometimes. I was banded last Wednesday and since then I have found that my blood pressure has been high. Has anyone else had this happen, I am thinking if it doesnt settle in the next day or 2 I will see my GP. I thought it would drop not get higher.

Could it just be that they pump you full of fluids becuase you're not eating/drinking and you havent quite gotten rid of it all yet?

Almost certainly just a reaction to all you've been through - particularly if you've had pain.

It should improve over the next week.

Probably stress from surgery, make sure you aren't getting too much salt in your liquid diet.

Same thing happened to me -- it took about 2 weeks for it to come back down to normal!

I was banded on 4/2 and have also found my BP has been higher than usual. I think it may be related to the percocet.

Wow! Yes! I just went for my first post-op on Tues and then back again on Weds to see the nutrition and the same exact thing happened to me! I took it today and it seems to be down. So I guess this not unusual. I'm going to monitor it for a bit to see if it settles down.