I am officially a bandster! I had my surgery yesterday and come home from the hospital today. I am feeling a little sore at the moment. I didn’t take any pain meds today for fear of them making me nauseous! I don’t have anti-nausea meds at home like they do in the hospital. It’s fine though. I think I am mange without the pain meds. I do, however, have to give myself a shot today. Haven’t done that yet so it could be interesting! It’s still hard to take deep breaths and I am using my little tool they gave me for that. (Can’t for the life of me remember it’s name now) I seem to be getting better at it so I guess that means things are looking up! I don’t have any gas pains but from reading everyone’s posts that seems to hit a lot on the 3rd day which will be tomorrow. I am hoping I won’t have to deal with that though!

Congrats! I was banded Monday, the gas pains are a pain in the neck, but I will survive.

Congratulations on becoming an official bandster! Welcome to the club!

congrats i'm happy for you..i will be banded on may 5th and i am soo excited..hopefully i feel as good as you sound!

Congratulations! Every day you will feel better!

Congrats! I will be in your boat in 7 days :rolleyes2:

Hi All:

I was banded today! Besides the gas pains/cramps, I am not in any pain. Also, I feel no pain for the incisions at all. Is this normal or just lucky? Either way, I am starting a new phase of my life. I am both scared/excited. My whole life revolved around food so I am cautiously optimistic that I can make this transition effectively.

Be well.:rolleyes2:

Welcome to Band Land! I was banded 4/8 and I thought it was rough for two to three days, but now, its fine. Congratulations.

i think some people have pains around the incisions and some don't.. That's what i take from reading people's posts. I do have some pain. I am thinking that i just might try the pain meds. My incisions also itch. I wonder if that's normal!?! Just survived giving myself my first shot so that's good news! lol

Thanks everyone for the congrats! I just love this site and all the support you receive from everyone! :rolleyes2:

Congrats to all! I was banded today, too! We share an anniversary!

I got mine on Monday!

I definitely have some incision pain, but nothing a little bit of pain meds can't handle. And thank god, the gas pains have been manageable.

Excited to be on the journey!

I am officially a bandster! I had my surgery yesterday and come home from the hospital today. I am feeling a little sore at the moment. I didn’t take any pain meds today for fear of them making me nauseous! I don’t have anti-nausea meds at home like they do in the hospital. It’s fine though. I think I am mange without the pain meds. I do, however, have to give myself a shot today. Haven’t done that yet so it could be interesting! It’s still hard to take deep breaths and I am using my little tool they gave me for that. (Can’t for the life of me remember it’s name now) I seem to be getting better at it so I guess that means things are looking up! I don’t have any gas pains but from reading everyone’s posts that seems to hit a lot on the 3rd day which will be tomorrow. I am hoping I won’t have to deal with that though!

congrats and welcome to the club...! each day will bring about more recovery and feeling, you'll feel better each day.

just keep your dr instructions close at hand at look at them everyday so that you remember what you have to be doing, drinking, etc...

we're here for support...

cONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO HAD THE BAND! The part that yall might start hurting on which is where I am hurting at is where the port is. It won't let you bend that much to sit. At least this is the only pain I am in right now. I was banded on Monday and today is my 2nd day home and I took my shower this morning, I felt ALOT better but the gas and sharp pain by my part is killing me..I hope Everyone does great on it..Take care!

Kristy

i think some people have pains around the incisions and some don't.. That's what i take from reading people's posts. I do have some pain. I am thinking that i just might try the pain meds. My incisions also itch. I wonder if that's normal!?! Just survived giving myself my first shot so that's good news! lol

Thanks everyone for the congrats! I just love this site and all the support you receive from everyone! :rolleyes2:

The pain meds aren’t too bad, didn’t get nauseous once from them. But I can totally sympathize with the itchy incisions lol. I have one that drives me completely batty!

Itchy is normal and annoying if anything.

Don't let your pain get too out of hand or you will be miserable and your body will have a hard time getting rest if you are fighting it too much. Can you take something other than meds that make you nauseated like Tylenol?

If you don't mind me asking, what are the shots for?

Itchy is normal and annoying if anything.

Don't let your pain get too out of hand or you will be miserable and your body will have a hard time getting rest if you are fighting it too much. Can you take something other than meds that make you nauseated like Tylenol?

If you don't mind me asking, what are the shots for

I have taken the pains meds last night and this morning. Just not a lot though. I am mostly just sore at my port site which I think is pretty normal. Not really a lot of pain just soreness I guess. The shots are called lovenox and they are for preventing blood clots. I have to give myself the shot twice a day. Last night was the first time and it really wasn't that bad! I was pretty nervous about it but I made it through!!

I'm glad to know it's normal for the itchiness but I can't wait for it to go away!! It's driving me crazy!!!!!