Hello everyone! My name is Stacy. I have my surgery date for the lap band set for August 18. I'm very excited about starting things over and having my weight under control. I was hoping that anyone out there that reads this that has had the surgery already would let me in on what to expect. If anyone out there can help me out, I'd greatly appreiciate it.

Thanks

Hi Stacy, Congratulations!!! I can only tell you about my experience but it may help a little. I am not sure how long the surgery took because I was waiting in the hallway forever (or so it seemed) and they knocked me out before bringing me in. I was in recovery for a while after (no rooms open) and while i was there I was up and going to the bathroom independently. I was very sore and had waves of nausea which lasted to the next day but by the time i left the following morning it was gone. I did have some gas pain in my chest which went to my back luckly i did not have it in my shoulder. Walking and gasx strips helped. But within like 3 days the gas was gone. I did have pain where the port was but that stopped after about a week and a half. Now i don't feel it and I am just waiting for the incisions to heal. I had my surgery on 7/2 and I wish you the best of luck. If you have any questions let me know and i will try to answer them.:embaressed_smile:

Happy day for you i hope the very best for you. I'm waiting for my call,it's been 21/2 mos since all the testing and stuff.but you go.good-luck

Congratulations! :embaressed_smile:

I just got scheduled for the 25th. Good luck. There's lots of valuable information on this forum. Keep reading and I'm sure you will learn more of what to expect.