Hi all,

I have been reading some of the posts. I am soooo addicted to this site. I have really been looking forward to getting the lap band, but I have been seeing posts about chest pain after surgery? I'm scared of that. On a scale from 1 to 10, what are your scores for the after pains of surgery? I have had many surgeries and soreness, muscle spasms, I am no stranger to, but I don't know if I could handle chest or shoulder pain.

I really want to have this done, but now I'm scared.

I had soreness from a Hernia Repair, and they removed my lymph nodes from the groin, they thought they were cancerous but thank the Lord no way. Then he did my band . So a 3 hr. surgery, 30 minutes for the band. What hurt was the Groin,and Hernia repair. Never felt the band.

They also put me on a morphine pump. I used it once because I had to get out of bed, and they insisted. then 1x in the middle of the night, when everything wore off. That was it.

I too have had multiple surgeries. Including knees replaced. The band was a piece of cake compared to others.

So that little thing they give is suppose to help you get rid of the gas? I haven't used it since my surgery. I have been having this little pains in my side and in my breast bone area. I figured it was just gas. It can be kind of uncomfortable and painful at times. I have so many questions. I was just banded on 7/5/11. I don't have many people who understand me. I'm looking for some help.

I got banded yesterday and the only chest pain I've had was when I needed to take a real deep breath. You know how they give you the little breathing thing after surgery? Once I do that a few times the chest pain is mostly gone. My sister just had lap band and was having lower abdominal and shoulder pain after her surgery. She went to the ER and they told her she was dehydrated and the pain may have been coming from the way she was laying during surgery.

I had a c-section about 2 years ago and the pain from the lap band surgery is really nothing compared to that. Remember that everyone's experience is different. A lot of it depends on your physical condition and age before the surgery, etc. Don't let others' experience scare you off - just ask A TON of questions.

I had the surgery done Friday and my worst pain was from the gas. My nurse explained that when they put the gas into your stomach, it travels throughout your body and is absorbed by your tissues. For me it traveled to my shoulders and collar bone. I won't lie, it hurt like hell Friday night when I was home! And there's nothing I could do abour it. I finally took a double dose of my liquid hydrocodine and fell asleep. I do my breathing exercises several times a day and it is a little painful, especially at first. The more I do, the easier and less painful it is. It's important to do the breathing because namonia can set in very easily after surgery. So make sure you're doing it! I would rate my pain a 7. And it will be so worth it if I can reach my goal! Best luck to you!!

today is one week from my surgery, and I have had chest pain since last Thursday. It has been constant, and highly irritating like terrible terrible heart burn or somthing. Sometimes it subsides, but for the most part, it is there! I am going all the way back to the hospitol where I had the proceedure done tomorrow, because the pain just wont stop. It is making me cry and sweat, and I have had to already get another bottle of liquid vicadin. Not happy, but I hope all works out, because I want this to be a success! The whole reason I am adding in this discussion, or the only reason why I found it is because I googled "chest pain after lap band"!! sorry for mispells.