I had surgery Aug 13th, and now I am in SSOOOo much pain. Now that the gas is subsiding alittle it is getting better. But no one told me how bad that would hurt! I had to fly home the next day and the bariometric pressure almost killed me. I was litterly crawling on the airport floor half the time. It is now the second day and now I have the soreness of the area. My Dr. made all my incisions right below my rib cage. So it feels like this band in in my ribs ubstructing my breathing. I just hope it is worth it. Did you know that I actually was standing up "or strapped upright" during my procedure? I just don't want anyone else to be blind sided when they say it doesn't really hurt that bad. It does, but if you can make it thru the first 48 hours, I think you'll be fine!:thumbup:

I was so mad after I had my surgery and I was in so much pain. I actually made a post at that time thinking I was the only one experiencing any pain, because every blog and story I've read, everyone is "oh, just a little sore, but I'm doing okay" yadda yadda. I was shocked at how much pain I was actually in, and Liquid Tylenol didn't do a darn thing! Same as some other people in this thread, I was in pretty bad pain for about a week. And my doctor refused to give me any pain meds after I left the hospital :thumbup:

I am in the same boat as Misti. It was my first surgery, first time being under, and i was also pleasantly surprised about how well I felt afterwards. Honestly piercing my tongue hurt worse. lol But I just got the liquid hydrocodine and from previous experince, I didn't even waste my time taking it. I had a fantastic surgeon who is pretty famous for other surgeries he has performed.