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Banded on Aug. 25

missinme

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missinme    0

missinme
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Hi everyone. I am new to the board. My name is Debbie and I live in Asheville, North Carolina. I have 4 adult children and 4 grandbabies.

I was banded at 10 am on Aug 25th. I came home yesterday. Not much appetite, sore, and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of gas. HAHA.. Surgery went really well, they repaired a hernia. No regrets so far! How long does the soreness last? I feel like I have been harpooned! TIA..hope all of you August banders are doing great!

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stevegoad    32

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I have heard rumors that there are people who were acting normal the day after surgery. (I heard this time and time again in the days pre-op).

I was not one of those people.

I was very uncomfortable for about 5 days, and had tenderness on the incisions sites for about 3 weeks. But I was able to do everything, including Water aerobics, in a little over a week.

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HI Debbie! Welcome!

I was really uncomfortable for 3 days. Then it really started to diminish. My port site can still be a little tender. I was banded on the 5th

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We are sisters! We were banded the same day! I was feeling like crap at first too. I have found that the more I force myself to walk around the better that I feel. I have been using the the gas x melting strips and they're a God send. It's day 4 and I'm feeling much better. I keep telling myself that this surgery is no big deal and I'm ok. This positive self talk helped me run a couple of errands yesterday and I'll do some more today. Good Luck!

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Hello sis, I too feel much better. Today I woke up with allot of energy and little to no soreness. I sleep like a baby last night, may have something to do with Benedrly strips.....

Let's keep in touch as we loose our weight and reach our goal. I am soooo glad to have someone who is experiencing the same things that I am also, (not talking about the gas here ok)

Take care, missinme :)

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Nena    0

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Hello sis, I too feel much better. Today I woke up with allot of energy and little to no soreness. I sleep like a baby last night, may have something to do with Benedrly strips.....

Let's keep in touch as we loose our weight and reach our goal. I am soooo glad to have someone who is experiencing the same things that I am also, (not talking about the gas here ok)

Take care, missinme :)

Girl, I started out so strong. I felt so good but now I'm just dog tired.

I keep having these horrible hiccup/spasm things that happen and they HURT. At first they weren't bad but they're getting worse. Plus the gas is atrocious! I'm taking gas x strips but they don't help that much. I'm not able to consume much. In one day, I have one Atkins Protein shake, one small drinkable yogurt (like milk), one Jello pudding, half a cup of coffee and lots of Water. Are you able to consume more? What are you drinking/eating? I've also started having problems with nausea. The first 3 days it was so easy (I wasn't even taking the pain medicine) and now I'm miserable most of the day. I don't mean to whine but I was hoping you could tell me if you're experiencing the same things or what you're doing that maybe I should do. Thanks for the responses.

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Me too on the tiredness issue, but other than that I feel fine. I began soft Proteins, and am drinking allot of Water. I have noticed that the weight loss has stalled, however I had lost 7 lbs in seven days. No issues with nausea at all, ever... (I know you hate me, but rest assured I am gas-es-es in more ways than one, not to be crude but both up and down) I swear I think if I could get ride of the swelling and the gas I may wear a size 3 (not really!). I too have been taking the gas x strip, and keeping to myself out of respect for others....;-)

I really would encourage you to give your MD a call, sounds to me that you may need some medical attention....for the nausea. Besides that if you aren't getting in all of your Protein and Water you will become ill.

Hope you are feeling better soon. Please let me know, I will say a prayer for you as well. :crying:

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I'd call your doc!

It may be that they already had some fill in when they put it in. You may have too much restriction at the moment.

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