Hello everyone, I am a new member, hopefully will be scheduled for lap band in the next few weeks. Currently I am having my pre op tests done, had EKG, Endoscopy and bloodwork done, have appt. for pulmonologist evaluation next week. I want to know is the pulmonary function test painful and how long will I have pain after the surgery.

the pulmonary test is just breathing in a tube. I have not had the surgery yet so I can't answer that one. Good Luck

None of the test were difficult. They are all good test to have done.

Operations or not.

How long you will have pain after surgery really depends on each individual person. For me, I'm a HUGE weenie, so I had pain (and took meds for it) for about a week after surgery. Some people here say it only took them a day or two.

I do have the say the pain was never so bad it was excruciating (except for the one time when I didn't take my pain meds on time and that was the next day after surgery).

The pain is VERY tolerable when well managed with pain meds from your doctor.