I'm beginning to really regret getting banded. I was banded on the 6th and woke up in recovery screaming for them to take it out of me. The gas pain I have and have had since the surgery is the most horrible pain I've ever felt. I've been taking gas-x and dilaudid to no avail. It hurts to take a breath in. I also feel like I have to burp sometimes but nothing comes up and instead my stomach hurts something fierce. I can barely lay down at all without intense pain and I can barely walk. My left side where the port is is also incredibly painful whenever I move and breathe. I've called the doctor twice and they just tell me to keep taking gas-x and told me if the pain didn't start to subside today to call back, but I'm not going to bother. My Dr's office will not let you speak to the doctor when you call so there's no point. I'm tempted to go back to the hospital even though I had a horrible experience there as well. I'm really hoping this is normal, I'm terrified there's something wrong. Has this happened to anyone else, and how long did it take for the pain to finally start to go away? :thumbs_up:

I couldn't even stand up straight for a few days there because the gas was so bad. I still did a lot of walking though -- crouched over like I was 100 years old and grimacing.

:confused: That's exactly how I'm walking. My back muscles are not pleased by it either.

I felt this at day 2, not as bad as you describe but yes worse on day 2. Today I woke up and thankfully most gas was gone, walking a lot helped me. Everyone is different though and we all handle pain in our own way.

I keep having this weird sensation every few minutes. It kind of feels like I'm about to burp and then my stomach kind of expands and hurts for all of 2 seconds, then stops. That's the best way I know how to explain it and I'm not sure what it is. I still don't really feel any better but I'm happy to know I'm not the only one who had these problems. :confused:

a couple of days after I was banded I wanted to pull this band out myself

I went to the doc on a Sat morning and he took some fluid or something out and he said I would feel better and I did

I have lost 2 lbs and have had one fill and I still wonder if it is all worth it

I do know that I am not eating the amounts of food that I ate pre-banding so the weight loss will come

hang in there

it is better

and it will get better

then after the first fill I had to be on liquids for two days and mushies for two days and then regular foods

did not enjoy the liquid days

I keep having this weird sensation every few minutes. It kind of feels like I'm about to burp and then my stomach kind of expands and hurts for all of 2 seconds, then stops. That's the best way I know how to explain it and I'm not sure what it is. I still don't really feel any better but I'm happy to know I'm not the only one who had these problems. :grouphug:

I was banded on 1/05/09 and Day two was TERRIBLE....it got better but it was BAD. This gas pain you describe above I also feel. Exactly how you describe it. I also feel like this 30 seconds to a minute after I take a sip.

I saw my Dr. today she squeezed me in. She said what I'm feeling isn't normal and that I'm dehydrated. She admitted me back to the hospital where I'm sitting right now. It's nice though, they have these touch screen tv's where you can browse the internet too. I have to do another barium swallow at some point tonight. BLEH!

While I'm certainly not glad that you're dehydrated, I'm glad that there was something wrong! Your post had a "I'm not crazy am I?" feel about them. Heres to hoping you're outta there in no time!

I'm being banded next Wednesday.

I'm so sorry to hear that you're doing poorly! I was hoping that you were feeling better... I'm glad you know your body well enough to see warning signals! Now that you know what is happening to you is not the typical post-banding issue, you should feel a-okay really soon! Get that IV in and tell them to take good care of you!!!!

Yes, my Dr. said I could use ibuprofen after surgery. I use 500mg of childrens liquid ibuprofen. I also did a Google search and a lot of lapband surgeons put it on their post-op instructions. i have felt great while using it.

I still feel absolutely crazy. I told all the doctors who saw me about the pain I feel and they all looked at me like I have 5 heads. They told me to use some ibuprofen too but I'm not going to, too scared of my stomach starting to bleed. I'm incredibly paranoid about anything bad happening. I've never had abdominal surgery before and I don't think I ever will again.