hi all, im due to be banded next monday Dec 7th and i have only heard of terrible pain and vomitting that is non stop. i have only taken 1 week off work and then will be on holidays in a caravan 2 and a half week post op. am i crazy???? is the pain that bad?

i have had 2 c-sections, is that worse?

I had very little pain took min amount of meds for 3 day. I'm a school bus driver and was back to work in 7 days.

I have had 2 c-sections also and the pain was NOTHING compared to that. I really didn't think the pain was bad at all. That;s just me though. I know some people on here have really bad gas pains and stuff like that. I was fortunate, cause I didn't. The little gas pain that I did have, I was able to walk around and it got the gas moving and I was able to "pass" it. After I left the hospital after 24 hours I only took my pain meds once and that was for the 40 minute ride home. After that I was able to do fine. Best of luck with your surgery and don't worry, everything will be fine and then you be on the losing side.

Lori

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I had my surgery on a Wednesday and I was at work the following Thursday ( a week later) working in a Kindergarten class room. My nurse says the lap band surgery is usually one week to normal things.

hey i/m getting banded on dec 7th too, good luck, i had my pre surgery tests today ,can/t wait i am sooooooooooo ready for this

I think you mostly hear of the bad stories. I don't think you hear about those whose experience was a breeze like mine. I had almost no pain and felt totally fine within 3 to 4 days.

Greg

hey i/m getting banded on dec 7th too, good luck, i had my pre surgery tests today ,can/t wait i am sooooooooooo ready for this

It will go by so fast! I remember thinking that the last week would drag. It didn't. The day of surgery was just suddenly there. Now I'm 4 weeks postop and I can't believe it's been that long!

Good luck to you!

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