Hello all fellow-lapbanders,

This is my first day post-op and first time on a blog,

I recieved the band on Decmeber 4th and this morning I am in a lot of pain. Oddly, I think I have more pain in my shoulders and back then I do my stomach, is this normal?

Also, standing and sitting is painful but I'll make it thru.

Hope to hear from anyone.

Till next time

Yeah that is common it is from all the gas they use to pump up your stomach for the surgery. It is important to walk around a bit to get the gasses moving and get them out.. HOpe that helps..

very normal... its those gas bubbles that get stuck. what helped me was walking around the house. it will go away.. for me it was all at once.then i started noticing that my large incision was soar and one corner was not healing as well as the rest, so that took my full attention for a while. I guess having my kids jump up on me wasnt a good idea..

hope you feel better soon.. best of luck

It is actually called deferred pain. I just studied this in my anatomy class. With the way our nerves run through our body we will sometimes have internal pain that will be deferred to a more superficial place on the body. Here is a blog about it with a pic Anatomy Notes: Referred pain.. This teacher calls it referred pain.

Hope you have a quick recovery.