My 18 year old daughter and I just had our surgery two days ago. We came home yesterday are both really sore. Standing up and laying down are two major challenges. I am feeling so many different things (none of which is hunger) that I am not sure what is normal. I know that a lot of my aches have to do with the air in my body and I can't wait for it to pass. Still practicing deep breaths because my lungs feel achy. Its weird because I think this is all normal, but I wonder. I know everyone's experience is unique, but I didn't expect this amount of discomfort. While I can say I got up a few hours after surgery and am walking around I can not say that doing this is not work. Pain medication doesn't really seem to help. Don't get me wrong I feel better than the day of, but it seems like each pain that leaves is replaced by an ache I hadn't noticed before. How long will the discomfort last?:frown:

Hang in there it will hopefully get better. I am in the same boat, I was banded on the 8th of february, at the hospital I walked around alittle bit and noticed that my chest starting to hurt, it felt like i also had a shortness of breath when i walked, and still feel that way. From the post i am reading it is normal, and when i talked to my doctor he said it was normal to. Just try to walk around alittle bit and breathe into the tube helps out, the liquid medicine doesn't work for me, I am actually going to try to take the liquid tylenol that may actually help for ache and pains. Hope you get well.

Is today any better. I have my surgery on March 1 and I am trying to research what to expect.

Today is much better than yesterday. I am pretty much able to get up with little or no assistance now. (My bed is kind of high - didn't realize that would be work). I could always walk around and even go up and down stairs right after surgery. Soreness has been replaced with a feeling like a muscle that has been really worked out. The only thing that is still a bit problematic is cleaning myself well after using the bathroom. I can't fully stretch yet. Thank goodness for showers and the fact that my wounds closed up with some sort of "superglue" so they can get wet. Sorry if that is a bit more than you wanted to know, but there are lots of things that I didn't really consider. I was always thinking long term, never week one after surgery.