So.... im scheduled for my lap-band surgery on april 29th. Today I had my pre op visit. Xrays, barium swallow, ekg, and blood work. It's all soo real now! I was told that there will be a tube down my throat to help me breath. Has anyone experienced any problems with the gas that is pumped inside when you wake up?

Hi ANO and welcome to LBT! Come join us at the April 09 Bandsters Forum Click HERE. There are about 200 getting/have gotten banded this month...lots of talk about gas pains. See you there! -BG

I was banded about 4 months ago and the gas pain is the worst part of the whole thing! I just used a heating pad n walked alot, also get some gas-x strips (they melt in ur mouth)Gas-x helped a lil but the key is to walk, walk, walk! Oh......the gas pain will last about 3 days once it is over u feel so much better and the incisions dont even hurt.

Best of luck to u!

Yoco28

Gas pain took about 3 or 4 days to go away for me too and each day following surgery I progressively felt better. As mentioned above, keep walking as much as you can to help gas dissipate through your skin as that is the only way for it to escape, this will also help to keep blood clots from forming. Once that is gone you will feel great. good luck and you will do fine.

The gas pains only lasted a few days but there is plenty of gas for a few weeks use gas ex and walking helps, I am four weeks post op and I burp and fart more now than I did before the surgery

Has anyone experienced a severe sore throat after surgery? My lapband dr and my regular physician say that it is from the breathing tubes that have irritated the back of my throat and the uvalla. I have like a white piece of skin dangling off of the uvalla. I have been checked for strep and everything else and to no unvail have found nothing wrong except an irritation kills me. Everything burns going down, and I barely can tolerate the pain. I have been given a mega dose of an antibiotic for 6 days and I am on my third day with still pain. I have no fever and feel fine other then extreme pain in my throat. It feels as though I have strep, but apparently I don't. Has anyone else had this problem? I was banded on April 27, 2009 Just 5 days ago.