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I have lost 18lbs post-op,& 20 pre-op. Also Thursday night I started having these pins and needle pains in my upper left arm. But after searching this site and another one I have discovered that is pretty common in some lap band patients. They say it is redirected nerve pain from your diaphram. Any way my primary care doc gave me some pain patches for inflamation that seem to be helping. I started gas X today. Going to see if that helps with the gas. My doc said his biggest complaint is port site pain. So I guess because they have to put it under the muscle and fat layers that takes a long time to heal. I walk everyday at least 30 minutes. I missed a couple of days this week due to not feeling well and the gas build up was really bad those days.

Also I get one called Muscle Milk it is quite tasty. They have them at grocery stores, convience stores, and they come in different flavors. They are pretty good. It has alot of protein in it as well. My doctors office said as long as it had isolate in te ingredients that they were ok with me using something other than what they recommended.

I am new to this site. Just got my band on Oct 7th. And wish I had known about this site then. Great motivation! I hope I can be as successful as imaluckydog!

I had my surgery on Oct 7. Went back to work on 10-25. I still have pain in my stomach where the port is but it is not so bad that i can't deal with it. Also having some gas pains in my upper chest and finding it hard to burp. But I find the good far out weighs the bad. I walk at least 30 mins a day which seems to help with the gas. My doctor had me go from liquid protien for first week to soft food. I didn't have to go on clear liquids except the day of surgery and the day after. So every doctor is different. I also found it hard the first couple of days to get the protien shake down. Sometimes it took me 2 hours to get down 8 ounces. That is from the swelling from surgery, be patient it gets better.