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I was banded on 12/28/10 and consider myself very fortunate! I did not experience the gas pains that I had expected and was never nauseous. A patch was placed behind my ear prior to surgery as well as meds in my IV prior to and a pill called Emend that I took before hand with a tiny sip of Water. My Dr. takes all precautions to avoid nausea and I am glad he does. I also had a prescription that I had filled for nausea, but never used it. I only took a pain pill the first day and have not needed anything since. I did the Clear liquids for first 3 days and on day 4 had a smoothie and some cream of potato Soup. Could only get small amounts of them down, but I felt full and satisfied. I have two friends who were banded on the 30th and both experienced terrible gas pains. One of them had the same Dr. as me so don't have a clue what the difference is. I really felt bad for them, but am glad I didn't have it! Your experience will most likely be unique to you, but I wish you all the luck in the world.

Lisa, I was banded last Tuesday as well! I am sorry to hear you have had so much pain. I actually called my Dr. office to see if I was normal since I did not have the gas pain I had so dreaded! I have 2 friends who were banded yesterday and both of them were in extreme pain. My nurses all stressed "walking and drinking plenty of water" and I did that. Don't know if that is the difference or not since these ladies woke up from surgery in pain and I did not. I actually felt good enough today that I drove to my daughters house about 30 mins. away. Of course, it tired me out, but didn't make me hurt. Try moving around as much as you can and drink plenty of Water. I hope you are better soon. Have you called your Dr. office to seek advice? Mine are awesome and very helpful. If the pain seems to be gas you might want to try some GasX. I had bought 2 boxes thinking I would need them and they are not even opened. Good luck, Nancy

Kelsey I just got my date today and it is the 28th!! I am just like you! Excited and a little nervous. I also just completed 6 months of Dr. supervised diet and therapist for my ins. company. They are paying 100% so as you say, it is worth it! I am hoping to learn a lot on this site. A friend who just had the band a few weeks ago told me this was a great site. Good luck to you. We should monitor each others progress.