I had mine July 20th (11 days ago) and the discomfort gets less every day and is pretty much gone in my left shoulder. I get a pain below my left bottom rib which feels like a stitch, but this is slowly reducing away. I see my surgeon in 4 days so will know more then.
Bottom line is that I'm never hungry so the pain is a more than tollerable trade off! Looking forward to getting rid of my full mask CPAP for severe snoring and knocking any prospect of Diabetes for six...