My surgery was on aug 2 The day of surgery I didn't have much pain at all maybe a 1. Day 2 maybe a 3 after that really not much pain at all. It will be two weeks tomorrow since my surgery and I lost 25 pounds so far. The first week really sucked I couldn't get much of anything in and I was thinking I made a big mistake having this surgery. But now it's getting easier every day and I am glad I had it done now