Raven5683

LEAVE IT ALONE!!! You have a doctors appt they will take care of it.

I was banded 3/29 also, and I have the same thing. Bandaids and bandages and steri stips under. I took the bandaids and bandages off on Saturday with a shower (which they said I could at the hospital). But you want to keep the steri stips on until they fall off or 7 days. As they start to pull away take a small pair of scissors and trim it, unless it's pulled all the way past the wound, then just take it off. My paperwork states to go ahead and take the steri stips off in 7 days if they haven't already fallen off. Ask your doc though to be sure.

I was just banded on Thursday 3/29 and I'm experiencing the same things. I have a lot of discomfort in the esophogus. It feels painful like passing a "hard" burp. It's rather uncomfortable. Other than that I'm doing great. I've cut back on pain meds, and been able to walk on the treadmill. As for the pills, my doc has me crushing all pills for the first three weeks. I'm also on full liquids for the first three weeks.