Hi Thor, I had my surgery on the 16th of this month. I also was antisipating the worst. Well, it couldn't have went better. The gas aftewards wasn't nothing like I thought, I never needed even a pain pill. Two days later, I drove home from the hospital a couple hundred miles. I don't think you have anything to worry about. My son also had it the same day I did. He happened to have a hernia operation at the same time, so he had a little pain from that. They kept him one day longer than me, so I waited at the International building for him to be released. He also is doing fine. If it wasn't for the hernia, he had no pain from the lap band surgery either. Best of luck to you. Rose