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Hi Girls! I am now 7 weeks post op and other than about a week of pain after my surgery, I have been doing fine. I got my first fill last week and am doing well with that too. No complaints, except that my bra reallty hurts! I have worn an underwire bra for years to support my rather large boobs, but since the surgery my bra pushes on the part of me with the band and caused pressure and pain (it feels like I ate way to much, but I didn't). Have any of you experienced this? Is it time to find a new bra that doesn't touch that area? Any suggestions. Would love to hear from others going through this. I find myself sitting at a meal tugging on the part of my bra between my boobs for relief.

Thank you for writing back to me. I have the kind of bra where the underwire goes under the boobs (of course) and then a piece of enforced lacey material goes kind of across the bottom between the boobs. This material part is where is is pushing in and causing pain/pressure. I think my band is about 2 inches below and smack dap in the middle of the boobs. My port is about 2 inches higher and to the right (if you are looking at me) of my belly button.

Hi there - I just saw your post and I was banded on 2/09 so I thought we could chat. I live in Rancho Palos Verdes, so I'm pretty close to you. So far I haven't had any issues. I did have pain after surger for about a week. I thought the gas was worse than the incision pain. I have one more week on liquid and then I move to the mashed/soft food diet. Yeah! How have you been doing?

Hi everbody - I just got banded 12 days ago and am doing just fine. No problems so far. I am, however, very scared about my new lifestyle to come. I will try my best to follow what the doctors tell me, but the part that freaks me out the most is the chewing and size of bites. I can't imagine I will ever get used to eating bites the size of a pencil eraser and chewing them so much. Is is really hard?

Thank you for your speedy reply. I will try my best and hopefully will have a lot of success.