lavon

Be sure to walk as much as possible it will help with the gas pains in your shoulders. A friend of mine said that she got severe gas pains in her shoulder three days after the surgery. I'm probably up to walking almost a mile a day already at day 9, but I break it up into about 3-4 walks a day. I still am not comfortable sleeping on my side yet but I'm getting there and feeling pretty good. Glad to hear your surgery went well. Let me know if you have any questions.

Hi, I think going back to work so soon may be pushing it. It is difficult to say if the pain is from the hernia repair or lapband, but it is managable. Be sure to get some adult strength liquid tylenol to take if you are working. I can wear a light weight sports bra, so hopefully you can too. Pretty much I am wearing sweats and t-shirts only since the surgery. Too bad about the liquid diet. Hang in there. Lavon

Hi, I sent a response the other day - not sure what happened as I didn't see it posted. I am doing well and trying to wean off the Rx pain meds. I am walking several times a day. The hardest part is getting up and down. Laying and standing are fine and even sitting in the right position. I am more sore than I thought, but they did do the hiatal hernia repair, too. Let me know how you do. Lavon

Hi, The surgery happened yesterday; I went in at 5:15am and went to surgery at 7:30am. I was discharged at about 1:00pm. I had my surgery in Orange County, CA. I actually had a herniea repair also (it took an additional 30 minutes for this); I didn't even know I had one until last week when they did an EDG because of something they saw on my upper GI. There were no other problems that came up. The doctor said that it went well. I'm sore but that is to be expected. It is mostly hard getting up and down, but I'm okay when standing or laying. I think I may be having some gas pains in my shoulder today and was surprised that my neck is sore. I'm just thankful that it is over with and can't wait til the soreness goes away. Thanks for the prayer - I'll say one for you too.

Hi, I'm getting banded on 3/11/09 and I'm just a little nervous. My doctor didn't require me to do a pre op diet, so I hope this is ok. I'm on clear liquids only tomorrow. I can't believe it is finally happening.