Hang in there it will hopefully get better. I am in the same boat, I was banded on the 8th of february, at the hospital I walked around alittle bit and noticed that my chest starting to hurt, it felt like i also had a shortness of breath when i walked, and still feel that way. From the post i am reading it is normal, and when i talked to my doctor he said it was normal to. Just try to walk around alittle bit and breathe into the tube helps out, the liquid medicine doesn't work for me, I am actually going to try to take the liquid tylenol that may actually help for ache and pains. Hope you get well.