Swelling/Band tightness

[LuvinLife 0]

How long after surgery does it take for you to be "back to noraml" in a sense of as normal as we can be with being banded. I was just curious to see when all the swelling went down for you and when you felt yourself again.

Do we ever feel ourselves again after this surgery?

[Becky Lou 0]

It took me about 2 weeks before I had an appetite. then everything tasted good. I am 5 weeks post op with no fill and don't feel restriction but I can't eat alot. Example before I could eat a whole turkey sandwich chips a pickle and then some. Today I can eat 1/2 sandwich no chips but a few strawberries sliced up and a piece of string cheese. It takes me about 1/2 hour and I am very satisfied. I hope this helps

[jensmallwood 0]

I felt great about 5 days post-op, with the exception of a bit of tightness at my port incision.

I'm 15 days out today and eating mushies-- feel BETTER than before my surgery (15 pounds down). Took a long walk with my dog today, lifted (light) weights. Happy and energetic.:wink2:

Were you just banded?

[LuvinLife 0]

I was just banded on Thursday. So far so good.

[amreed10 0]

Hi, I was banded on 2/18/10 and was feeling almost 100% better by 2/25/10 so it was just about a week. I had surgery on a Thursday and took the next week off from work but probably could have went back on about Wednesday but opted to return the following Monday. I do still have some stomach swelling 3 weeks post op now and my band feels tight for about 2 hours after I eat. The only thing that bothers me still is the 4 inch incision at my port site, wearing clothes that sit just below my port site causes my port to almost fold over my pants and I have a desk job so I try not to lean over my work so my port is not irritated.

:wink2:

Currently I feel better than I did before surgery. I lost 15 pounds on my pre-op diet, and 11 pounds since surgery.