My days 1 through 4.

[a1afl123 0]

Day1. Still dizzy & nausea. Huge pain in my shoulders. Felt like some one was stabbing me. It was difficult to get in & out of bed. Pain from my insicions was ok. drank as much as I could. took the pain med every 4 hrs. Waked & then slept. To dizzy to watch TV or look at anything. Also used the blowing machine evry 2 hrs. This day was a blurr.

Day 2. Forgot to turn off the alarm! It jerked me awake! It felt like I pulled everything! Now everything hurts! Not a dizzy as day before. no nausea! The pain in my shoulder was about a 12. They told me that when they do a hernia repair it is next to a nerve that is why the shoulders have the pain. Keep ice on the hernia incision. have a tightness in chest.

Today I sat up a lot more & walked more hoping that it was just gas. It wasn't. Used the blowing machine every 2 hrs. I was worried I wasn't drinking enough Fluid. They told me that this would be the worst day for pain. They did not lie.

Day 3. Shoulder still giving me grief. Had the neighbor get me some gas-x. That didn't make a difference. The only thing that helped was a heating pad on my shoulder when I laid down. Still not able to walk the dog. Today I measured everything I drank so that I knew how much fluid I was talking in. I was allowed to take in Protein Shake & strained soup!. OH! haven't had food in sooooo long! I just licked the spoon I was in heaven. No problems keeping it down & no nausea & no pain!

Thank goodness for neighbors! They take good care of me.

Had them over for pizza & a movie!

My incisions are good. I still use a pillow when I walk so that they don't bounce, it helps.

New thing today, rash from tape at incision points!

Feel a lot better. less dizzy. washed dished & straightened up things that were laying around. walked outside a bit. The dog is beings very good. Took a shower!

Day 4 woke up with minimal pain in shoulder. Still have tightness in chest. Incisions are not painful, but sore if you bump them. Walked the dog!

Looking forward to Soup today!.

all in all I am doing very good. Not as good as a lot of other people but I am happy with my results. I believe that if I had not jerked my body from the alarm clock I would have had less trouble. I am not hungry. Will try to push more fluids today. Doctors appointment tomorrow.

[dman3998 0]

Day1.

Looking forward to Soup today!.

that wont last long, after a couple weeks you will sell your soul for some "real" food!!! then it's welcome to bandster hell. But you will live through it. then it will be all worth it.

Glad you are doing well so far!

[bandongal 0]

thanks for your post:smile: I am getting banded on the 26th:scared2:

hope we both do well:)

[BeachBabe 0]

I got banded on the 19th (maybe one day after you?). You sound exactally like I do. I am glad to hear you are doing and feeling the same things. I noticed redness around 3 of my incision sites this morning so I am now on liquid antibiotics to be sure I do not get an infection. I feel very gassy and bloated right now and feel air under my rib cage. I hope the air they pumped into me for the surgery goes away soon. It is really uncomfortable and I feel 9 months pregnant in so many ways!!!!