Esophageal Spasms After Lap Band Surgery

[r_martin77 2]

I had surgery on 5 days ago on Oct. 4th and Im having a really hard time. The first few days I had a lot of pain from the gas and a lot of nausea but what concerns me most are the spasms I'm having around my band area. They come and go all day long - when im sitting, talking, walking - various times. I've only had tea and Water the past 5 days at room tempature like the doctor recomended but I'm becoming very depressed. All the info on-line suggest I should be feeling better by now but the spasms and tightness are really painful and I've spent most of the past 2 days crying and regretting my decision to have the surgery. I spoke to the nurse and she assured me that this will pass but some of the info i read on-line made it sound like they wouldnt. Has anyone else had this problem? Im feeling really hopeless right now.

[kll724 3,055]

It is only day 4 since your surgery. Calm down. Sometimes it is not so good to read what others think and feel like after they had their surgery. We all heal differently. Take care of yourself. Do lots of walking, it will help. Good luck and call your surgeon's office if you think something is wrong. Karen

[DawnH 9]

Like the above person said we all heal differently and let me tell you I thought I would bounce back a lot quicker than I thought. I called the nurse a couple times thinking there had to be something wrong other than the normal healing process. I just had surgery 9/12 and I just started feeling 100% normal about a week ago. I was definitely not one of those people that could have back at work within a week. Just try to relax and get rest but do your walking too. Good luck!

[Cynsayshun 10]

Like the above person said we all heal differently and let me tell you I thought I would bounce back a lot quicker than I thought. I called the nurse a couple times thinking there had to be something wrong other than the normal healing process. I just had surgery 9/12 and I just started feeling 100% normal about a week ago. I was definitely not one of those people that could have back at work within a week. Just try to relax and get rest but do your walking too. Good luck!

I can certainly agree with Dawn, I had unrealistic expectations on how I was going to bounce back too, because of reading some of the postings in the forum. I was banded Tuesday and I haven't had a lot of energy, I remember reading that people went right back to work and some were out shopping, etc. etc. I had to make myself get up and move around when my body was telling me to lay down, then I had to take a look at a lot of different reasons, my age, along with the banding, I had two hernia repairs, I have a Vitamin D deficiency (can't take the pills right now). Living in the Midwest we have had some beautiful temperatures this week and I couldn't get up enough energy to go out to take a walk to enjoy it...My brother picked me up yesterday and took me out for a drive to visit our Dad in No. Chicago, and today I feel much better, though not 100% myself..

Now reading Dawns posting confirms, we are all different and I reiterate that to you, I thought I would be back to work in 1 week, however my surgeon put on my FMLA papers 2-3 weeks.. I now know I will take advantage of at least 2 full weeks off.. I'm not experiencing any pain, it's just my energy level and each day it's minutely better than the day before.

Hang it there, we will all get there, but at different paces..