Pain...

[buckeyegirl4 19]

I have so many questions and I have learned so much by reading all of the old posts.

How painful was the surgery? I am planning to take a week off work, will I need more time?

[laurigee 545]

I never needed any pain meds. I used ibuprofen the first day. Had surgery on Thursday and back to doing almost everything by Monday. The worst was the gas pains the first day or two. Good luck!

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

First of all they give you good drugs for the surgery. I did not have a lot of pain, but caution, do not take aspirin or aleve or ibuprofen It is not recommended for band patients. liquid tylenol would be best. I only took prescrip pain meds two days.

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[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

One week should be fine unless you have a very strenuous job that involves a lot of lifting.

[sapcat54 76]

I was just banded a little over 2 weeks ago. The first 2 or 3 days only needed the pain meds and started to feel good about day 5/6. I had a hyadal hurnia repaired also. I still feel the larger cut a little when bending or leaning on my stomach.