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And I'm surprisingly in almost no pain? I can walk, have a little gas pain in my shoulder but that went away with moving around. Did anyone else experience this? I'm hoping the pain doesn't come big time tomorrow!

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So happy for you!

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Wow, keep us posted especially if the pain does hit tommorrow, I am a week away and every detail would help me. Congratulations!

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That's great! I hope mine goes that easily!

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I had very little pain and discomfort too. Great, aint it?

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Congrats! I got mine today too, also little pain, although I have discomfort in my shoulders as well as my belly when I go from sitting to standing. I'm sure the Percocet has a lot to do with it (I have a sensitivity to Vicodin so they gave me something stronger). I am super tired right now. Good on you for walking - that is really key to feeling better sooner. I took one short wall this afternoon and will go for another this evening.

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I hope to be proven wrong and I am pre op but have had my fair share of surgeries and usually it takes a couple days for the pain to come due to the anesthesia still being in your system for a coupe days.

Like I said I hope I am proven wrong and you have no more discomfort than what you are feeling now!

Congrats to everyone that was banded today!

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Surgery today went well still experiencing neck and bilateral shoulder pain since surgery. But its getting better with massage and heat also walking as much as I can. Not really hungry just super thirsty!

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I hope to be proven wrong and I am pre op but have had my fair share of surgeries and usually it takes a couple days for the pain to come due to the anesthesia still being in your system for a coupe days.

Like I said I hope I am proven wrong and you have no more discomfort than what you are feeling now!

Congrats to everyone that was banded today!

Day two update: gas pains still but I am not on anywhere near the amount of pain I expected!

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Day two update: gas pains still but I am not on anywhere near the amount of pain I expected!

That's great! :)

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Day two update: gas pains still but I am not on anywhere near the amount of pain I expected!

Just ...do you think you could drive if you wanted to?

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Just ...do you think you could drive if you wanted to?

I actually did have to go get my daughter. Granted, we live less than a mile from her school, but I wasn't sure I was up to walking two miles. I might try to tomorrow. I stopped taking pain medicine at 7 this morning but took a little tonight.

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Best of luck to you!

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Best of luck to you!

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