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For those of you newly banded, how many days is it taking you to resume normal activities?

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It took me about a week to feel."normal" but i no everyone is diffrent. I took the pain meds for a entire week and some take them for only 2-3 days.

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About 5 days from surgery, and about 20 days to regular food. Which made everything completely normal.

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I had surgery 5 days ago and I was hurting pretty good the day afterwards. It mostly felt like I did A LOT of sit-ups! But the biggest pain was where the biggest incision was ( the port cite). But day two and three the "sore ab" feeling began going away. The port cite only hurts now when I move a certain way, try to pickup something or lay down and try to get back up. So because of that I had to sleep in the recliner since I came home, but the soreness is completely gone. Can't wait to move back to my bed! Good luck and God bless! I hope everything goes well for you, keep us posted.

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I got banded last Monday on the 19th and after about 5 days I was good. Now I feel pretty normal except the eating part. The port site on the inside is still a little sore at times and I take a half a dose of my pain meds occaisionally but for the most part I feel great :)

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I did not feel "normal" enough to drive until day #9. I had a lot of nausea and port pain for that whole time.

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For those of you newly banded' date=' how many days is it taking you to resume normal activities?[/quote']

I had my surgery on the 21st... I wasn't able to drink or eat ANYTHING for a few days! I called my Dr and they had me to come in and had to remove Fluid from my band. I am feeling SO much better now. I am a little sore but now I am able to take in some fluids and will be moving to mushy foods in two days! Yay!!

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