How Painful?

[sleevediva 31]

To this day I remember waking up out of surgery and being in pain. I fear with the sleeve that I will have twice the pain.

Can someone please give me the truth for what I am in for?

[Rootman 1,101]

For me there was NO real pain, just a lot of bloating and nausea, which took about 2 months to get totally over. I've had ingrown toenails that were MUCH more painful then the VSG. JMHO.

[Threetimesacharm 1,400]

Are you asking about the band removal? I saw the tag. I had a revision on the 10th and there is no real pain more discomfort. I have swelling and the pain where they removed the port, lots of trauma to my fat and skin I guess. No worries you will do fine.

[sleeveconvert 55]

I am10 days out, I woke up in recovery- hurt so bad I couldn't breath !!! Since that point they got in undercontrol--- I've not had any nausea, pain, or gas. I took Tramadol for discomfort ssince I'm allergic to lortab and codeine. I have not had any pain since that day !!

[FindingMyWay 1]

i'm in the same boat as you are! i need my band removed and want a revision. i didn't have any gas pain after the lapband surgery and i'm more scared of THAT pain than the incisions! i did hear that there is a little more pain with the revision because of the scarring on the stomach and around the port area when they remove them.

[Sheree 10]

For me there was NO real pain, just a lot of bloating and nausea, which took about 2 months to get totally over. I've had ingrown toenails that were MUCH more painful then the VSG. JMHO.

I couldn't agree more. NO pain- discomfort. Nausea was the worst for me and the bloating was second.

[CowgirlJane 14,260]

Nasea was a problem but they hit me with all the drugs and had it under control pretty quickly.

I was sore after the band removal - port area mostly.

Recovering after the sleeve wasn't so much pain - although i did sleep in the recliner at first because my abs were on fire when I used them for getting up - I struggled more with the exhaustion, dehydration etc. I really didn't experience pain when I was just sitting, standing or walking. Visualize abs after 1000 situps, no problems until you do another move that uses those muscles!

So, in summary, for me, the actual "surgical" recovery was pretty comparable to the banding surgery. The sleeve was a longer/harder recovery due to dehydration and exhaustion that for me lasted weeks.

It is all worth it though!