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I was just banded on Thursday, and I am in a good deal of pain. I wanted to know when does the pain end. My body seems to be sore, I wonder is this because I am not moving around enough? I noticed that I am sore around the area of my port. I will admit that the medication is GREAT:D

Any advice

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Congratulations! Sorry about the pain. Day 2-5 for me were all about sore tummy muscles, like having done too many crunches. Then it faded away.

Other soreness might well be related to laying down for a long time or it could be gas. Get out of bed and onto your feet and walk up and down the hall or around the room, several times a day. Use a heating pad if an area feels really sore, but keep yourself moving. It will make you feel a little stronger each day.

Good luck,

Jo Ann

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I walked and walked and walked. It took the soreness and pain away completely. I didn't even need anything for the pain. Try walking alot and congrats and welcome to bandland. YIPEE

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My 5th day after surgery was the worst. All pain except my port area completly faded by day 10. I couldn't wear an underwire bra for about 12 days instead, I wore those fitted camisoles.

I am still tender at my port if I press and poke on it. However, now at one month post op it is harder to locate my port than previously. During the first 3 weeks I tought the port pain was never going to go away, however it eventually did, without notice.

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Faybie thank you for sharing about your port pain. I was banded 9/13 and my port still hurts when I have been up a long time or walked a lot or over done. It feels like my bra is just resting on it. Now I have hope that eventually it will go away. Katt

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Thanks for the advice. Today I am doing really good. I was up early and cooked Breakfast for my family, and now I am relxaing having a Protein Shake. I know that i will have to deal with the pain at the port area but everything else, (except for the gas pain) has subsided.

Any suggetsions for gas relief? I have been taking Gas X, i guess its working slowly.

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Congratulations Sunnshyne!!

I was in pain for about 8 days, and I still have some soreness in my port incision especially. My port incision was really painful. I had terrible bruising too.

Like others have said, walking helps a lot. For me, ice packs were a lifesaver too. For gas, I can't say that Gas X helped or not (I took it but still had gas pains, but who knows maybe it would have been worse had I not taken it). Laying on my left side helped.

Be patient with yourself; I know I was getting impatient b/c I felt it was taking me a long time to heal. Best of luck to you and welcome to bandland!

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I was newly banded on 9/11/06. The first week was the worst, by the second week the only area that hurt was the incision where my port is located, and I still had gas issues. This week I still have a hard time bending over on the side of the port or sitting up in bed using my stomach muscles.

I only used the pain medicine for the first 2 days. It seems that the medication only prolongs the healing. Definately get up and walk as much as possible throughout the day.

Good luck and I wish you much success!!!!

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I am still "pre-banded", but hearing the advice to WALK...WALK...WALK scares me. If I could walk, I might not need the blamed surgery! Both my feet and my back get very angry at me if I even stand too long, let alone walk very much. Can anyone relate?

jenna

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