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Not literally! I would LOVE for someone/anyone to tell me this surgery is not terrible (pain wise). I've heard some compare it to a gall bladder removal. I've had 3 C-sections which were awful! My gall bladder removal was easy! Looking for advice!

I thought it was alright. I still have my sealed bottle of liquid Vicodin. I've never had children or surgery before the sleeve, but if the pain is about the same, then I don't see why people complain about the pains of childbirth.

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I was pretty miserable & in pain the first 4 days. Felt awful awful awful. But now I'm much better.

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I'm on my third day post op. The pain from the incision areas are not bad, my stomach just feels sore, my suffering is coming from my back and my severe headaches--not the surgery itself. It's probably the gas pain and meds still in my system. Trying to walk it off.

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Not literally! I would LOVE for someone/anyone to tell me this surgery is not terrible (pain wise). I've heard some compare it to a gall bladder removal. I've had 3 C-sections which were awful! My gall bladder removal was easy! Looking for advice!

I just had my sleeve on Monday 6/17. I have have 2 kids the pain in having children is the actual childbirth process not the recovery. Recovery from the sleeve in my opinion is only after the first 2 days after being released from the hospital. Basically it was the nausea. But you just have to literally walk it off. I marched in place for five minutes, sat down, sip, burp,rest, and repeat, and that got me through it. No pain meds at home, didn't need them. I'm on day 4 post OP and I'm feeling good. Good luck! I wish you the best.

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SeriouslyChange: there's a reason it's called "the miracle of birth" - squeezing something the size of a cantalope out of your body whether vaginally or via c-section is incredibly painful. One part of the miracle though is that, atleast for me, after I gave birth, there was no pain and no real memory of the pain. I guess that's a gift from God; otherwise no sane woman would ever get pregnant a 2nd time ;-)

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This felt exactly the same as my gallbladder surgery, honestly just a little more nausea.

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