4 days- what's normal?

[Healthymama2 32]

I was banded on Wednesday. As of tonight I am still having a very uncomfortable pain that feels like it is my upper stomach, diaphragm area. I can't tell if it is actual pain or maybe I'm hungry? My intestines sound like they are grinding rocks, you can literally hear it across the room. And I have diarrhea. I definitely have not over eaten, I've been afraid to eat so I have had Water, juice and broth in small quantities. And my abdomen is still pretty swollen and sort of hard.

So.....is all this normal?

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

Noise and diarrhea are normal. If you can't tell if it's hunger or pain, it might be normal postop irritation, but if it gets worse instead of better each day, call your doc.

[dawalsh 919]

Hang in there perfectly normal!

[apple2hourglass? 5]

Sounds normal-ish so far. I am only one day ahead of you and today is my first day feeling good. Keep an eye on your symptoms and call the doc if they get worse not better.

[Martha Howland-Shafiei 118]

Try Walking and get ur Water in

[relief57 53]

call or email your doc with your symptoms. It may just be the excess gas left over from surgery. It was put into the cavity to help with the visuals during surgery. It has to be reabsorbed back into the body and the best way to get that done is to move. If too painful take some of the pain meds they sent you home with. I went on youtube and found leslie sansone's 1 mile walk video.

[Mikee57 699]

always call your doctor/nurse if you are feeling something you don't understand...but it does sound like gas to me...you need to try to get up and move around more...and sip, sip, sip your fluids...no foods right now!!! hang in there you will be fine and doing great in no time!!!

[Martha Howland-Shafiei 118]

did u try gas-x

? and walking adn Water, if ur in that much pain,for

god's sake call the dr without delay,alright?

[cccv4 85]

that sounds pretty normal. at first i thought mine was hunger, but it actually ended up being gas. i had diarrhea the first few days, but then i got plugged up and the pain got even worse. i took milk of magnesia (YUCK) and that really helped with the gas pain. good luck and hang in there.