Cosmo Magazine article on the band

[BRANDYK 0]

Has anyone seen the recent issue of Cosmopolitan magazine? There was an article in there about a girl who had the band. It seemed very informative. The only thing that I read that seemed like it might not be totally correct is she described the pain after surgery as something that feels like mild menstrual cramps? I'm getting my band in 2 months and from what I've read here on the forums, it's NOT like that?

[whosthatgirl 0]

It could have been for her, but I did'nt have any pain with the incisions, except for ONE gas bubble in the center of my back and a few burps.

[beversman 0]

I didnt really have any pain at all... just was a little stiff

[Kimmie 0]

I had horrible gas pains the other night, I can only pray the surgery doesn't feel like that! lol I thought I was dyin'....was weird! I'm curious to read that article now!

[beachgirl 2]

I had no pain to speak of either. Very little gas but walking took care of that. Just stiffness.

[ladyvase 0]

I felt fine, had band on march 1 and moved the next day big house big job was fine. piece of cake

[libra 13]

I guess mentrual cramps kind of describes what the gas pains may feel like. Nothing horrible, that's for sure.

[juliegeraci 7]

Brandy, the only pain I had was at the port site. It was a bit tender. Julie

[bwaydiva 4]

I had surgery on Wednesday and I feel like I got in a bar fight! It feels like someone punched me in the stomach a couple of times... more sore than acute pain. But it's a lot better than Wednesday, better than yesterday and I feel pretty good today. Get your butt out walking and you'll feel better and stronger.

[HeatherGurl 0]

Which Cosmo? The May issue?

[Janine 0]

I would say it feels like a upper c section.

[babylovestoys 1]

Im with you Janine, I felt pretty rough for about 7-10 days and was not 100% for a month. Everyone is different. I had the referred shoulder pain, tightness, incision discomfort and port pain. It wasn't intolerable. I didn't take narcotics after I came home but it wasn't a walk in the park either.

[wavydaby 1]

The thing about morphine, for me, is that it does not one darn thing for pain. Just makes me dizzy, cranky, talk about weird crap thats not there and sleep.< /p>

Once I got off of the morphine and on to a pill, for the life of me, right now, not sure which one.. I was ALOT better!

After about 3 days, I stopped taking the prescription pain med during the day and went to the liquid tyeleno. By the end of the week, I wasnt taking anything but the prescription at night. By about 10 days(?) I wasnt taking anything

[Kat817 19]

Besides the addition they made to my IV in recovery, before I realized, and spoke up---I had nothing for pain, and needed nothing. When I realized that was pain meds, I ask not to have more, they offered it orally, I refused. I took a shot of liquid Tylenol to fly home.

Surgery was not a big deal pain wise to me. Comparing it to mild mestrual cramps would be very accurate in my experience. And they were nothing I would ever take an actual pain med for.

My cosmo hasn't come yet.....I think sometimes my mail lady forgets where it goes!!!!

Kat