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I was banded September 3rd. Feeling better today, but yesterday was a bear. Also, the worst pain is in my shoulders. Wish it would go away.

How are you doing?

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Yea I still have that shoulder pain too . My stomach fells bolted but other then that I fell pretty good, hope I start felling even better.been having a lot of cravings already lol

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I was banded on Aug 26th. Let me assure you, everything goes away and all will be back to feeling normal again even though you may not feel so confident about that. Very happy to have found this app :)

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I was bandit on August 26 and I can relate to the cravings and I had a lot of pain in my side until yesterday but I'm starting to get worried because I am really getting those cravings

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I was also banded on 26/08/14. Shoulder pain was the worst part of this whole exercise. Feeling great, ready to start on some purée foods Wednesday, have my vegies all portioned and frozen ready to go. Looking forward to keeping in touch with you August 26's as well. Can't say I have had cravings but I'm struggling with hubby cooking normal foods like toast, garlic pizza and chorizo's!! I'm struggling to drink Water though, only because before if I was thirsty I would have a glass no worries, water just ain't doing it for me.

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Mine was on the 3rd. I am still very sore in the shoulders. I am pretty sure I can feel my port - not at the incision site, but a little above it and everytime I walk, I can feel it pulling inside. I'm hoping it didn't flip. I don't want to go through another surgery right now.

I'm beyond thirsty and eating some Soups, but the shoulder pain is pretty much diminishing my appetite right now.

Can anyone else feel their port when they move?

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Was banded yesterday.. Last night actually went better than I thought... Just very sore today hope this passes soon! Good luck to all of you

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Mine was on the 3rd. I am still very sore in the shoulders. I am pretty sure I can feel my port - not at the incision site, but a little above it and everytime I walk, I can feel it pulling inside. I'm hoping it didn't flip. I don't want to go through another surgery right now. I'm beyond thirsty and eating some Soups, but the shoulder pain is pretty much diminishing my appetite right now. Can anyone else feel their port when they move?

. I can't feel my port unless is real close to the incision I really haven't felt around to much .

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I was banded on the 29th and I'm finally starting to feel better. I had a very rough week, with gas pain, and very sore. I'm on my 2nd week now moving on to puréed Soups. I feel weak can't get my Protein Shakes in nor drink a lot of Water. Just gotta keep pushing forward. Best of luck to all of us!!

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Hunger pains will go away! Follow your Dr's instructions on what to eat as every Dr seems to be a little different. You don't want to rush it as stomach does have some swelling. For shoulder pain a heating pad works great and for gas pain Gas X strips. Good luck to you all. Hang in there it does get alot better. :)

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I was banded on sept 3 too! I'm feeling much better today, I've been sleeping sitting up and a bit on the couch, I think moving throughout the night has helped relieve a lot of the gas pain, when I move from the couch to the bed and back again, each time more gas is dislodged :). I'm also hungry, but pretty happy just to have Soup after my 2 week veggie pre-op diet :). Good luck everyone! We're through the worst now! (To me, the worst part was the operation... Now we'll start reaping the benefits!)0

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My surgery was 9/5. The pain has been pretty minimal, I'm moving around without any problems but I do still have some shoulder pain. My problem is that I'm already HUNGRY. Broth, yogurt, pudding, applesauce (which are all on my approved list) are NOT cutting it. I think mainly it's that I want more savory options, I'm tired of all the sweet stuff!

Best of luck to all! Here's to hoping we all have amazing success!

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I was banded Aug 28. Every day gets better. Most of the pain from gas and surgery have dissipated. I do have the cravings and get hungry. Mostly I have terrible itching around my incisions, but on the inside where they said they put stitches. I've tried to feel my port, and I don't feel it, but I'm not pushing hard at all. I don't want to cause any damage.

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