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I had my surgery on Oct. 20. I was a revision from band to sleeve. I still feel horrible. The larger incision on my right side still is pulling very deep. It hurts to get up and down. No thoughts of any exercise here. I am, however having no trouble with fluids or Protein Shakes. Anyone else still feel pitiful?

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I don't feel pitiful still but I'm sorry you do. Days 1-2 were pretty sucky with alot of nausea, vomiting and coughing which hurt the hell out of my incision sites which are tight. Sending good thoughts to you right........now!

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I'm 8 days out from my revision from band to sleeve. I was very sore and had a hard time the first few days, but it gets better. my incision where they removed the port is the most tender, and if I do a lot of walking I use my codeine Syrup because it gets very painful. Other than that, I just have the constant shooting pain of gas in my left shoulder, but everything else has passed. I'm sorry that you are still feeling unwell, but it will get better.

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Somewhere between 3-4 weeks magically all the muscle pain just went woosh and was gone. The first week was tough, I was thanking my trainer for making me do a million squats they helped me getting up and down like I can't tell you.

Second week was much better than the first I was sleeping flat on my back in the bed with my partner but I was moving in bed slowly. If I had to move from one side to another it was painful and I woke fully up to do it.

Two and half weeks out I worked a non profit event it was tough but it was good to do, I walked over 5 miles and do a lot of good for my community. And mostly I found out I could do it, I hit a wall right before the event ended but I still kept going. I was in pain the next day and I took a muscle relaxant that night but I was still moving.

I was still feeling some muscle pain at the incision sites not bad pain just some pain when I twisted or lifted something or rolled over at night and that just disappeared one day. Since then I have been great.

So it does get better, think back to your band for me healing was similar to the band and with the 9-10 band surgeries I had over 10 plus years it was old hat for me.

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Mine were two separate surgeries. From a pain and misery perspective, they were different and you are experiencing both:

-Band removal - oh that port incision was sore! Then there was a big weird... hollow spot inside me that did eventually fill up. I Celebrate being free of that dang band and it's stupid port too!

-Sleeve - stomach muscle discomfort due to hernia repair, but main issue was tiredness, hard to stay hydrated etc. I will be honest, I felt pretty bad for many weeks and wasn't back to feeling fully human till maybe 10-12 weeks post op.

I didn't resume any kind of serious activity until 6-8 weeks post op...

Be gentle with yourself and give yourself time to heal. Easy peasy walks are the best at first...

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