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I was sleeved yesterday and I just got home from the hospital. Now the real fun begins! I was prepared for the pain to be a lot worse today, but is hasn't been that bad. So, I will brace myself for tomorrow. Do you recall which day your pain "peaked" and when you noticed it subsiding?

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@@misi324

Pain tolerance is different for each of us. Just remember the pain is temporary your results will be amazing ;)

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The most pain I felt was when I woke up from surgery. It was on the right side at my largest incision and I'm assuming it was where the cut out portion of the stomach was pulled through. Once I got meds, it was tolerable.

I don't even remember much pain after that. Just some fatigue mostly. Maybe more "soreness" than pain.

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I was in the hospital on IV Dilaudid for 48 hrs - so Im pretty sure it was the 3rd or 4th day that was the worst (without the Dilaudid). My 2nd day in the hospital was pretty bad also. I had a severe reaction to Reglan on day 5 and had to go to the ER so that day was pretty miserable. By a wek tho I was feeling decent enuf to play poker with our league and walk my dog. Everytime I got on here, people who were my time out (2 days, 5 days, 10 days) were all running marathons and I was barely showering. I had a rougher recovery I guess.

But then, the dr spent 30 extra mins digging my band out of my stomach so he said Id be even more sore. I believe it. At 2 weeks, I couldnt even tell I had surgery...

Good luck to u! SOunds like ur off to a great painless start

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I'm with Babbs the most pain I had was when I woke up in recovery on the right side where my largest incision is. After that first day the pain was tolerable.

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Day 2 thru 6 lol today im today is day 23. Woo hoooooo

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My pain was the worst on surgery day, after I got sent home and then started the dry heaving. By the time my husband got me back to the hospital, I had started to go into shock. So, yeah. Day one. My advice is don't let the pain get ahead of you. Get the anti nausea meds - pronto.

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I felt like I was dying in the hospital .. Between the gas pains and the nausea it was terrible. I stayed 2 days bc I couldn't keep anything down, but by the time I got home my pain was very mininal and was off all pain meds a week after the surgery

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Slight shoulder discomfort after surgery. No pain at all. Only had nausea the first night. It was my first surgery ever.

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The gas pain in my left shoulder was the worst ... The rest of it I wouldn't call pain ... As others have stated ... it was more "discomfort" than anything ...

I was HAPPY to discover that the actual incisions and the surgery on my insides didn't hurt near as bad as I was expecting ... Thank you God!

Best of luck to you ... The journey IS WORTH IT !!! :)

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Days 2 and 3 were the worst for me. I had serious buyers remorse!

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And exactly as @@jenn1 said, everyone's pain tolerance and experience is different as we see in this thread ;)

Even if we all had the same surgeon, I'm sure our experiences with pain would be different.

I had 2 large babies completely natural. One was 10 lbs 4 oz. But when I get a bad headache? I'm a big baby. Don't even get me STARTED on toothaches! WORSE PAIN EVER.

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Let me remember....Oh yeah, it was the day I said "I do" at my wedding.

(Ba-dum-tish :))

Actually, I was lucky and never had any significant pain except for the first or second day when I twisted too far and pulled on the stitches and even then it was only temporary.

Some people have pain due to the (nitrogen?) gas bubbles and can help alleviate it by walking.

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