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I just got banded on Monday, and I am hoping I am doing everything right. I am really sore where the five incisions were made, but am doing pretty well. I have gone walking several times each day, today for about a fourth of a mile. I have had a little bit of bloody seepage from the port site, but everything feels right (just very sore).

I am not really hungry at all, but I am burping a lot. I am drinking my 2 ounces of shake every three hours, and I have gotten in about forty ounces of Water throughout the day today. I just seem to be burping like crazy. Is this normal?

I want to do this right, and I am planning on going back to work on Tuesday, so I want any advice you have to give me. Thanks so much for your help and support in the pre-banding process. Together, we can do this!

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You are right on track. Everything you mentioned is normal. Lots of burping and gurgling sounds. My appetite has just begun to come back. I had to make myself drink my 2 oz of shake and drink my Water. Make sure you get as much rest as you can also. You know you have to have healing time.

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Hi:

Sounds like you're doing most of the right things. Are you taking a liquid Vitamin too? Try to get some extra rest too because it will help with healing.

Not sure what kind of work you do, but I would have been able to go back to a desk-type job after about four or five days, however I had plenty of time so I took two weeks off to laze around the pool and get used to my new eating/drinking style.

Best wishes to you newbie!

I love my band and my new flat tummy!

Sue

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If you are ONLY burping you are lucky! Some of the gas comes from the surgery, I think the rest is just from the "new" slow way you are digesting your food now. I am a gas factory and my husband finds it really funny. I was banded in March and it is just starting to get better. I recently started taking B6 and Aloe Vera, they help with metabolism and digestion. I try to always have some type of gas pill with me because I can get gas from iced tea!

You are doing the right thing, walking was a lifesaver for me. I was up in the middle of the night just walking in the house to get relief. Keep up the good work, follow what the doc says.

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