Hi Marla,
Congratulations, exciting isn't it??? The pain isn't as bad as I expected. I was banded 9/5. I can't tolerate too much pain and it wasn't bad at all. It feels pretty soar as if you did a looot of crunches. But that pain subsides after about the 4 or 5 day. The port yes you will be feeling discomfort in that area I still feel a bit of discomfort. Also you will be unable to sleep on your stomach for a while, I have a little over two weeks and still have to kinda maneuver myself to sleep on my side. But again the pain isn't that bad I didn't even take the pain killers they prescribed so don't remember what they gave me. I never had shoulder pain so not sure about that one. Sleeping again was difficult for me because I never sleep on my back. It started to get better about a week and a half in. It's a bit hard to get up out of bed since you are squeezing your stomach muscles because you are facing up. Well hope I answered your questions, feel free to eml if you have any other questions. Again congrats!!!!
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Rosemary from Union City, NJ
Lap Band Surgery Date 9/5
Highest/PreOP/Current/Goal
366/366/350/150
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