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Shell,

Everybody reacts to the surgery different . Some people have alot of pain and gas pains from it and then there are others like me that didn't even know I had surgery to be honest.

I had no gas pains, no port pain no nothing.  The only thing I had was my upper stomach felt like I did a million sit ups and that was it  I was one of the lucky ones I guess.

Others have some port pain where the incision is and the gas pains that can last from a week to two weeks .

Like I said everybody is different on how they do after surgery.

I was back to sleeping on my stomach 7 days after surgery and didn't have to take pain pills but once the entire time.

Best advice I can give you is walk walk and walk when you get tired of walking you walk more . that helps get the gas pain out of you and helps you heal faster. 

Steeler u have lost that much weight without any fills yet??

Hi Shelley
After I woke up from the surgery I was in a lot of pain, they gave me Morphine injections and then tablets to take home, I had an allergic reation to it so I switched to Tylenol 3's.  The pain only lasted a day and a half and then it was shoulder pain from the gas they use to expand your stomach while they are operating laproscopically.  Walk as much as you can and take Gas-X or something like that.  I also had some back pain and used a heating pad.  After 3 days I was feeling much better.  I don't feel the bad itself but I can now feel the port more easily since I've lost weight - I don't notice that it's there I just mean that I can feel it through my skin with my hand.  I have been lucky no issues.  I also follwed all of the instructions to the letter.  I would say it's like giving birth, worth every minute of the pain for the great outcome.

Take care,
Lori

Thanks everyone for your support!