How Long does it take for pain to go away??

My insides are still healing and its even hard sometimes to bend over to get something off the floor.

How long was it until you could do full activity?? 

Patience my man, patience.  It will get better day by day.

For the most part, at 2 1/2 weeks out, I'm pain free.  But every once in a while, I'll do something that reminds me that I had a major surgery and am still healing.  Really, it's just the one large incision where they inserted the stapler where I feel things occasionally...  At this point, it's more of a "twinge" than a real pain, and I've learned to stop doing whatever I was doing immediately.  But I can generally bend down and pick something (light weight) off the floor, or twist in the shower to reach between my shoulder blades like I've not been able to reach in years, etc. with no pain.  But my surgeon said no lifting anything over 15 lbs for 6 weeks, and I'm trying hard to honor that.  But I can't wait to start strength training, and vary my cario routine from just walking to other things as well...  As Don said, "Patience."

 Agree with Don and Jim - be a good patient and BE PATIENT!!!  "Normally" it takes about 6 weeks to "heal" from major abdominal surgery.  Even if a RNY is a Lap procedure, it is still MAJOR surgery.  Remember, your insides have been "renovated".  You are also losing fat that has surrounded the guts, causing them to shift and move.  That can be part of the twinges of pain.  Keep walking and increasing your exercise each day, but if it hurts, stop.

Due to your former size and lack of movement or ability to bend certain ways, as you progress your muscles are re-learning and re-conditioning.  This is why that once you are able to do "full" exercise, its good to have a routine that works the Core and Abs.  It is well worth it to do a session or two with a Trainer to learn some good exercises and routines.

You also may have different pains based on what you are eating.  Again, your guts are not only healing but you have to get used to certain foods and see how you tolerate them.  At 7 months out, I get twinges of pain if I eat something "new" or too fast or too much.  The twinge of pain thing is a great psychological tool with the WLS.  If I get that twinge, it causes me to stop and THINK about what I am eating.  Great for breaking some of the mindless eating that caused me to be obese in the first place.

Keep up the great progress and don't be hard on yourself!  YOU are doing a great job and this is a long journey, a marathon...not a sprint!

 I agree with everything said here, these guys are great. But also keep in mind, the more you move the better your going to feel. I don't mean strenuous exercise not yet. Your Dr. laid out guidelines for you I'm sure so follow those, for sure!!! But getting up and  just walking around the yard, any movement is a good thing. The more you move the quicker you'll work that soreness away. This is just my opinion. Did I also say follow your DOCTOR'S ORDERS!!!! This is so much FUN just wait your gonna have a blast!!!!!! I'm 2 yrs out and having so much fun!!!!
                                                                                    Don

i had a open on the 12th, basicly pain free unless i over eat,, think of it as more discomfort,,, most relief come from spandex shirt,

Surgery was on a Monday, home on Wednesday. Never took my pain pills when I was home. For about a week, I had a non-specific sensation best described as 'having been hit by a truck'. Same first Friday home, I walked 2 miles in the park across the street. No pain, but man was I tired.

For me, the lack of stamina was more debilitating. It took me a month to get back to where I was when I went in to have the procedure, and what I have now is much, much greater.

In all fairness, I should say that I was more active in general than the average WLS patient is pre-op. I could walk or ride a bicycle for fairly long distances before I went in.