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Hi guys,
So I had my gastric band fitted yesterday afternoon, I was very scared as I have never had an op before but the staff were lovely and talked me through everything, had my general anestethic and woke up in recovery, was a little bit sore in the shoulder (presuming trapped gas from the op) but apart from that had no pain at all just tender where the wounds are.
Woke up at 4am this morning in pain with gas trapped in my shoulders and chest, been fighting with it all day and it is really painful.
What did everyone else do to relieve this? I have peppermint tea which gives a small relief and have been walking about a little bit but Hasnt worked too well so far.
I no I am very early in recovery but any advice would be much appreciated.
Iv been given soluble solpadol to take and blood thinner injections.
Not the greatest but hey ho
B x
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deborah40435 billie26157
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billie26157 deborah40435
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How long did you wait after op to introduce your liquid diet ?
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deborah40435 billie26157
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Lissa1974 billie26157
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I had my band fitted 15 day's ago.
I used liquid paracetamol and liquid ibroprufin to ease the pain. I also used wind ease to help with trapped wind.
It's really good to move about and rocking back and forth really helped me to get rid of a lot of trapped wind.
I got some appetite back about 3 day's in and was on the liquid diet until yesterday.
I am now very relieved to be able to eat soft food.
It's great that the weight is starting to come off and I get my first band fill on the 25th April, hopefully all goes well.
Good luck with your recovery
Lissa
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Rebecca02 billie26157
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It will soon get better x
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