Today is of course better than yesterday. She says the pain is about 2-3 out of 10, although she doesn't notice it while just walking around. It's most noticeable when trying to get up from sitting down or after laying down for a while (eg, first thing in the morning), and if she has to bend over, the incision where the port is located is the most tender.
As for the type of pain, she reiterates that it's more like having done countless situps for the first time in ages and her muscles haven't recovered from the workout.
Yesterday she commented when she was making some broth that it smelled really good, the first spoonful tasted great, the 2nd spoonful was so-so, and by the 3rd spoonful she had pretty much lost interest. She's read on the other forum that this is fairly common, and may actually be due to the anaesthesia still in one's system (needing quite some time to completely clear out). Time will tell, I'm sure.
Two days post-op she weighed herself, and we were a little surprised that she was about 8-10 lbs over her previous weight. We've learned that this is typical, resulting from the various fluids they pump into you at the hospital. Today she's dropped those 10 lbs, so going forward from this point will be what to watch.
As for hunger, she really hasn't been hungry, although she's resumed watching the Food Network.
Pedonbio, in cherri's case the original concern started a few years back, when she was diagnosed with PCOS. It was subsequently confirmed that she had insulin resistance and high levels of free testosterone. Earlier this year her most recent bloodwork confirmed those are under control, and as of the day of surgery her surgeon told her to discontinue the Metformin. From all we've learned, our expectation is that the PCOS/insulin/etc concerns should become non-issues once the weight is down to something reasonable. Neither of us want her to get down to a waifish size (eg, 115) because it would likely look all wrong on her. She may not be tall, but she's hella strong.
If it's something you're been considering, take another look at it. It's reversible, it's adjustable, there's no re-routing of the plumbing. About the only frightening thing (for me, anyway) is that they're working way up here behind the ribs, somewhat close to the heart but still separated by a wall of muscle. If you have the constitution to watch it, there's a 10 min video on Youtube which shows what's going on; aside from cutting through the abdominal wall, it seems the remainder of the poking around is done with blunt instruments. When you stop and think about it, it's freaking brilliant what they can do with keyhole surgery. I'll post the link to it if anyone's interested. There are other informational videos, including one animation which is almost too brief (for me, anyway). Oh, and there's one surgeon who has posted numerous anti-LAP-band videos, saying they're all doomed to fail (and suggesting to come to him for his "mini-gastric bypass", whatever that is). Seems that his opinion is somewhat unique, because there are lots of satisfied customers out there.
The surgery is no guarantee, of course. Hell, I know someone who had the Roux-en-Y bypass, lost a chunk of weight, and has regained a chunk of weight. I'm a little surprised that he managed to regain anything, but he did. So part of the success will be to changing some other habits, like keeping the high glycemic index foods down to a minimum, try for moderate exercise (cherri walks everywhere), etc. The band can almost be thought of as a behaviour modification system, in part because it regulates the intake, in part because it regulates the appetite. And as I understand it, if you eat crap sugary foods or eat too much or too quickly, you'll get to enjoy "dumping syndrome".
That's it for today!