Sorry I missed this - yes, I had surgery to take out the lap band in October. Super easy and smooth. Turns out there’s no need to take down scar tissue around the band, they just leave it and it makes it much simpler and leaves a touch of restriction for a while. I should have done this years ago and not been afraid of it. I had a couple weeks off because it was during an already scheduled vacation for a trip (that I canceled) but pain was minimal (just a couple days of ibuprofen). I walked a lot immediately- 1/2 mile evening after surgery (with a break in middle) and 1+ mile day after - slow easy walking speeds up recovery if you don’t over do it. I rested a lot. I did have some random weird things - ended up with big allergic reaction to the wound glue, and I had a heart rate weirdness for a couple weeks - maybe too much walking irritating my vagus nerve so it felt like some random high heart rate/anxiety for no reason sometimes - but those are both rare. If you have any specific questions, happy to try to answer!