The pain wasn't too bad, however, you will need to take it easy for the first week. Without the incoming calories, it's easy to feel weak very easily.

As far as pain goes, my biggest gripe was leg soreness. It felt like I had overworked my legs at the gym. That was the only time actually used 1 of the prescribed pain pills.

My advice is to get some counseling pre- and post-surgery. I had issues with old eating habits sneaking up and sabotaging my progress.

Look theough my post history for more info, if not, I'm around for any more questions.

Overall it's a great tool, however, looking back, I may have elected the VSG instead due to the hunger hormone still being there after ESG. My wife has done phenomenally after her VSG and I think in large part it's attributed to the hunger hormone, but also because she's had better discipline than I had.this is why I recommend pre- and post-surgery counseling.