i am now 4 and a half weeks . the pain is bad I agree with you, I also thought the foam vest was causing me a lot of pain but actually its worse without it and just the spanx on. I am having to still sleep in the foam vest as i need to support to get comfy. I am still swollen it goes down at night and gradually gets worse through the day it seems to be on my lower back mostly. I was black and blue from my rib gage to below my bum. my legs also went massive between week 1 and 2 this has now settled but still have a bit of swelling in my ankles. Hang in there i have bad nerve pain at the minute but seeing the light at the end of the tunnel my results are very good!