Recovery....How will I feel 72 hours post op??

I have a situation that I want to hear comments from. I'll try to make it short. I have been planning my Band surgery for months now and am at the end stretch of the 2 week pre op liquid diet and doing well. My surgery is Monday (yeah) and my grandmother just passesd away and funeral is scheduled for Wed (72 hours post op). I called the Dr. office to see if I should reschedule. I have to attend the funeral and would like to attend the after ceremony. I will be seeing family from all over and no one but my parents, brother and uncle know and I don't want anyone to know. Can everyone tell me about how they felt 72 hours post op?? Any advice would be helpful as I am totally stressed about this. Thanks

If you haven't already, I would post this as an new thread in the forum-postop. You'll get many more responses there and not everyone reads the blogs/journals. Sorry I can't help, but I've heard many feeling pretty bad at day 3 (pre-band here).

At 3 days post op I was back in the hospital with severe dehydration, my issue was swelling aroung the band and stomach., and not being able to drink. I felt like crap. Im at day 8 feeling better every day. just remember to sip, sip, sip

Hi Wendy,

1st I am so sorry to hear about your Grandmother's passing.

2nd I am 3wks post op. The 2nd day after surgery I was still sore and taking deep breaths was still hard. I was able to walk and do things around the house-but very little. I would recommend you waiting until the day after surgery to make your decision. Every day gets easier, but the 1st couple of days are sore, sore, sore. If you decide to go, my suggestions would be to be careful when folks hug you-bcz of pressure, DON'T EAT ANYTHING that isn't clear liquid and don't overexhert yourself. Basically I would find a nice place to sit and enjoy everyone without participating in alot of standing or activity. Also, I didn't wear a bra for at least a week (until I returned to work). Just thought I would throw that in so you can plan your wardrobe accordingly. lol.

now on the flip side, I have read about people going shopping the day after surgery or to their kid's little league game the same day as surgery. It really just depends on the person. I wouldn't have dared to do that! lol

Hope that helps.

Good Luck,

Cheryl

Hi Wendy I am now two weeks after and I am so sorry to hear about your grandmother. I would not recomend travel or if no one know they will I looked like hell and my doctor said no shower for two days I agree with the hugging love hugs but it hurts You will be so happy once you do it I am amezed by the changes in my body and weigh loss already I wiss you luck

Its only a 45 min drive and I can lay down at my uncles if I decide to go on to the after ceremony. My hubby will drive me to the funeral and I can just recline the seat and lay back and get some rest. He is taking the week off work, so I can just rest the first 2 days and take it way easy and I will do just that. I know not to over do it or I will suffer on day 3 and I'm going to do everything to avoid that. I can't wait to get this done. I have a friends from Lap band talk who had it done with my exact Dr. one week ago and she was out shopping the next day, so I have my fingers crossed all will go well.

I am at 72 hrs. post op and I'm just a little sore. If you don't over do it you will be fine.