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Brian H
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Best of luck to you too! When is your surgery date?
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I live over two hours away from the hospital where I will have my vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery. I am planning to get a hotel room near the hospital the night before the surgery, and to keep that room for at least two nights so that my wife can sleep there the night after my surgery. I am wondering if I should just stay near the hospital for the first week? Are there a lot of follow-up visits with the hospital during the first week after surgery?