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Walk walk walk, first day is really bad, you will feel better every day. My second day they gave me chewable gas pills, worked like a charm, but walking helps your gas tl go away. By the third day, you will feel great. Good luck

I had my surgery at Hackensack Medical Center. My surgery went well, Dr said no complications. First day was painful, due CO2 it felt like a big bump in my stomach, the pressure is very discomfortable, also experienced some chest pain. First day they had me with IV only, no liquids. However, no hunger sensation. Started walking to help gas pain, Dr recommended to walk as much as I can, which I did and felt much better. Second day, started with 1 oz fluid every hour, along with Incentive spirometer, and walk. I felt some gas pain / pressure on my chest. Dr recommended gas chewable pill, that changed my world, it helped me a lot to pass gas. One thing to note here is that I use CPAP machine, I didn't realized the amount of positive air the machine sends to my stomach, Dr brought that point, that night stopped using CPAP and used oxygen instead. It made lot of difference. Remember there are only two ways to pass gas, and also remember your stomach is too small to make that happen.. second day I walked a lot, at least 8 times, counted my steps and approximately 1,100 steps per every walk I did. Third day, big difference, I feel better, like a 20 year old LOL, my gas pain has minimized to level 1 out of 10. Now I am drinking 2 oz every hour. Looking forward to go home today I also had ultra sound to check blood clogs, all good so far. During 3 days nurse has giving me pain medicine through IV, so far so good

Today I has my SVG They took me to the surgery room at 8:00 am. Surgery last 1 hour. I remember waking up at 10 am. Sure enough, the only pain I had was the pain pressure from gas. After 3 sets of walks and pain medication, my pain was reduced from 9 to 3. Still have gas in my abdomen and chest pressure, does anyone knows how to overcome this a bit quicker?

How did it go? I hope everything is good

It all depends of your medical insurance.. Example, my insurance required 6 months dieting plan, after that I did medical clearance, once all paper work was submitted, took about a week to get approved... probably less,

Great job, keep it up!

Hi all, I have my surgery scheduled march 10th. I have been reading post op problems people face.. such as chest pain, abdominal pain, and bloating. Can some one help in how to make these less painful? Any tricks?

Great job! Keep it up!

Can anyone share tips to control water intake post surgery? I know we have to sip sip sip, any tricks to avoid gulping?

Thanks all for advise

Mine is march 10