Hannah.s

Yeah I think I need to take smaller sips of water. Thanks! Also, how long did it take you to get back to work?

Hey guys I just had my gastric sleeve done on the 21/10 and I'm able to walk around, go toilet, etc. I barely had any pain (around 2/10 max). The nurses say I need to drink at least 1 litre of water. They also gave me some soup and yoghurt, which was fine for me to eat. However it only hurts when I'm drinking water. I can keep it down but there's just slight pain. Has anyone else experienced this? Also, can anyone give me any tips/advice on what to expect when I go home? Thanks

Hi! I'm 174cm tall and weighed 105kgs pre-op, dropped down to 99kgs from the 2 week pre-op diet (I was really surprised at this. All that torture paid off!). I just had my sleeve surgery last night around 5pm. Woke up 6:30pm and kept drifting in and out of sleep. Then woke up around 9pm and found myself in my ward. I felt the tiniest amount of pain (2/10 MAX) and had no trouble walking around. Today there's barely any pain, however I'm unable to sleep on my side as it's uncomfortable. One of my friends also had gastric sleeve surgery around 3 years ago and his was the complete opposite of my experience. He couldn't walk without help for a week! But he told me the larger you are, the more pain you'll feel (he was 180kgs and 197cm tall). Not sure if that theory is true tho.