SleeveGal51

Welcome home. I was scared to leave hospital but improved the moment I got home. It was very uncomfortable in there and I am also so happy to be home and managing myself. I hope you are feeling ok. I am day 4 post op and feeling so much better each day.

Hi thank you for your reply. I did get a VSG and actually didn’t know you could eventually gain all or some of the weight back but I totally understand how this could happen when coping strategies in life are to eat - mine exactly. So much so that when I was in so much discomfort just now on first night of op I was very dazed still and wondering if I could eat to get through the physical pain I was experiencing. This is what I did for 40 years prior to this surgery - eat to numb any physiological or psychological pain. Good for you for seizing the reigns and not letting the 100lb gain grow any further. Hope your recovery is really good. What procedure did you have as I don’t understand all the acronyms on here sorry x.

I kept thinking this surgery would be as debilitating as my 2 x c sections and having had a sleeve 3 days ago my experience has been a lot easier than the c- sections in terms of coping at home. I found it very difficult the night of and the night after the op and was in terrible discomfort. Third night in a massive relief and hoping the recovery stays like this. I found coming home a lot better than anticipated in terms of controlling my own meds. I was petrified beforehand and insisted on 2 nights in the hospital ( here in the Uk for sleeve surgery 1 night is standard) . Only 3 x nights post surgery but already a lot better and far less discomfort.

Thank you for this. Can I just check - when you say warm heating pad do you mean a hot water bottle ? Or something you sit on that is warm ? I am trying to translate a lot of American terms into English that are not so clear to me but are common between other posters.

Hi hope you are doing well. Can I ask you what a sleeve revision is as I am totally new on here. Does it mean it didn’t work or there was a problem with the first op ? I salute you for going through this again. I am 2 days post op and struggling with the uncomfortable immediate aftermath. Best wishes.

Meant to add that I have chest and shoulder pain from I assume the gas and it comes and goes. Am welcoming this being over.

I am second night in hospital and feeling shocking. Very nauseous and like you unable to sleep so yes probably feeling worse because of it. I go home today but concerned about leaving.

Hi I am in london UK and had sleeve yesterday. Wonder if anyone in similar time frame. Feeling so much better than this morning even. Was regretting everything on waking and even til this morning and now so much better. Hoping it is only good from now.