How long are people usually in the hospital after their sleeve operations? Is it day surgery, overnight, do I pack a long book? My band surgery was an in and out thing and I was only at the clinic for five, maybe six hours. My band is not agreeing with me at all well and it looks like it has to come out. Hopefully with a sleeve I won't have to plan a place to throw up before I put anything in my mouth.

A lot will depend on your insurance and doctor. For me I was approved for a one day stay. I had surgery on a Wednesday morning and released at 10 am on Thursday morning. I had no complications. I was walking within 5 hours of surgery and walked every hour-they wanted a minimum 2-4 hours. I had no severe gas pain. Good Luck. I have no regrets with this surgery. I had orginally planned for the band but my doctor suggested the sleeve once insurance started approving them.