Okay all you post-opers...I go in tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. to be sleeved and I am so happy, nervous, excited and SCARED!! I went for all my blood work on Thursday and the anesthesiologist came in and talked to me, he said that 10-20% of the patients remember the breathing tube because of the pain associated with breathing....

I just want to know what I may expect after surgery, not just the pain, but everything. Is is going to hurt bad? Did you have trouble breathing? Did you have a lot of throwing up? How long were you in the hospital?

I want to know it all....would rather be prepared!

I don’t remember one thing between me lying down on the table and telling them that I have kids so make sure I wake up and the moment when they tapped me and told me it was over and time to move to another bed.

The pain is the gas. Your tummy will be inflated to make the surgery easier and the gas that is used for the inflation takes its time coming out. Other than that, tomorrow is the first day of your new life.

Congratulations. J

I had no throat pain or trouble breathing that I recall. I was very diligent about doing my breathing exercises after surgery, and crunched on ice chips all the time. The pain from the surgery was fairly bad, but I asked for pain medication at the first hint of pain and that took care of it pretty well for me. I also stayed on my pain medication at home for two weeks (because I am a wimp and hate pain of any kind). That helped me walk without much pain, which helped in my healing. The biggest advice I can offer is to move around as much as you can, which increases circulation and that aids in healing.

Best of luck to you!! You will be amazed at the results, I know I have been

Welllll...the worst part for me was nausea but I was throwing up brown blood. I slacked off the nausea medication and let it roll...and once it was all out the nausea stopped. Other than that I think I was very typical recovery. I felt like the anesthesia was just too much for me - very groggy. Best thing is sleep it off. Your bowels may be asleep longer than the rest of you...but eventually they perk up.

It was not painful exactly to me. It was a bit scarey, but not overwhelming. Just very different as I had not experienced general anesthesia before.

You'll do great.