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Bandme1    12

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I guess I really lucked out because I did not have any gas pain whatsoever. I had my surgery yesterday afternoon and when I woke up I was slightly nauseous and they gave me some meds right away and I was fine. I was in no pain at all yesterday and this morning I have quite a bit of pain around my incisions because I decided not to take the morphine. I am on liquid vicodin, but am taking a very low dosage. Other than the pain around the incisions I have been just fine. I came home this morning, so I spent less than 24 hours in the hospital.

I am SO happy with this surgery so far and so grateful that I have not had any complications or serious pain. I went in expecting the worst and was very pleasantly surprised. The most pain I have is when I go from sitting/laying to standing up. That hurts quite a bit but once I get to walking it goes away.

Anyways, I know this isn't the norm, but I just thought that I would share that it's not always horrible. :) Just wanted to give a little hope to those of you out there that have yet to be sleeved.

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wendy1974    3

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Congrats MLD! It is nice to hear a good surgery story :) I'm really happy for you, now you get to be a loser, too!:D

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Texasmom65    23

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Yeah! Glad to hear everything went well. But make sure to take that pain medicine, don't suffer. Your body heals faster when your not hurting.

Hugs to you.

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Nancy Rivers    24

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Glad to hear everything went well! It sounds like your experience is very similar to mine (except I was kept in the hospital a bit more than 24 hours). Hope everything continues to go well for you.

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my_year2011    0

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I guess I really lucked out because I did not have any gas pain whatsoever. I had my surgery yesterday afternoon and when I woke up I was slightly nauseous and they gave me some meds right away and I was fine. I was in no pain at all yesterday and this morning I have quite a bit of pain around my incisions because I decided not to take the morphine. I am on liquid vicodin, but am taking a very low dosage. Other than the pain around the incisions I have been just fine. I came home this morning, so I spent less than 24 hours in the hospital.

I am SO happy with this surgery so far and so grateful that I have not had any complications or serious pain. I went in expecting the worst and was very pleasantly surprised. The most pain I have is when I go from sitting/laying to standing up. That hurts quite a bit but once I get to walking it goes away.

Anyways, I know this isn't the norm, but I just thought that I would share that it's not always horrible. :) Just wanted to give a little hope to those of you out there that have yet to be sleeved.

Congratulations and welcome to the loser's club! I am 6 days post-op, haven't had too much pain either. I did choose the morphine drip in the hospital, but haven't had to take any pain meds since being home. I was only in the hospital 1 night too. Good luck to you! :)

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Bandme1    12

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I am just so relieved to finally be on the other side!! :) Woooooot!! Sip sip sippin' away and surprised at the fact that all the food my husband eats smells absolutely divine. lol! I know I can't eat, but daaaang, it smells so good. I enjoy just smelling it.

Day 2 and I'm getting in almost 60 ounces of liquids. That seems like a lot so soon out.

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