Hello, I'm only 6 days post sleeve and I have been walking up to an hour everyday. My surgeon only recommended 30 minutes but I'm so anxious to lose the weight that I'm doing more. I'm wondering if I might be causing any problems to my sleeve. I do feel a bit sore in my right side after but nothing too painful. Also, I am a stomach/side sleeper. So sleeping on my back hasn't been easy. I find myself sleeping on my left side and when I wake up, my stomach is in pain. I'm wondering if sleeping on my side is not safe to do. I'm also seeing that other sleevers are posting about having drains, I didn't have that and curious as to why not everyone gets a drain. My follow up appt is Tuesday and will discuss my concerns with my surgeon and will have my first weigh in. I can't wait to see if I've lost any pounds.

Absolutely not, 30 min is a great start. If you can walk more, GREAT!! Just don't lift anything for a while.

Walk walk walk, sip sip sip

Drains are a surgeons preference some use them, some don't. I'm not familiar with any complications from not having one or having one.

I had a drain that didn't work, so all that caused was a mess because all the Fluid that supposed to go into the drain leaked into my bandaging, not a big deal, just more work for the nurses to clean up.

Ok great. I'll keep walking and sipping. Thanks for answering my questions on the drain. I was starting to feel like , "should I have had one of those".

I was sleeved on 6/28, and I am already sleeping on my stomach. It helped me to release the gas pressure by rolling around. I am so surprised that it doesn't hurt at all. When I had my gallbladder removed, it took me 3 weeks before I felt comfortable sleeping on my side or stomach.

Wow...good for you. It will totally help you with getting the gas out. It is so uncomfortable for me to sleep on my stomach and though I can tolerate my side, when I wake up I'm in pain. I also had my gallbladder removed a few years ago and it took weeks for me too to sleep on my stomach. Thanks for responding I feel better knowing that I can't cause any damage by sleeping on my side or stomach.

I hade mine sleeve on the 25th. I sleep on

My stomach I have been sleep on my side.when I was at the hospital my surgeon came in my room and he said u really sleep on your side I ask is that ok he said yes I said because I'm a stomach sleeper. But I did have a drain in he took

Mine out on Friday but I still have draining from

Where he took it out at don't k why.