Hello,

I am soon to be sleeved and it seems that I may have the choice of a surgery center, which is located across the street from a large hospital or in an actual hospital.

I have thought of many pro's and con's to each environment. I am curious what your thoughts are!? Where did you have your procedure? How do you feel about going home the day of the procedure? I was also told this may be an option.

Thank you for sharing!!!

Best,

Sannah

I had mine in a surgery center as an outpatient. Checked in at 0700, surgery at 0900, walked out the door at 1430. A little tough getting in the car. No problems, was glad to be in my own bed with my doggies!

If I had the option, I would stay in the hospital for surgery and stay at least overnight if not longer. This is a major surgery. I think it would be best to be at a hospital setting where if god forbid anything went wrong or you had some sort of bad reaction, there would be people on hand immediately to deal with the situation.

My surgery was done in a surgery center, which I was fine with. As with your situation, there was a major hospital right across the street "just in case." My dad is a physician and he felt a surgery center was fine.

There is no way I would have felt comfortable having this as day surgery. This is a major surgery and complications do arise. Stay in the hospital/surgery center overnight where you have access to pain meds, IV fluids, anti-nausea meds, experienced staff watching over you, etc. This is YOUR LIFE you're dealing with - no time to quibble over 1 (or even 2) nights.

I like the idea of a surgery center for outpatient procedures, however I do not feel this is yet an outpateint procedure and should be done in a hosptial with at least a 1 or 2 night stay in the hospital so they can monitor you and make sure you are well enough to go home.