I am 34 years old and have never been on the hospital. I getting my sleeve on July 18 and just wondering what the whole process is like walking into the hospital through recovery. I am very excited but also a bit nervous.

I was like you..never had a surgery or even been in the hospital at all before my surgery.

You will be just fine! I was expecting that whole count backwards thing lol and BAM before i knew it I was waking up in recovery. I stayed two days and I was anxious to get out of there..don't expect to get much sleep with all the poking and blood pressure monitoring lol

So I have heard people say the pretty much close their eyes and its like 1 minute and they are up in recovery. Is that true.

jpv I haven't had my sleeve done yet but when I had my gallbladder removed it was just as you heard described. They put me to sleep and it felt like no time had passed when they woke me up.

So I have heard people say the pretty much close their eyes and its like 1 minute and they are up in recovery. Is that true.

It was like that for me when I was sleeved 6/13.

I went in at 5:30 a.m for surgery at 7:00. I remember moving to the surgery table and I remember the nurse asking me was I ready then seconds later (it seemed) i woke up in my private room and looked at the clock and it said 10:33. I don't remember being in recovery but my husband said I was in there for awhile.

Wow. Thanks. How was your post op journey.

So I have heard people say the pretty much close their eyes and its like 1 minute and they are up in recovery. Is that true.

Pretty much! In my case, the anesthesiologist said he would give me something to make me relax. I assumed he meant into my IV bag and he must have done it when I wasn't looking. I walked to the surgery room, laid on the table, was talking to the nurses and the next thing I know I'm in the recovery room.