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Alexandra    55

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

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Alexandra    55

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

Outpatient. Surgery at 8:00 a.m., home at 1:00 p.m.

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

No complications.

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

Generic Percocet, I think (Endocet). I didn't take any of it.

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

Next day and for the next three days I was sore, but that was about it. No gas pain to speak of.

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

4 down to 2 pretty quickly.

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Dr. Alexander Abkin, Morristown, NJ

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HelenC    0

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

Outpatient - Surgery at 7am, out by noon

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

No, none

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

liquid Lortab was my friend :) Took it for 2.5 days

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

Various degrees of pain for a week

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

6 at the worst point

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Richard Benavides in Richardson, Texas

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Raven5683    1

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

One over night stay - precaution I was one of the doctors first three lapband surgeries that day (he had been doing gastric bypass for years)

2. Did you have complications related to surgery? No Complications

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

liquid Roxicet I took my last dose Sunday night, I was banded on a Thursday

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

2-3 days to me there is a difference between pain and feeling sore. I felt sore. Luckily No gass pain!

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

Between a 2-4 depending on the day

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Dr. David Gould, Manchester, New Hampshire

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beachgirl    2

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

Over night stay in Mexico then one more night at his guesthouse

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

None

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

Liquid Loritab, I didn't take it any.

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

Honestly no pain just soreness but I walked a whole lot.

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

3

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Dr. Rodolfo Sanchez, Monterrey, Mexico

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daniethegirl    0

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

Outpatient. Surgery began at 8:30 was out by 9:30, and left for home at 1:00pm.

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

Not one.

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

Norco...surgery was yesterday, so I'm still taking it!

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

Still have it, but it's only day 2.

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

In the hospital it was a 6 ot 7. Now it is a 4 or 5. The medicine definitely makes it anywhere from a 1 to a 3.

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Dr. Alexander Nagle, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

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annieM    2

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

No, I went home by 3:30 PM.

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

No, none at all.

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

I only took tylenol for pain because I am allergic to more powerful stuff. I didn't need more anyway.

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

It was mild, but about a week. The shoulder pain(from the gas) persisted off and on for a few weeks.

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

About a 2..but I'd give the shoulder pain a 4.

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Dr. Osborne near Cincinnati, Ohio

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denicelit    0

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

Overnight

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

Shoulder pain

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

Liquid Tylenol

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

Only shoulder pain for two weeks.

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

Only shoulder pain - 7

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Dr. Dennis Hong - Good Samaritan - Portland, OR:)

Today 10:56 AM

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travelgirl    3

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

Outpatient. In surgery at 10:30am, out the door at 3:00pm.

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

No complications.

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

Liquid Lortab. Took half dose at bedtime for a couple of nights to help me get to sleep. Otherwise, adult strength liquid Tylenol did the trick. Only needed the Tylenol about a week, and it's gathering dust now...

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

Maybe 5 days, but it wasn't bad.

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

4 or 5 at worst unless I moved wrong or too fast.

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Dr. Brent Steward, Topeka Ks :clap2:

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Big As Life    0

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Post-Op Pain Survey Questions

1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight? Outpatient

2. Did you have complications related to surgery? None

3. What you were given for at home pain? Hydrocodene and phenergran for nausea ..plus a patch that I started wearing the day before surgery and then 2 days after surgery..

How many days did you take it? 5 days

4. Pain after surgery for how many days? 5 or 6

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut? first day....4....remaining days...2-3-..

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done? Dr. Rachael Keilien/Texas

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

I stayed overnight.

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

No complications.

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

Vicodin - I took it for a couple of days.

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

Chest pains for 6 days off and on. That was the only pain I had.

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

Pain from surgery was around a "2." The chest pains, which apparently

were from gas, for the 6 subsequent days were uncomfortable but

tolerable.

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Dr. George Fielding, New York, NY

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JeninCO    0

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

Came home that same day.

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

No.

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?Vicodin, took for the first three days and when I boarded a plane to NY.

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

A week.

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

5

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Thomas Brown, Denver, CO

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

Home that afternoon

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

No complications.

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

Tylenol with codine

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

Swollen and tender, but really not bad. Two weeks later though, and I'm STILL having a great deal of pain from my shoulder!

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

Pain from surgery was around a "3." Shoulder pain can hit a 7-8 easily.

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Dr. Horgan, San Diego

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kity    2

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

I had to stay overnight...about 36 hours

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

No, but last week I got a little infection at my port incisions, on antibiotics and responding well!

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

I was given liquid Loritab for home. I took it from Wednesday until Sunday.

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

I was really hurting the first 2 days. I even posted here when I got home that if I would've known this much pain was involved, I might have reconsidered. NEEDS TO BE SAID THAT I NEVER HAD KIDS, AND HAD NO OTHER SURGERIES...BIG BABY!

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

Day 1-2= 8: Day 3-5 =6: Day 6-7= 2 or 3

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Dr. Bobby Basker-Rau

Palm Springs, CA

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1. Was your procedure outpatient or did you stay overnight?

Overnight

2. Did you have complications related to surgery?

None

3. What you were given for at home pain? How many days did you take it?

Paracetemol which is a standard headache type med

4. Pain after surgery for how many days?

None at all - if it wasnt for the incisions I would wonder if it had been done!!

5. Degree of pain...10 being your arm was cut off and 1 being a paper cut?

0

6. Doctor and state where surgery was done?

Rob Fris

Auckland

New Zealand

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