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Comparison: VSG to C section?

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laurenella82    625

laurenella82
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I know I probably shouldn't compare but I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what the recovery and pain is like in comparison to a c section?

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Jill7768    46

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I have had a c section, hysterectomy, and vsg. I found the sleeve to be the hardest of the three. The pain associated with sipping and eating was difficult for me. pain from the incision(s) was similar in all three. That being said, about three days after the sleeve, I felt better!

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Elode    8,093

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@@laurenella82 Ugh! I asks that same question on here before my surgery and everyone said it wasn't as bad blah blah blah. So imagine how pissed I was when I Woke up in recovery and it freaking hurt! My exact words to the recovery nurse where "they all f'in lied"!! (But I used the dirty words without shame) He was like "who lied? About what?" I said they said it wasn't going to hurt! They are all liars!!! So Yes in my case the first 10-15 mins after waking up hurt! After that they got my pain under control and it didn't really hurt that bad until after I Left the hospital, the first two days weren't pleasant I remember telling my husband I'd rather have a c-section (I've already had 3) I called my surgeon on day 3 and told him I was hurting and the pain meds Weren't doing sh*t so he prescribed me a stronger narcotic and after that I was A-ok!! Now with that being said I also had a crappy JP drain that added to my misery. I didn't have any gas Pain or any of that junk thank goodness! So for me it wasn't a walk in the park BUT you could be completely different, some people don't even remember the recovery room at all. The Good thing is I'm over two months post op and I don't even think about unless asked and I Wont lie, mainly because I don't want people cusing me in the recovery room lol! I would do it all again though the few days of pain are well worth it. You may have a painless easy recovery it all varies! So don't let me freak you out!

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Elode    8,093

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@@Jill7768 It's like we're twins! Lol minus the hysterectomy!

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laurenella82    625

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@@Elode lol!!

What's a JP drain??

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Elode    8,093

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@@laurenella82 Its a tube that goes into your abdominal wall to drain out the excess fluid/blood from surgery. The tube then hangs outside your body through a incision And it has a bulb on the end (think Grenade shape) the bulb collects the blood and you have to open it up and drain the blood/fluid out periodically. I was suppose to have It until my first apt (7 days) but I pulled it out after 4 days. It quit working and it was a Sunday. I wasn't about to wait until I could get an appointment. Being a nurse I called the on call Dr and he said I could either wait or take it out so I pulled the little annoying painful bastard. It's a good foot long...and weird!

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Elode    8,093

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@Elode pS best feeling in the world to get it out! I felt instantly better from that day forward!

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laurenella82    625

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Ugh!! Lol

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Elode    8,093

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Oh my goodness ! Did I mention my own name in that last post! Holy crap and I'm not even drinking! Wow, just wow!

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LipstickLady    25,682

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Yup. I did have nausea until about 3 months and still have vomiting due to my stricture, but no pain. :D

I don't care. I am thin and cute and feel like a flucking million bucks. WOOOOT!

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BLERDgirl    6,417

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Never had a c- section, but I did have a radical hysterectomy(ovaries, lymph nodes , Fallopian tubes, etc...) that was also done laparoscopically. I guess I have a high pain threshold or something because neither hurt that bad.

You might be like me. I had zero pain, no nausea, no gas, no vomiting, no Constipation, no complications whatsoever. I have tolerated every food I've tried so far. The worse things I've had happen was having to get a PICC line when they couldn't start an IV, getting a rash from the tape used to hold the PICC line in place and some mild indigestion.

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jess9395    5,450

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I guess we are all different. My C section was way worse than my sleeve surgery! Much more pain and harder recovery.

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lynette85    38

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1 emergency csection and 1 scheduled

Sleeve was initially more pain than both, but the recovery with sleeve way better. (A week out)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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