I have my VSG date!!! September 1st is my official date(they had to push it back from the original august 27th)????. I was just wondering how long everyone else's stay in the hospital was. My surgeon says the "norm" for his patients are 1-2 days, meaning 1-2 overnights. Please give me some insight...thanks!

Only an overnight stay. By 6 hours after surgery I was only taking tylenol and never even took the prescription with codeine.

My surgeon requires 2 nights for sleeve and bypass and 1 night for lap band.

Thanks everyone! I plan on at least two nights, especially being a type-1 diabetic, making sure blood glucose levels are stable before sending me off. I have a fantastic surgical team that I rely on 24/7, but the hospital is an hour away so I want to be sure things are all good before leaving...

I was originally told it would be a one night stay but my potassium level got very low and they kept me another night with a potassium drip in the IV.

Mine was outpatient: I was moved to the recovery room at 10:00 and was discharged at 2:30 that same afternoon. Granted, I'm young with no comorbidities and my surgery went flawlessly. But my surgeon does most of his cases as outpatients.

I stayed two days and two nights. My insurance approved eight days, but I did not need it.

Two days, surgeons decision. I could have went home that night.

Planned on one night, ended up staying two nights. On day two, got off the IV meds, but started having nausea with Water when I was taking pills (didn't throw up but was spitting in a bucket). The surgeon didn't want me to throw up at home so I agreed to another night. We did stop the water and stuck with watered-down juice, tea and broth and I was fine.

2 days.

2 overnights.

I was admitted at noon, checked out 4:30pm the next day.

My surgeon requires a 2 night stay, and I needed both of them. Couldn't get up and around right after surgery as others did due to pain and nausea and weakness, so it took me a little longer to get feeling better. Then I spent 2 more nights in a special recovery floor in a hotel, where I did need the staff nurse a couple of times. So, it really looks like it depends on you, your surgeon, and where you get it done.

I'm from Australia so things may be different here but I'm booked for a 5 day stay!

i am in for three nights if all goes well

Sleeved Thursday ~10:30 am. Spent Friday absolutely miserable and unable to wake up even to go to the bathroom or start sipping my Water. Woke up sometime in the middle of the night Saturday completely different, and by noon I was home. The surgeon's requirements were two days for sleeve, and that turned out perfectly.

On Friday, I really didn't think there was even a remote chance that I would be able to stay the minimum. So it does get better pretty rapidly.

Was supposed to be an overnight stay but when he got in there he found that I had a hernia he needed to repair which is somewhat common with these surgeries. Ended up with a 5 nighter :/