Hello everyone! I am scheduled for Monday, 11/30 for surgery. How long has everyone stayed overnight in the hospital? Everyone says 1 day unless something happens but my friend went in & they told her mandatory 3 days!! Not looking forward to that since I have a 14 month old!

I could have left the next day but stayed an additional night cuz we had a five hour drive home. I think an extra night might be good for you to rest and heal more.

Txbariatricguy, who is your doc? I have had a great experience too.

My surgeon requires 2 nights. She might have met me go after one, but I live four hours away, so she kept me both required nights, because if there were a complication, she preferred me there!

@@rking Adam Smith out of Fort Worth

I stayed 2 nights. I had quite a bit of pain and wanted the extra day of IV pain killers. Was more than ready to go home after the 2 nights though.

I have a two night stay. Surgery is Tuesday morning and I'll be discharged Thursday. I'm okay with that because I live alone and don't have family close by. The hospital has wifi so I'll just bring my ipad and headphones and hang out in my comfy pants watching Netflix until they set me free

When is your surgery? & I am sorry that no one is close to help you but live up the 24/7 service lol

My surgery is next Tuesday! I do have my parents and siblings about 45 minutes away so they'll be over on the weekend to help me out if I need it but they can't just pop over whenever. I'm sure everything will be just fine though, it seems like a lot of people are recovering quickly!

My clinic says it'll be two nights - maybe as little as one. Insurance letter said they approved one night only.

What happens if I NEED to stay more than one?

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My clinic says it'll be two nights - maybe as little as one. Insurance letter said they approved one night only.

What happens if I NEED to stay more than one?

The hospital will contact your insurance company with the information necessary to get approval for the second night. I would not worry.

I had two days.

My clinic says it'll be two nights - maybe as little as one. Insurance letter said they approved one night only.

What happens if I NEED to stay more than one?

The hospital will contact your insurance company with the information necessary to get approval for the second night. I would not worry.

Thanks!!

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Why don't you just Call your surgeons office and ask? They are the only ones that can answer your question. No one else's experience has anything to do with your surgeons or your insurance's protocols.

The same thing happened to me! My insurance approved one night but since I lived five hours away I decided to stay another night. I have not heard from insurance but feel they will pay. I hope I am right

Good luck to you.

I was in for one night and released the next day around 5:30 PM. Houston rush hour traffic is horrendous and it took us almost two hours to get home even though it is a 30 min. drive. I was glad to have a pillow in the car to hold up against my stomach for going over bumps and potholes.

I had RNY but I was scheduled for just an overnight stay, but I didn't handle anesthesia well and I didn't wake up all the way for the first day and my lungs were suppressed by the IV pain meds so I needed full oxygen support. The second day they tried to give me oral pain meds to transition off the IV meds but I violently threw it all up each time so they put me back on the IV which brought on massive oxygen drops til I told them I didn't want pain meds anymore. I could tolerate my pain on my own enough and I wanted to be able to breathe without oxygen problems and I knew it was the med causing my problem because it happened to be too when I had kidney stones years ago. To make a longer story shorter, I went in on Monday and stayed til Wednesday. It was really hard for me because I wanted to get back to my baby (he's 17 month now) and my other 6 kiddos, but sometimes the best thing for your kids is to stay at the hospital where you are safe.

My surgeon gave me the option of staying a second night. I was feeling pretty good so I went home the 2nd day, only 1 night.

Sajijoma so sorry!!!! I hope you are all well now.