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!

@@rking I'm perfectly fine now. It was all the pain meds causing me problems. As soon as I got off of them, I was all better.

In Australia it tends to be a mandatory 3 days.

tmcx28, A lot of the time, 1-2 nights are common. It depends on the surgeon and facility, though. I also wonder if your friend had some sort of condition that meant she would need to stay an extra night.

Good luck with your surgery! Make sure you don’t overdo it when you get back home – ask for the help you need, even if it means arranging ahead of time for someone to be there to help you “just in case.” You don’t want to overdo things and risk delaying recovery or worse getting a complication!

I am sure things will go fine on Tuesday. Good luck, and let us know how it goes!

I had gastric sleeve and was in the hospital 1 night. I almost ended up back in the hospital because of dehydration. Please work hard to get as much Fluid in you as you can. Your tastes will probably change after surgery. Prior to surgery I loved room temperature Water, but after surgery it made me sick. I had to have very cold liquids. Protein drinks that I liked before surgery, didn't agree with me after surgery. Now that I am almost 17 months post surgery, everything is back to normal. This surgery was the best thing I ever did for myself. Good luck with you surgery.

3 nights. I was being discharged to a hotel since I was from out of town.