Hospital Stay?

[Ginger Belle 54]

Hey everyone? How is everyone doing? Blessed and doing great I pray. Well my question is how long was your hospital stay with your procedures? I supposed to be having gastric bypass surgery but they only put a one night hospital stay. I thought , well assumed that the gastric sleeve procedure is one night while the gastric bypass was two? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks; -)

[Bufflehead 6,358]

My surgeon's usual rule is 2 nights for either sleeve or bypass. He's pretty conservative though. He won't let you out of the hospital until you are meeting your Fluid and Protein daily goals.

[SalOdyssey 441]

Mine says 2 days.

[Daisee68 2,493]

My dr plans 2 nights for bypass but I was doing well enough that she sent me home after 1 night. I was home in just over 24 hours from surgery!

[Dashofpixiedust8 1,469]

I stayed 5 days ???? But they were having trouble controlling my pain and I was very nauseous and couldn't drink anything so I stayed extra days.

[Avettgirl 13]

I'm two weeks out today. I stayed two nights. I had severe nausea and vomiting. Pain wasn't controlled well by the meds. Normally it is a one night stay with my surgeon. I had VSG.

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[CelesteMarie 129]

I was sleeved and stayed just under 24 hours.

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[jess9395 5,448]

Mine said plan for two nights but when I received the insurance paperwork it only said one. I talked to the coordinator/nurse to clarify and she reassured me that they extend it if the doctor feels it's necessary but typically only authorize one day at a time.

That said, I was home the next day. I had the sleeve.

[Dave D 35]

I had the sleeve.... I was out 24 hours after the surgery......

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[jess9395 5,448]

Mine said plan for two nights but when I received the insurance paperwork it only said one. I talked to the coordinator/nurse to clarify and she reassured me that they extend it if the doctor feels it's necessary but typically only authorize one day at a time.

That said, I was home the next day. I had the sleeve.

[Lily461 33]

I had the sleeve on 6/6. Was supposed to stay one night, but ended up staying three due to a small complication. My esophagus swelled up and I was having trouble getting liquids down and gas out. Very painful, and I was also having dry heaves. They did a swallow study the day after my surgery and found the problem. Treatment was simple with steroids, but my surgeon wanted to be sure I was well past the vomiting and pain before sending me home. I've been doing fine since then.

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[Beck90 189]

I had the same complication as Lily mentioned above and the same treatment (steroids) but it didn't extend my stay because the plan had always been a 3 day stay so they were able to get it under control within that time

[rubia72 200]

1 night, walk, walk,walk.

[melbell2222 244]

I haven't had mine yet but Ik the least days are the best bc of hospital born viruses

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[rubia72 200]

That's true plus I hate hospitals. I once hemorrhaged after delivering a 10lb baby girl and I pretended to be able to walk by holding on to my husband for dear life just so that I could go home[emoji6]