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Alistmurf    23

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I am now two weeks out from VSG. I have a four year old and a two year old and my wife (we are a two mom family) owns her own business so was only home for a few days. It has gone really well! So much easier than I expected. My littlest one (who still likes to be held a lot) has been great. I just show him the "boo-boo on my belly" and remind him that I can't pick him up.

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I'm so glad everything went so well for you. Thank you for letting me know how it went for you. It makes me feel a lot better having a little one.

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Jacket52204    35

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I had my sleeve done on 10/12 and had my 8 month old nursing daughter with me in the hospital. I've had no issues resuming life as normal just a couple days after surgery. I have five kids and am able to do everything except pick them up. My 8 month old is ok because she is under 20lbs.

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LittleLizzieLilliput    919

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My VGS surgery included gallbladder removal, and a stomach and hernia repair. I'm not recovering as quickly as most describe here. Only this morning did I wake up without pain. I still need the pain Meds and I'm gonna go back to work slowly next week. I don't know if my recovery is slower because of all that work done or if it's because I've been very ill the past 8 months leading up to my surgery. I feel like, based on what I've read from folks, you are more likely to be feeling pretty good within like 5 days.

Good luck!!!!! Hoping for only a swift and easy recovery for you. :)

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nannare    38

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I took off a week. I can lift My 1yr old granddaughter, take care of my 2 4yr old grandsons, my 9 yr old daughter, and keep the nursery at church. If the kid is more than 20lbs I just don't lift them yet.

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lgivaudan    22

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I have a 3 year old and a 17 month old. VSG is scheduled for 10/26 and I'm super worried about how I'm going to manage. My husband will be home for the first week but after that I will be on my own. ????

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Can you keep me updated with how it goes for you? I really want to book my apt for January, but I am worries because my husband will only be home for the first week also. I hope your surgery goes well!

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Things are going well. Having my husband home for the first week was very helpful. It is hard with my youngest being only 18 months. I do have to pick her up (21lbs) even though I'm not supposed to bc I still have to load her in the car and get her in and out of the crib. I try to be very careful but that is the hardest thing. Otherwise, no issues here...just watching the scale go down! :)

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Heather I    500

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I have a 2 and 3 year old who are close to 40 lbs apiece. I went back to work from home (sedentary) 5 days out and was able to do everything within a week as normal. I tried not to pick up the kids and had them get themselves in and out of the car and stuff, but by week 3 I was lifting them as normal without any issues.

Honestly, the anesthesia/barfing was the worst part of surgery immediately post-op for me. I felt like I had never had surgery by my one-week followup where they took out the staples.

If you have help the first week, I bet you'll be fine.

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