I'm honestly so stunned by the fact that my bypass surgery recovery has been SO much less painful than recovery from having my band replaced. With the band I felt pressure/pain in my diaphragm for months after surgery... My port pain NEVER went away in 5 years... I felt like I couldn't take a deep breath for such a long time because it hurt. I was on Percoset for a couple weeks and still on OTC pain meds regularly afterwards. And the gas pain! Oh my gosh, I needed a heating pad.

The bypass recovery has been a walk in the park. Two nights in the hospital in which I happily took narcotics every time they were offered (though to be honest my pain level was really low... I just was enjoying the narcotics). Little to NO gas pain (maybe thanks to the drain the surgeon placed in the hospital?) and I was happily walking constantly while I was there.

My surgeon sends all post-op bypass patients home on JUST OTC liquid Tylenol. They told me before the surgery and I thought it was crazy. I thought NO WAY will that be enough. And you know what? It was plenty! It really was! I only took it a few days. I'm still shocked.

By 1 week post op I had NO pain other than a little incision soreness if I had my binder off and I rubbed them against something.

I mean, other than chewing food, I'm 100% fine and I'm 10 days out. It's incredible.

I'm honestly so stunned by the fact that my bypass surgery recovery has been SO much less painful than recovery from having my band replaced. With the band I felt pressure/pain in my diaphragm for months after surgery... My port pain NEVER went away in 5 years... I felt like I couldn't take a deep breath for such a long time because it hurt. I was on Percoset for a couple weeks and still on OTC pain meds regularly afterwards. And the gas pain! Oh my gosh, I needed a heating pad.

The bypass recovery has been a walk in the park. Two nights in the hospital in which I happily took narcotics every time they were offered (though to be honest my pain level was really low... I just was enjoying the narcotics). Little to NO gas pain (maybe thanks to the drain the surgeon placed in the hospital?) and I was happily walking constantly while I was there.

My surgeon sends all post-op bypass patients home on JUST OTC liquid Tylenol. They told me before the surgery and I thought it was crazy. I thought NO WAY will that be enough. And you know what? It was plenty! It really was! I only took it a few days. I'm still shocked.

By 1 week post op I had NO pain other than a little incision soreness if I had my binder off and I rubbed them against something.

I mean, other than chewing food, I'm 100% fine and I'm 10 days out. It's incredible.

Glad to hear that, very encouraging

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@@Rachel412 we have the same surgeon and I had a very similar experience! Much easier than I expected, I didn't even need the tylenol.

@@Rachel412 we have the same surgeon and I had a very similar experience! Much easier than I expected, I didn't even need the tylenol.

Woohoo! I thought they were INSANE when they told me about the Tylenol. I'm so glad they were right!

I agree! It was light the light when on and I could live again. I'm over a year out from RNY revision and couldn't be happier!