Happy to say.... 3 days post op a d feeling pretty great!

The first two days were ROUGH and the third day was no picnic....but by the 4th day, thanks be to God I feel like a million dollars!

I wanted to share some of my discomfort so you know there is light at the end of tunnel....don't despair!

1. I felt incredible gas pain and wanted to punch the nurse and doctors when they would smile and say walk walk walk... shut your face!!!

2. By the second day they gave me liquids and it felt like liquid glass going down my throat and afterwards it felt like life sucking pressure in my chest that made me bed for sweet death. I could not breath. Enter nurse... walk walk walk. SHUT YOUR FACE!

3. BY the 3rd day I was convinced that I had spent all that money in a sadistic surgery without hope. I truly wished for a painless death. My doctor came in and told me that my stitching site was very inflamed and each time that I drank... it was aggravating my incision. He also told me to rest and take a high dosage of anti inflamatory drugs.

By day 4....birds were singing once again and I felt less murdery toward the nursing staff. The inflamation had gone away and i could drink liquids, keep things down and it has been great. I'm being discharged in a few minutes.

**keep up the hope, if you are struggling remember that the pain is only temporary!!!!

9 minutes ago, beckstar76 said:

I was in the hospital for 2 nights. Surgery was 7:30 am on Thursday and discharged on Saturday. Could not imagine going home the same day or even the next!


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Same here. My doc requires his patients have a mandatory 3 day stay. Does surgeries on Wednesdays only and people typically go home on a Friday afternoon. I was stuck for 6 days due to complications which started on day 3. I couldn't have imagined going home the same day or on day 2. I'm thankful we had to stay at the hospital.

Walter, very few places do bariatric surgery as a same-day procedure. The first 48 hours, the stomach is so swollen, it is virtually impossible to get enough to drink. You'll go right back to get fluids if they release you same day (barring other complications).

Nausea and pain control are also issues that don't necessarily respond to the first medicine attempted.

Personally I would never do this surgery in a clinic that planned for it to be a same day procedure.

I am a risk-taker too! Going to Mexico!

my surgery was 2/15, discharged 2/16 after dinner. every dr is different, my dr said 2 days usually, but if pain/drinking/walking of ok I could go home. Everyone heals differently.

My doctor was willing to release me the same day, but I opted to stay overnight due to an underlying blood clotting disease I suffer from, just in case. I had surgery on Monday at 12pm, I was on Tuesday by 1pm. Tuesday night was difficult, but by Wednesday I felt so much better. I recover very fast and I guess it could depend on your overall health going into the surgery.

No...not at all. 4 days for me and trust me... I needed every single one of those days to feel better and ready for home

I'm 2 days post op and I have no trouble drinking the only pain I had is in the left side. Anyone else not have a problem with drinking

Drinking water was never a problem for me
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