Had surgery on the 28th, came home yesterday afternoon and made a lasagna for my family (which my husband loaded into the oven because it was too heavy), went to bed, got up to tuck kids in and read a bedtime story, went back to sleep. My youngest was crying this morning and I made the mistake of jumping right out of bed, which lead to letting the dog out, which lead to running interference so the dog wouldn't go after that one chicken who won't go into the coop at night, which lead to my 2 year old opening the door and letting our indoor cat out. It was all very stressful and I hadn't yet taken a pain or nausea med as there was no nice nursing staff to wake my up at 2AM for the next scheduled dose. I am back in bed now with a heating pad, waiting to stop feeling woozy so I can sip the required amount of protein shake.

How long did your nausea last? How long before you could do most normal things, apart from lifting over 10 lbs?

Sounds like you had an eventful first night home! Part of your nausea may be from overdo-ing a bit yesterday. I found that I didn't need either pain or nausea meds after the first 24 hours home, but everyone is different. As for the 10 pounds, I wasn't cleared for that for 3-4 weeks - that has to do with your muscles healing from the incision and your staple line in your stomach healing.

Keep in mind that anesthesia can mess with your body. Take things a bit slow. (I know its hard to do with small children in the house.) But you did just have major surgery. It may not "feel" major because it was laparascopic, but your body has been through a huge trauma and you need to be kind to it. If you had just had a c-section, would you be asking the same question?

Now, as someone who had 2 c-sections and a sleeve, I will tell you that recovering from the sleeve is much easier, but you need to cut yourself some slack this first week home.

Best of luck.

I am prone to nausea in general, so not terribly surprised there. My abdominal pain has decreased a lot since my second night in the hospital (it took my body two days to remember how to pass gas, despite my frequent walks around the nurses station). I feel a lot less bloated after being off IV fluids, too. Still having abdominal pain, just not as bad. I'll try to simmer down. This is my first abdominal surgery as both kids went out the same way they got in. Thanks for the reply

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It lasted a few weeks but I was able to do most normal things 4-6 weeks after surgery.


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HW- 273
Pre-op Wt- 230
SW- 226
CW- 179
GW- 130
Ht- 5'2.5"
DOS- April 26th, 2017

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