Hi, I had sleeve 5 days ago and felt that I was doing great, but once the hospital drugs wore off and I went home the pain in my left side has got so bad that I dread walking. How long should I expect it to last?

I would definitely contact ER or your doctor regarding this pain in your left side. When I was discharged from the hospital I was pain free. I had soreness around my incision only.

Is it gas pain? Is it new from what you were having in the hospital? Off course you want to walk but this early out they don't expect anything major, I was told to walk around the house every hour then as I felt better get out and walk around the block and build it up as you feel better.

Spoke to my nurse who said it is normal and all is ok and it's the wound in my stomach plus the stitches that are giving me the pain. I was hoping it would start to ease up by now. Not really having a problem with gas that I can't control. Thanks.

Gas, I remember that feeling oh so well.
I'm 2.5 years post op

I took OxyContin for at least a week after surgery. Seemed like everyone made recovery sound like a breeze, but I was in a lot of pain.