On a scale of 1-10, rate your overall experience 1 and 2 weeks post surgery. 1 being GREAT with no pain or difficulties. 10 being severe pain requiring pain meds and several issues. I’m just trying to get an idea of the average experience, if there is such a thing.

Maybe 3/10 (on a scale where 1 is good and 10 is bad). Liquid tylenol for a while, but I was walking within about 6 hours of surgery. No real pain other than after sneezing. Fatigue was the biggest hurdle for me and it hit hard; I went back to work a week after surgery part-time and probably should not have pushed it, because 2-hour intensive demonstrations and lots of moving pieces definitely wore me all the way down.

On 6/30/2018 at 7:56 PM, sillykitty said:

9/10 ... very little pain. I work from home, and I didn't take any time off. About 2 weeks post op I got shaky and weak, but a B12 shot seemed to fix the problem. I was back to business travel 3 weeks post op. I should have had this surgery years ago!

I had a similar experience, although I don’t work from home. At 3 weeks, major fatigue and some weakness set in. Had to roll with it and rest. Like @sillykittyI wish I had the surgery years ago. It’s life changing. ?❤️?

If not for my incisions I would never have known that anything was done to me. The only pain I had and it was minimal was from the incision below my breast bone. No gas, no nausea ever, no pain. I’ll be two months out on July 21st.

A 1, thank God

I had my procedure on June 29th and would give my recovery a 1. I had my drain taken out prior to going home the next day. I did not need any other pain medication but a Tylenol twice a day. I slept a lot the first 48 hours but did chores, etc with little discomfort outside of left shoulder pain from the gas used for the procedure. Surgery on a Friday and back to work on a Thursday (office work). Energy coming back too.

1. I felt like myself by day 5. No issues, i would say the most important thing is just walk every 30 mins to get the gas pressure to move

3 out of 10

Apart from some minor pain, slight constipation and some fatigue, the recovery has been fairly smooth, so far. I didn't particularly enjoy injecting myself with blood thinners for a week though.

I've had a laparotomy (open surgery) before, and the VSG was a doddle compared to that.