Hi everyone, I had my sleeve surgery on Tuesday the 18th, I stayed overnight and went home the next day, everything went terrific.

The doctor said that my surgery went very very well, he said the pre-op diet had shrunken my liver to normal size, which made things go very well.

I also had a hernia repair along with the sleeve, when I went to my room after recovery I set in a chair for about two hours, then I got up and walked two loops around the nurses station which is quite a distance.

The only pain I had was in recovery from the gas, they put some pain medicine in the IV and within no time the pain stopped. To be honest, I have had no nausea or vomiting and very little to no pain at all, even in the seven incisions, just a little tender when I touch them.

I will give you some very good advice concerning the gas pain, walk walk walk and walk some more!

The surgeon that I chose is very good at this procedure, he performs roughly 8 gastric sleeve surgeries per week, in fact he is the one responsible for getting the bariatric weight loss and surgery Center started there at the hospital several years ago. At this point, other than being careful how I have to swallow liquids, it's almost as if I didn't have anything done.

Although the doctor is very good at what he does, I give all the credit to the Lord for keeping His mighty and merciful hand upon me, He means everything to me.

The Preacher

I'm all for allowing folks their faith, but downplaying or taking credit away from the wonderful work performed by your surgeon and team does them a disservice.

Congrats on a smooth surgery, I hope your recovery is equally as smooth.

4 hours ago, Matt Z said:

I'm all for allowing folks their faith, but downplaying or taking credit away from the wonderful work performed by your surgeon and team does them a disservice.

Congrats on a smooth surgery, I hope your recovery is equally as smooth.

Not the case here, my surgeon and his team feel exactly the same way as I do.

Edited September 20, 20187 yr by The Preacher

Good morning everyone!

This is my second day home from the hospital, still no pain or nausea, still walking a lot. Vitamins, protein drinks, water and popsicles are going down fairly well, I'm going to try some sugar free pudding later on today.

I hope everyone else is doing well.

Congrats on your successful surgery. Hope you have an easy healing period.

Congrats on a successful surgery! I'll be getting my hiatal hernia repaired so I am glad to hear that yours didn't give you any trouble

Hi everyone, I had my sleeve surgery on Tuesday the 18th, I stayed overnight and went home the next day, everything went terrific.
The doctor said that my surgery went very very well, he said the pre-op diet had shrunken my liver to normal size, which made things go very well.
I also had a hernia repair along with the sleeve, when I went to my room after recovery I set in a chair for about two hours, then I got up and walked two loops around the nurses station which is quite a distance.
The only pain I had was in recovery from the gas, they put some pain medicine in the IV and within no time the pain stopped. To be honest, I have had no nausea or vomiting and very little to no pain at all, even in the seven incisions, just a little tender when I touch them.
I will give you some very good advice concerning the gas pain, walk walk walk and walk some more!
The surgeon that I chose is very good at this procedure, he performs roughly 8 gastric sleeve surgeries per week, in fact he is the one responsible for getting the bariatric weight loss and surgery Center started there at the hospital several years ago. At this point, other than being careful how I have to swallow liquids, it's almost as if I didn't have anything done.
Although the doctor is very good at what he does, I give all the credit to the Lord for keeping His mighty and merciful hand upon me, He means everything to me.
The Preacher

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Wishing you a speedy and easy recovery. So glad things are going well for you so far.

I'm glad to hear your surgery went well and you're healing smoothly!