I'm kinda freaking out because they told me I would be sharing a room in the hospital. I am deathly afraid of vomit, like it's my BIGGEST phobia!! I'm scared I'll get put in a room with another bariatric patient who may be puking in the bed next to me. If you had to share a room how was it? Was your room mate also in for gastric surgery?

I was expecting to share a room, but was pleasantly surprised to have a room to myself! Plus, it was the bariatric floor, so there was tons of space and there was even a convertible couch type thing that my hubby could have slept on if he had wanted to stay the night with me.

You can pay out of pocket for a private room. You can reasonbly expect to pay about $1,000 for a 2 day stay.

You can pay out of pocket for a private room. You can reasonbly expect to pay about $1,000 for a 2 day stay.

Oh and btw.... It's not just bariatric patients that that puke

If you can swing it I would pay the upcharge for a private room. I had my own and it was awesome not having the TV on and being able to pee when I needed to. There was a fold-out couch for my husband but he would have been my Helga-the-He-Devil because he is an extrovert and high energy and talks a lot! I loved my private time to recuperate and read. The only time I have ever had to share a room was when baby #2 arrived. They wanted me to share a labor room with a woman who brought her husband and nearly every relative she had with her. She shaved herself "downstairs" and left the mess all over the bathroom where I needed to go vomit constantly (I had a freakish vomity second childbirth, 1 and 3 were dry). I finally held my nurses wrist and my husband and told them to either get me out of there or I was going to go to another hospital (probably a bluff as I was vomiting and dehydrated) because no way was I laboring in that nut house. This was an upscale hospital with Laura Ashley birthing-freaking-suites that were all occupied. The nurse felt for me and moved me to a tiny single room with a single bed that had all of the hospital birthing equipment stored. There was a narrow path to the bed. I was grateful. People bopped in to get equipment but I dealt with it. Afterwards I had to share a room. The lady was fine but her husband was very sick and coughed non-stop as well as loads of visitors that had to walk past me so I couldn't wait to get out of there.

I did not have to share a room and that is honestly something that would have been a deciding factor for me as to which hospital I’d have the surgery done.

I have similar issues about vomit, and I did have to share a room, and yeah, she vomited. It was stressful but honestly I was so focused on my body that it I didn’t react by fleeing from the room or having a panic attack. Bring headphones and music to drown out noise. There will be a curtain do you shouldn’t have to see anything.

I did! My first roommate’s husband was screaming to discharge her and left against medical advice.
My 2nd (just a few hours later) was another sleeve patient around my age. No complaints with her. We took turns chatting, throwing up, bugging the nurse for meds...ha. It all worked out.

Thankfully my hospital has all private rooms. No roommate and no vomit!

Well the hospital was full so I was able to get a small room in the recovery ward. It was really small but at least it had a door and when I was up all night long I wasn’t disturbing anyone else. It was pretty quiet on that ward because people usually don’t end up staying there so I practically had a nurse all to myself. I guess it kind of worked out

Hospital I stayed at had private room. Maybe you'll get lucky and no one will share the room with you?