Nights spent in the hospital after sleeve surgery?

[killerqueen86 16]

Hi guys! I'm new here. I was recently approved for gastric sleeve. I am nervous and excited!

I was told that I have to stay over night at least 1 night after my surgery. Is 1 night typical or will it turn into more?

I live about 1.5 hours away from the hospital my surgeon performs her surgeries and have 2 year old twins. My MIL is staying with them and I told her it should only be one night. My husband is taking the whole week off to help me recover and take care of my twins.

How many nights did you stay in the hospital? Were you in a lot of pain? Can I hold toddlers afterwards?

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[GradyCat 3,693]

I was in the hospital two nights. One the day of surgery and the following night as well. I had zero pain at all. No, you can't lift more than 10 pounds for 6 weeks post-surgery.

[Cheeseburgh 3,078]

1 night, my Dr would have approved 2 but I wanted to go home.

[gabybab 696]

Same as Cheeseburgh. It was up to me, I could have stayed another night, but I wanted to get home to my own bed.

[FluffyChix 17,413]

Welcome. 1 night and out by 11am the next morning.

[othella 20]

I spent 1 night. It was not bad at all. Now there is pain that come with it but it's bearable.

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[ms.sss 14,981]

Jumped up on the surgical table around noon on a Wednesday and then got picked up to go home around noon the next day.

[KT1981 294]

I was told 1-2 nights. I got settled into my room around 7pm the day of surgery so I obviously stayed that night. I was offered the opportunity to go home the next afternoon. I did not feel ready and I declined. So I stayed another night for 2 nights total. Staying that extra night made a WORLD of difference for me. I was ready to roll when I was discharged!

[gabybab 696]

19 minutes ago, KT1981 said:

I was told 1-2 nights. I got settled into my room around 7pm the day of surgery so I obviously stayed that night. I was offered the opportunity to go home the next afternoon. I did not feel ready and I declined. So I stayed another night for 2 nights total. Staying that extra night made a WORLD of difference for me. I was ready to roll when I was discharged!

I should have stayed 2 nights, I was in so much pain. But they ordered my bed at 30% incline and I'm a side sleeper. I literally could hardly sleep, so I wanted to bust out of there. I slept much better at home, even in tons of pain.

[Colchabay 46]

Surgery at 8 am, released by 1pm same day did great. But most are not done as outpatient as mine was.

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[zombieskayer 84]

7 hours ago, killerqueen86 said:

Hi guys! I'm new here. I was recently approved for gastric sleeve. I am nervous and excited!

I was told that I have to stay over night at least 1 night after my surgery. Is 1 night typical or will it turn into more?

I live about 1.5 hours away from the hospital my surgeon performs her surgeries and have 2 year old twins. My MIL is staying with them and I told her it should only be one night. My husband is taking the whole week off to help me recover and take care of my twins.

How many nights did you stay in the hospital? Were you in a lot of pain? Can I hold toddlers afterwards?

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I was in one night, they were threatening me with two because the pain meds made me throw up and I couldn't keep anything down but once they took me off the pain meds I was able to keep stuff down and they sent me home. You're probably not going to be able to hold toddlers afterwords. I was put on a 10lb weight restriction. I was in a good amount of pain too.

[angie_is_losing_it 90]

My surgery was on a Monday and I was discharged on Thursday afternoon. I had tons of pain so they kept me an extra day. I actually didn't feel well enough to go, but I kind of felt pushed to go home. I ended up in the ER the next day because of extreme pain. I would say my experience isn't typical based on what I've read.

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[Kris77 1,531]

Surgery was at 1pm. Stayed overnight and went home before noon the next day. I didn’t have any pain. Just sore. Welcome to the group!

[Kristinqtpie 42]

Ill be going home the same day. Same as Colchabay. Where did you do yours at?

[DeeberLee 300]

I had a 2 night stay. I couldn't drink anything, I would become nauseous. I had to stay on IV fluids. They suggested I stay another night to get hydrated.