I am having my sleeve surgery on May 30th. My question is for the people having surgery soon or already had it...what were you must nervous about and how was your first 2 days after you woke up from surgery? Thank you!

Congrats, I am May 23! Looking forward to seeing what others experienced

First, congratulations! Just had surgery on April 18th.

I was most nervous that something bad would happen during surgery. But as I laid in the hospital bed right before surgery, I realized that the staff was just at work and calm, and this was an every day occurrence for them. I had to trust that they were competent and if they got me through the surgery I could do everything else.

When I woke up from surgery, I barely remember anything until after I was in my room. I was in a lot of pain [all over my abdomen] and very grouchy [light and sound annoyed me], more than I expected. Sleep will happen in spurts while you're in the hospital since the staff should be checking in on you every hour or so. Lots of pin pricks [blood sugar checks], blood draws, blood pressure checks, pain checks, medication, etc... Don't be afraid to ask for pain or nausea medicine! My Dr. gave me a pain blocking shot [lasted 3 days] during surgery which helped tremendously, but I still needed oral pain meds. So what hurt most was coughing and sneezing... pain was worst for about 4 days and got a LOT better afterwards. Walking [with a walker, because I was very dizzy] helped believe it or not, and the next day I was ready to go home and sleep in my own bed. There is also a lot of urinating because they're pumping you full of IV fluids [but probably no number 2 for a while, since you're not eating and a lot of the meds cause constipation]! The pain was very tolerable even though I was grouchy. Best of luck! Sounds horrible but it wasn't really.

Thank you for that! I will remember what you about the doctors and nurses being at work as I am laying there!!

Hey momof2,
I had sleeve done 2 1/2 years ago I was worried about coming out of recovery in excruciating pain but I wasn't. It was incredibly easy for me and I was walking around the halls within 2 hrs.No major issues at all.
I could of stayed 3 days because I have 2 insurance companies but i went home by 2pm the next day.
No problem getting up and down from my bed.
You'll do fine.
Good luck with your journey and i will look forward to your updates.
Allie in SC

Just remember everyone is different and the nurses and Doctors are there to help you and anything you have a question about, just ask them.