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How long to be pain free and not have any post op issues? To go on with your normal life and excercise without pain?

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I had gastric sleeve last summer (August 2020). I felt miserable for the first two weeks, then it was like almost overnight, I felt much better. I wasn't instantly pain-free, but there was a noticeable, huge improvement. I have to admit, I've been lax about hardcore workouts, but I started exercising (biking around the neighborhood, walking on the beach with my dogs, etc.) about 3 weeks post-op. I just had to take it easy. I'd say about 2 months post-op I felt 90% back to normal and probably could've done just about anything at that point. I'm now 6 months out and feel pretty great!

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So awesome to hear! I am ready to get this jouney started and have new life soon. Surgery in 8 days. Start liquid diet in the am.

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11 minutes ago, Tim C said:

So awesome to hear! I am ready to get this jouney started and have new life soon. Surgery in 8 days. Start liquid diet in the am.

Congrats & good luck! You'll do great. I've found that this group has been extremely helpful and supportive, so feel free to come back and post anything! You'll get awesome feedback.

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Thanks for taking the time to answer! I hope I can hear more from other members as well.

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1 hour ago, Tim C said:

Thanks for taking the time to answer! I hope I can hear more from other members as well.

Not sure how different the sleeve surgery & bypass are. I had the bypass and was very sick for the 1st month. I couldn't eat, or drink anything without being nauseous. I had to go on a script of a nauseous patch. The 2nd month improved a little, every month after that has improved. I am now almost 6 months post op and doing very good. Keep in mind that everyone is different.

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It was about six weeks for me. At that point I could move without pain, sleep easily, get in and out of a car, etc.

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My pain was gone after about 4/5 days but I did have issues with low energy for ages coupled with low blood pressure. So honestly it was 4 or 5 months before I could do whatever I wanted. Even simply going grocery shopping could cause a drop in energy or blood pressure. I carried around a bottle of diluted hydralite to get me over those drops.

I still have issues with postural hypotension & odd drops in sugar but it’s manageable. But this is just me. I always had a tendency to low blood pressure just happens more often now. And I had experienced sugar drops if I over exerted myself before (even when I was at a healthy weight).

Take it slowly. Work out what you can do without issues & then slowly increase.

Good luck.

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I had gastric bypass 5-14-20....it took about 3 months for me to feel what I would consider “normal”. The soreness and fatigue was gone after 4-6 weeks. I had some depression after my surgery due to not feeling like I could participate in family functions bc everything in my family was centered around food. Also most of my family didn’t know I had WLS. So lots of factors (that were my choice) played into that. But as of today I am 9 months post-op and have lost 130 pounds! I have more energy and I am happier than I have ever been. ❤️
Congrats on your surgery!! Wishing you happiness and a speedy recovery!

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My wife and I had surgery the same day and I will say that our pains were both similar but different. For me the pain was mainly at the incisions and that pain lasted 4-5 days. It was also very tolerable and for the most part I took tylenol at night to help me sleep. My wife on the other hand had a slightly harder time with the pain as her pants and clothes put pressure on the incisions and her pain seemed to last a few weeks. Her pain was also mostly in the incision pain but she also had a hiatal hernia repair and some of her pain may have been from the correction of that. I did not have a hiatal hernia so I didn't experience that pain. I wish you success with your surgery and a speedy recovery. The liquid diet was not the easiest for me and I had issues at the beginning of it. I found that I had to increase my salt intake as my electrolytes were out of balance and it affected the way that I felt.

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