Surgery went well. Some pain in the larger 4mm incision where he put in the stapler but Tylenol and some IV pain meds and I’m ok. Heading home now (1 overnight) have a timer set for every 15min for my Fluid. A bit scared I’ll burst my pouch (I can be a worrier) but so far so good. Gonna miss taking big slugs of Water but not going to miss the GERD.

you'll be on a liquid diet for a couple of weeks, so you won't burst your pouch. And at some point you'll be able to drink water normally again - so no worries! Glad to hear everything went well!

Hi Dan, congratulations! I had lapband to bypass revision and similar lack of pain and complications; I wish the same for you!

On 1/10/2023 at 8:46 PM, Dan1131 said:

Surgery went well. Some pain in the larger 4mm incision where he put in the stapler but Tylenol and some IV pain meds and I’m ok. Heading home now (1 overnight) have a timer set for every 15min for my Fluid. A bit scared I’ll burst my pouch (I can be a worrier) but so far so good. Gonna miss taking big slugs of Water but not going to miss the GERD.

Hi Dan ~ I revised to bypass 12/13. My nurses sent me home with a stack of little cups like the size of a cough syrup cup and I just put 3-4 of those out by me every day and kept drinking them and refilling and I found they really helped me get my water in and kept me sipping instead of gulping. Hope your recovery goes well!

Congratulations!

You can't burst your pouch with liquid. Drink as much as you can.