How Long Was Your Lap Band Surgery Hospital Stay?

[Lanie M 7]

Hello. Can any of you share how long your hospital stay was? My surgeon was a bit vague, saying "a day or 2 maybe". Can you share what to expect while in the hospital? Thanks so much!

[xavier 153]

I left the same day and was fine...good to have the option of overnight though. There is usually a criteria for letting you go...like, you have to walk around, you have to pee, and you have to be able to keep down liquids...hope this helps!

[Hopeful to be full 11]

I went into the hospital @ 5:30 am and was home the same day @ 2:00 pm...8 1/2 hours total outpatient

[Jess55 97]

I was there for about 7 hours. My doc said I'd only have to stay overnight if for some reason he had to convert to an open procedure.

[Jenn1214 120]

My surgeon said he would be able to send me home the same day if I wanted, or I could stay overnight. I chose to stay in case anything happened (thankfully nothing did). I went home the next afternoon.

[Humming Bird 275]

^{I was only there a few hours. It worked great for me.}

[LB4Me 35]

My surgery was in the afternoon. They kept me overnight because I had sleep apnea. But I was out first thing in the morning.

[Lianne 34]

I was home by 2:30 after having surgery at about 8 or 9 am.

[kll724 3,055]

I had surgery in the AM, and the surgeon said I could go at 5. But, then as my husband was on the way, we live 1 hr away, he said my insurance insisted on an overnight stay. So. I was there about 24 hours. My son, who had surgery in August of this year, stayed for 4 hours after the surgery! So, it depends on your surgeon, and your insurance! Karen

[skinnybitch 3]

My surgery was at 9 am, I had a panic attack when they transferred me to the operating room table. They put me under right away so I was fine, but he kept me over night just in case I had another panic attack.

[Joyce Real 21]

I was in for two days, I had a hernia repaired during the surgery, so I had a lot of pain, then the next day after surgery my brother died, and I was super stressed. My blood sugar went through the roof. I was just not ready to go home. So I stayed the extra day. I should have been able to go home after 23 hours but it just did not work out that way.

[new chapter in life 5]

I just had my surgery this past tuesday---I got out wednesday around noon. I was sticking around for that bowl of broth! I also had a hernia repaired. Im glad my Doctor kept me overnite--that whole just in case thing!