what to expect after surgery?

[jzbornik 2]

Well for starters I'm a newbie to the site. My surgery is the 19th.as I lay in bed all I have is fear of the unknown after surgery. I think of all of the negative scenarios I've read on here. So what should I expect when I wake up in recovery? And also what should I expect in the first couple days after.

[VSGKirk 855]

I felt great after waking up out of surgery - they had me up and walking - I was alert and coherant.

The first few days out, aside from feeling like a did 1,000 situps, I was fine.

I had to nap here and there, but - yeah, awesome experience, smooth sailing - haven't stopped smiling.

The noises your stomach will make a few days out will be quite entertaining for those all around you.

You can check out my video blog about my VSG experience on YouTube - the link is in my profile.

Good luck and keep us posted on your progress!

[mark! 449]

Fear of the unknown is healthy. That's just part of the game. Reading too many negative scenarios on here is unhealthy, mostly because from what I've seen, most people are drama queens/kings and over exaggerate things it seems. Everyone is so different. From what I've gathered, expect to be sore, expect to feel nauseated from time to time, and expect to take things really slow at first.

[my3sons 51]

When I woke up in the recovery room, I had some pain, they gave me a shot and I was fine. I had no nausea because i asked the anasthesiologist before surgery to please give me something before i woke up to prevent post-op nausea- she put a patch behind my ear - I HAD NO NAUSEA at all. I was up and walking the night of surgery, went home the next day. I had some diarrhea i from the leak test contrast, but that was it. Low energy for about 4-5 days, itchy incision site, no big deal. Everyone responds differently to pain, surgery, and life changes....do you!!