please be honest

[pink grace 31]

Hi, i know we are all different, but would to hear from as many as possible how much pain you had, where, how long and if you have had your gall bladder out, is it worse or less, id rather know, no one told me about the pain after my gall bladder op, and i was shocked, thank you,x

[nsquared 232]

Everyone has a different threshold for pain and I think mine is fairly high. That being said, I was sleeved February 4, 2013 and had a hiatal hernia repaired during that surgery. Because of the meds administered in the hospital, I was ok the day of the surgery and the day after. I could feel the pain and movement was a little tough, but I did move/walk a good amount without any assistance at all once I got out of recovery.

Day two post op, I was back home and self medicating with the prescribed liquid narcotic. It was prescribed for use every 6 hours and I only took it every 8 hours. Day three, I took it every 6 hours. This was my worst pain day. Day four, extra-strength Tylenol was all I needed. I had surgery on a Monday and I stopped taking Rx and OTC pain medication the following Friday and was back at work the following week on Tuesday.

Again, everyone will have a different experience, but that was mine.

[pink grace 31]

thank you,xx

[mokee 588]

I have to admit for me the pain was very bad when I woke up in recovery and the pain med they were giving me did not touch it. I thought this operation would be minimal pain because they say your stomach will feel no pain and the 5 little incisions would not hurt that bad. But he had to go thru very old scar tissue that was very thick. That was the place they pulled the stomach out of. My surgery lasted an extra 15 min because of this. I was given a choice to stay another day in hospital and I did. I am glad I did because I was getting around a lot better the second day.

You may be one of the lucky ones that has no pain. Every surgery is different. That is all a distant memory to me now. I would still do it again. Worth it.

[ccrim03 6]

I'm also worried about this: getting sleeved may 21st, I had my appendix rupture last summer and it was awful and month later my gallbladder, gallbladder to me wasn't near as bad as appendix. So I continuously trying figure out just how bad the sleeve is going to be compared to those!

[fdk 1]

Hi' date=' i know we are all different, but would to hear from as many as possible how much pain you had, where, how long and if you have had your gall bladder out, is it worse or less, id rather know, no one told me about the pain after my gall bladder op, and i was shocked, thank you,x[/quote']

I just had the sleeve done this past tuesday. The pain I am experriencing is the gas pain. I do have incisional pain but that is nothing compared to the gas. It has been very difficult for me to get in enough Fluid and Protein in but I do the best I can. They say it gets better so this is what I focus on. Good luck.

[jd1988 10]

Hey I got my sleeve on Tuesday the thirtieth...I was so nervous but after when I was in recovery they gave me nausea meds and pain meds so I was not in pain at all so for a few hours went so fast... When I got to my room I took the medicine they gave me couldn't drink anything which was not as bad as I thought because I didn't even want to drink... The next day Wednesday I left with some liquid Percocet and I take that and do a lot of walking... The pain is also not like I expected the gas pain does hurt but t is not a constant pain and my back and stomach is just really sore nothing major.

[pink grace 31]

thank you for taking the time to answer my post, really appreciate your answers, thank you,x

[kim0079 10]

Just wanted to say thanks to. I like knowing what I'm in for. Already have bad wind pain on Optifast diet pre op so imagining ill have bad after as well.