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I stayed 2 days. I would suggest you stays 2 for some reasons.

1. Get used to drinking just liquids. It will be hard going home right the next day and you will be head hungry. I took about 5 good days for me to realize that I can't have food.

2. The pain is bad the first 2 days. Why not have someone take care of you.

3. You will be relaxed.

Good luck to you.

My sister had this last march and she stayed 4 days because she could not drink her liquids.

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I stayed one night because I was a revision patient, but typically it's an outpatient procedure with my doctor.

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1 day for me ... I had surgery @ 2:00pm I left the next morning @ 10:00 am ... I had no complication ... I actually was ready to go home the same day of surgery .... But that didn't happened for me ..????

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The answer to this question varies by doctor and situations. Seems so similar to the different pre and post-op diets and when you get certain types of food.< /p>

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1 night. Out of surgery about 6pm and discharged by 9am. No pain, no nausea and drank the glass of Water they gave me to sip on overnight just fine.

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I stayed 4 days, due to some complications. Nothing I couldn't overcome, but I definitely couldn't go home. Pain was the least of my problems and I never had any vomiting, but I had some breathing problems and an allergic reaction to a pain med.

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One night, to room by 5 pm day of surgery and discharged before noon.

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3 days the first time and then 5 months the second time....

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Had surgery at lunchtime one day, ready to go be discharged before lunchtime the next day.

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I stayed 2. They wouldn't let me leave until I passed gas and that didn't happen until after my second night there.

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One night for me. Surgery was at noon and I had my leak test the following morning at 9. Once I was able to get moving and start drinking, I was good. I left at 2pm. I also had no complications or issues with drinking.

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One night and if they had wanted me to stay another I would have escaped because that hospital bed was so uncomfortable.

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I had a late surgery time, 4 pm. To my room by 7 and discharged the next morning by 9! I def think there is different plans for each surgeon... My surgeon considered this surgery outpatient as well, had I had an early morning surgery time I would have been out the same day.

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I had 3 because of nausea. I think by late afternoon I could have gone home the second night but they wanted to make sure I was going to keep fluids down.

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One night. I had no pain at all. I walked for 45 minutes every 2-3 hours and that really helped with the gas pain in my shoulder. My Dr. was great about not kicking me out until I was ready to go. I opted to go after one night but they would have let me stay another if I wanted to. My roommate had a hernia fixed and gall bladder out in addition to the sleeve so the Dr. kept him a second night.

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