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I have been told that you stay in the hospital 24 hours or less. How long did was the stay?

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I think it all depends on how well you do in the surgery....I will have my surgery on the 18th of this month but my surgeon said that most people leave after 2 to four hours. Best of luck

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I'm getting banded in the morning. The surgery lasts 45 minutes to an hour and 15 minutes, go to recovery, and when you wake up you get to go home! Total time inside the building is supposed to be 3 to 5 hours.

I see you are getting banded in two weeks...good luck and a speedy recovery to you, and keep us posted!

Take care, Stef

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I was taken back for surgery at 5:30 pm and left the hospital by 7:30 pm. I did have the option to stay in the hospital if I wanted to but knew I would get better sleep in my own bed.

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My surgery was at 8:00 am. I didn't go home until around 5:00 pm the next day. I had the choice to stay that next night or not because I was still in pain. I chose to go home. At that point I just wanted to get out of there and go home where I could sleep through the night without someone waking me up every couple hours to poke and prod at me. But I can't imagine having the surgery and leaving a few hours later. God Bless all of you that did it.

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