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Hi! My husband is now wanting to have the gastric bypass done as well. Does anyone know how long they suggest for partners to have the surgery apart??

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I don't think there's any written in stone guidelines for how long they should be apart. But I'd schedule them at least a couple of weeks apart so one could help the other with recovery, if needed. And if you have kids and such, you'll still have one around to take care of them. Plus it might be tough if both are off work at the same time. Just some things to consider.

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Two or three weeks sounds about right to me too. How exciting that he wants to become healthy and go through this wonderful, life-affirming process with you! Congratulations to you both!

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My wife and I both had RNy gastric bypass. She on Sept 22 and myself a week later Sept 29. I would not do it any other way. It was suggested that we wait 4 weeks but have found that having our post op dietary plans that closely synced allows for easier compliance. We are now 7 and 6 weeks post and doing great.

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@@creativediff my son and I had our surgeries the same day. We both had surgery on aug.14 and we're there as a help to each other and it all was fine. It was nice to have someone who was going through what I was with me. Neither of us had any complications from the surgery so I'm sure that helped to make it easier

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