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I'm a little freaked out and I'm hoping for some guidance from this group of veterans. I'm scheduled to be sleeved on April 4. I have been told that I will go home on the same day. I was visiting with some newly sleeved ladies in the doctor's waiting room and heard that some stayed overnight and some went home the same day.

I had an appointment today with the nutritionist and I asked what determined if I stay overnight or go home same day. She said that since I was self pay, I would go home same day but that some insurance requires an overnight stay.

Now I'm freaked out. Has anyone gone home the day of surgery? Can you tell me if you did ok without a nurse that first night? Should I tell him that I'll pay for the night to be able to stay?

Help!

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I self paid also but I stayed in hospital. Can imagine being sent home the same day.

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My surgery is 4/11 and I'll be going home the same day. I've discussed this with the physician and feel comfortable. Now if there are any complications they will keep you. He had explained that there are many surgeries that are done the very same way and of no complications there is no need. You'll have you're prescriptions prior to and can get your rest and walk to pass the gas.

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I wish I could go home the same day lol.

I hate the hospital. I never sleep.

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Like the poster before me I wish I could have gone home the same day. The hospital that my insurance required me to stay in was horrible. I got no sleep whatsoever because they were shredding paper outside my room all night long. The nurses did not respond to equipment alarms that we're going off constantly. It was a horrible experience. When I finally got released I think I sprinted to the car to get out of there. The only sleep I got in 3 days was the surgery itself.

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