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I got sleeved on 4/18, I was released on 4/19. I took 2 1/2 weeks off work. I'm feeling great so far. Listen to your body as far as returning to work. My surgeon suggested 2 weeks off work, (I have a desk job.)

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Surgery 4/20 at 1pm (arrived at 8am for nothing). Went home by 6pm. Insurance patient. Pain meds till 4/21, just liquid adult Tylenol from Walgreens. At work now.....

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Surgery 4/20 at 1pm (arrived at 8am for nothing). Went home by 6pm. Insurance patient. Pain meds till 4/21, just liquid adult Tylenol from Walgreens. At work now.....

Wow!!! There is no way I could have gone home the same day! I've never heard of same day gastric sleeve surgery. Good for you! Wishing you the very best!

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I stayed overnight since i was moving very good on the next day with little help... usually u gotta pass the gas test lol but given that i was burping frecuently, they let me go :) im 5days post op and i feel better moving...moving is key but dont over do it. (Listen to your body)... i plan to go back to work in 4 weeks

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Surgery 4/20 at 1pm (arrived at 8am for nothing). Went home by 6pm. Insurance patient. Pain meds till 4/21, just liquid adult Tylenol from Walgreens. At work now.....

I had surgery at 1:30 pm and remember waking up in my room around 6:30pm. I was scheduled to go home the next day. My surgeon and his team came around the next morning, I was feeling good. Shortly after they left the new nurse on staff gave me morphine as a pain reliever through my IV and I quickly went downhill. I was so nauseous, vomiting, and sick and didn't feel better until it wore off later that evening. I almost regretted getting the surgery. To answer your question, I stayed in the hospital two nights. My advice is to stick with what's working. A new nurse came in and switched my pain medication and it completely switched my course and my hospital bill!

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I was sleeved on Friday (4/22), out of the hospital on Saturday. I'm planning to go back to work on Thursday and Friday as 1/2 days.

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Wow! Thanks everyone for your posts! I spoke to the RN at my surgeon's office last night who finally returned my calls, and she said that as long as I can 1) urinate on my own, 2) get up and walk, and 3) hold fluids down on my own, then I should go home that very same evening. Yikes!! After hearing your experiences, this sort of worries me. I also have a hiatal hernia that will be repaired at the same time. So, I suppose I'll have to just wait and see. I've got just 5 more days!!

Andrea, I am in Texas, with NY insurance, and went home the same day, also with a hernia repair. ...you will be fine. My surgery was around 1pm, and I went home before 6pm. Easy peasy, and I am in my 50s. Just get up and walk as soon as you can.

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I had a hiatal hernia repair at the same time as the sleeve. I had a difficult time with pain & nausea and couldn't keep liquids down post op, so I ended up staying 4 days. I really needed that extra time so I didn't mind staying. I'm self-pay also and my 'package' included up to 2 nights. I'm kinda dreading the bill for the extra night. ????

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Hey you all! I just wanted to provide an update. So, my surgeon was very behind on surgery day (last Monday) and I didn't have my surgery until after 6pm that evening. I also had a hiatal hernia repaired. Everything went well. I had a lot of nausea, but it was expected. I was up and walking around by 2am to relieve some gas pains and indigestion. I was released from the hospital Tuesday night after I was finally able to keep fluids down. I returned to work today and I'm doing fine without pain meds. I just need to get through this liquid and mush diet! All else was easy-peasy. ;)

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