healing time!

[4u2nvyme 96]

So surgery date has been set for June 28th 2016 but for those of you who have gotten surgery how long did you take to heal? would I be able to do any fun activities with my 3 year old beore the end o summer? I just feel bad that If im down long I wont be able to take him out for fun

[WorkinOnMe 596]

Post-op for me was pretty easy. I had previously had my gallbladder out & had a reaction so it was a horrible experience. My sleeve surgery was a cake walk compared to that! I was in the hospital 3 days, 2 weeks out of work -- but could have gone back after 1. Began walking longer distances after 3 weeks, swimming after 4.5 weeks (once incisions were healed and cleared by doc) and was at the beach playing in the sand and sun 6 weeks after surgery.

That said, everyone is different and running around with a 3 year old is certainly much more taxing on the body. I would play it by ear and try to plan some low key activities for the first couple months just to make sure you are up to it.

Good luck!

[4u2nvyme 96]

Omg I hope I heal as well as you did. Im going to put effort in healing fast. I would love to take my little one to the beach this summer.

Post-op for me was pretty easy. I had previously had my gallbladder out & had a reaction so it was a horrible experience. My sleeve surgery was a cake walk compared to that! I was in the hospital 3 days, 2 weeks out of work -- but could have gone back after 1. Began walking longer distances after 3 weeks, swimming after 4.5 weeks (once incisions were healed and cleared by doc) and was at the beach playing in the sand and sun 6 weeks after surgery.

That said, everyone is different and running around with a 3 year old is certainly much more taxing on the body. I would play it by ear and try to plan some low key activities for the first couple months just to make sure you are up to it.

Good luck!