My band surgery vs. RnY surgery

[Rachel412 116]

I'm honestly so stunned by the fact that my bypass surgery recovery has been SO much less painful than recovery from having my band replaced. With the band I felt pressure/pain in my diaphragm for months after surgery... My port pain NEVER went away in 5 years... I felt like I couldn't take a deep breath for such a long time because it hurt. I was on Percoset for a couple weeks and still on OTC pain meds regularly afterwards. And the gas pain! Oh my gosh, I needed a heating pad.

The bypass recovery has been a walk in the park. Two nights in the hospital in which I happily took narcotics every time they were offered (though to be honest my pain level was really low... I just was enjoying the narcotics). Little to NO gas pain (maybe thanks to the drain the surgeon placed in the hospital?) and I was happily walking constantly while I was there.

My surgeon sends all post-op bypass patients home on JUST OTC liquid Tylenol. They told me before the surgery and I thought it was crazy. I thought NO WAY will that be enough. And you know what? It was plenty! It really was! I only took it a few days. I'm still shocked.

By 1 week post op I had NO pain other than a little incision soreness if I had my binder off and I rubbed them against something.

I mean, other than chewing food, I'm 100% fine and I'm 10 days out. It's incredible.

[shelbys mom 70]

I'm honestly so stunned by the fact that my bypass surgery recovery has been SO much less painful than recovery from having my band replaced. With the band I felt pressure/pain in my diaphragm for months after surgery... My port pain NEVER went away in 5 years... I felt like I couldn't take a deep breath for such a long time because it hurt. I was on Percoset for a couple weeks and still on OTC pain meds regularly afterwards. And the gas pain! Oh my gosh, I needed a heating pad.

The bypass recovery has been a walk in the park. Two nights in the hospital in which I happily took narcotics every time they were offered (though to be honest my pain level was really low... I just was enjoying the narcotics). Little to NO gas pain (maybe thanks to the drain the surgeon placed in the hospital?) and I was happily walking constantly while I was there.

My surgeon sends all post-op bypass patients home on JUST OTC liquid Tylenol. They told me before the surgery and I thought it was crazy. I thought NO WAY will that be enough. And you know what? It was plenty! It really was! I only took it a few days. I'm still shocked.

By 1 week post op I had NO pain other than a little incision soreness if I had my binder off and I rubbed them against something.

I mean, other than chewing food, I'm 100% fine and I'm 10 days out. It's incredible.

Glad to hear that, very encouraging

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[bostonmama 135]

@@Rachel412 we have the same surgeon and I had a very similar experience! Much easier than I expected, I didn't even need the tylenol.

[Rachel412 116]

@@Rachel412 we have the same surgeon and I had a very similar experience! Much easier than I expected, I didn't even need the tylenol.

Woohoo! I thought they were INSANE when they told me about the Tylenol. I'm so glad they were right!

[betrthnever 107]

I agree! It was light the light when on and I could live again. I'm over a year out from RNY revision and couldn't be happier!