Gastric Bypass Newbie

[bossladeechelly 1]

Hi everyone! Really just need guidance. I had my surgery on May 9th. My surgeon was awesome by the way. How long should I expect to feel this pain?

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[Katriena 70]

Which pain?


RNY 14 April 2017
SW: 295 lb / 134 kg
GW: 187 lb / 85 kg (I'll see when I get there)

[nettajlong 12]

The bad pain a few days to maybe a week normally. In my case I had an excellent surgeon also, but I still have pain just not as bad most the time.
RNY 4/19/17. Good luck.

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[evergreen 1]

I had my surgery on 5/8 and I still feel the pain. Very very slowly noticing it ease up. Congrats to you!

[jneu 4]

8 hours ago, bossladeechelly said:

Hi everyone! Really just need guidance. I had my surgery on May 9th. My surgeon was awesome by the way. How long should I expect to feel this pain?

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I had gastric on 4/26. After a couple of nights with pain getting out of pain the pain started easing up. 3 weeks out no pain. I started by moving from side to side in the bed end used a pillow at back for comfort. Hope you feel better.

3 minutes ago, evergreen said:

I had my surgery on 5/8 and I still feel the pain. Very very slowly noticing it ease up. Congrats to you!

I had surgery

[emirn1 39]

Hi everyone! Really just need guidance. I had my surgery on May 9th. My surgeon was awesome by the way. How long should I expect to feel this pain?
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I had surgery 4/3, and the pain was transient around my abdomen but the last of it didn't subside til about week 5. Try to take it easy & allow yourself to heal! Congrats & good luck!

[mrsswan1985 0]

I had surgery on 5/8. I have one incision that still hurts but feels better the more I move around.

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[DeltaD 0]

Hello my bypass was April 28 2017 and.I have had no pain at all.. they made me go off all my meds including depression med effexor and I am having an awful time with emotions. No physical just mental

[jneu 4]

DeltaD

i resumed taking my meds. I think I'm having depression too but each day is s little better. Hang in there!

[Grerchen57 16]

Surgery 4/26 had no pain. Just the day of surgery!

[jneu 4]

I had gastric bypass on 4/26 also. I had pain for about a week getting in and out of bed. We are both 3 weeks out. Good luck!

[jhope71 105]

DeltaD - They took you off depression meds cold turkey? That's not recommended. Mine let me stay on my depression meds, but took me off metformin and the spironolactone I was taking for PCOS. Depression meds should never be stopped cold turkey. You need to wean off those with a doctor's help. Some meds are more serious than others, and I don't know much about Effexor. You might want to call the doctor to make sure that's what he meant to do. Hope you feel better soon.

Edited May 15, 2017 by jhope71

[geets 44]

DeltaD - They took you off depression meds cold turkey? That's not recommended. Mine let me stay on my depression meds, but took me off metformin and the spironolactone I was taking for PCOS. Depression meds should never be stopped cold turkey. You need to wean off those with a doctor's help. Some meds are more serious than others, and I don't know much about Effexor. You might want to call the doctor to make sure that's what he meant to do. Hope you feel better soon.

I agree with you,cold turkey seems cavalier on the Dr's part.