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Hi all, I just walked in the door from discharge about an hour ago. I really wanted to post because as I was pre-op and reading forums it was pretty scary (for the most part) about the immediate after of surgery. I'm guessing it's like many things, people only post when they have an issue.

My surgery and post op have been nearly amazing; I had a full bypass and hernia repair yesterday via laparoscopic procedure, December 6th at around 9:00am and so far everything has been pretty darn good. There really isn't a great deal of pain to speak of, consuming the small amounts of liquid is an adjustment but easy enough. I've already had one full Premier Protein shake today spaced out at around 15 minute intervals and walked about an 1/8th of a mile yesterday and 1/4 today while in the hospital. I'm not experiencing terrible gas pains or heavy nausea. Truly, the worst pain I've had was from urinating yesterday afternoon when the catheter was removed and that's pretty much better today.

I know this is a journey, I know the potential for issues and opportunities will certainly arise from this new lifestyle but for me and I'm certain others don't be alarmed by the post op stories, everyone's experience is different and mine has been amazingly low pain / low stress.

Good luck!

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How long were you in the hospital?

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How long were you in the hospital?

Just overnight


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Congrats! Are you really a doc?

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Congratulations on your progress thus far! It’s great to remind everyone that many people have MINIMAL pain or issues post gastric bypass, which was my experience too.

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1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

Congrats! Are you really a doc?

Not an MD

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8 minutes ago, DrDon said:

Not an MD

:) I was gonna say that it's pretty cool for you to have the experience first hand!

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Hi all, I just walked in the door from discharge about an hour ago. I really wanted to post because as I was pre-op and reading forums it was pretty scary (for the most part) about the immediate after of surgery. I'm guessing it's like many things, people only post when they have an issue.
My surgery and post op have been nearly amazing; I had a full bypass and hernia repair yesterday via laparoscopic procedure, December 6th at around 9:00am and so far everything has been pretty darn good. There really isn't a great deal of pain to speak of, consuming the small amounts of liquid is an adjustment but easy enough. I've already had one full Premier Protein shake today spaced out at around 15 minute intervals and walked about an 1/8th of a mile yesterday and 1/4 today while in the hospital. I'm not experiencing terrible gas pains or heavy nausea. Truly, the worst pain I've had was from urinating yesterday afternoon when the catheter was removed and that's pretty much better today.
I know this is a journey, I know the potential for issues and opportunities will certainly arise from this new lifestyle but for me and I'm certain others don't be alarmed by the post op stories, everyone's experience is different and mine has been amazingly low pain / low stress.
Good luck!

This really helps me I’m having my surgery Wednesday morning Nd I’m so nervous


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