What to expect during recovery?

[Beks18 7]

Hi roux en y friends! I want to say first and foremost that I’m so glad to have found this forum. Everyone has been so insightful, caring, and helpful. I know I don’t always respond (working full time and 4 kids) but I do see your responses and appreciate them.

I’m back with another question. What should I expect during recovery? I’m imagining constant abdominal pain and nausea. How long did it take you to go back to work or resume your normal activities?

[NickelChip 1,332]

I had relatively little pain and no nausea. For the first few days I was very tired. I think that was the anesthesia working its way out of my system. The pain was manageable with just liquid Tylenol. I had a couple times I moved wrong and got a sharp pain in my lower right incision area, which they say is the largest one. I found having a heating pad was so helpful. I put it on my belly when I went to sleep and it helped a lot. I took it really easy the first 3 days. After that, I was mostly up and about but not mentally sharp enough to trust myself with too much work unless it was pretty mindless. By the end of the first week I was mostly back to normal but weak from so few daily calories. If you can, taking two weeks off or being able to work very minimally is the way to go.