hospital stay and questions

bethaniestarr · October 11, 2003

How long is the average stay in the hospital for lap band if everything goes well?I would like to hear how long your stay was and if there was any complications to make you stay longer?

Second question what are your scars like from the lap band is it one little hole? or a couple holes? just curious.Thx for the info

Cya later

Beth

Alexandra · October 11, 2003

I think you'll get several different answers to this, but here's mine:

I had no hospital stay. Surgery was done on an outpatient basis, and I was home by 2:00 p.m. the same day. I think I was in surgery at 9:00 a.m. or so. Most people either have outpatient or stay one night at most.

I have four incisions, two of which are really more like puncture wounds than incisions. The other two are small, perhaps 1 inch and 2 inches long respectively. I'm 6 weeks out and they're still visible but fading more every day.

GingerRenayd2 · October 11, 2003

Hello~

I had my surgery on Wes. I'm doing pretty good. If you want to read more about the last few days check out my online journal.

http://journals.aol.com/secretshopginger/LapBandJournal/

My shoulder has air from the surgery and it is hurtting pretty bad. I think it is worse than the surgery.

I'm sure you will do great!

GINGER

Brandi · October 12, 2003

My hospital stay was overnight. My surgery was at 9:45 in the morning and I was released from the hospital at around 2:00 the next afternoon. No complications at all.

I have 5 incisions. Really only one is an actual incision, the other 4 are like "puncture wounds" like Alexandra said.

jadrad7 · October 13, 2003

I stayed overnight, and my hubby stayed with me. I had a total of 6 tiny punctures and 1- 2" incision where my port is supposed to be, but i cant feel it.

they told me anywhere from 4-8 small incisions are normal, they didnt hurt very much at all, and had no outer stitches or staples, just little tapes that were taken off 5 days later.