Describe your post op recovery please?

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I am planning on a VSG due to losing my band in May because of a staph infection. Was wondering if someone could describe their post op recovery, how much pain, any problems like nausea? That sort of thing. thanks. I am expecting the post op diet to be similar to that of the band.

Post op with the band was little more painful than most as he fixed a hernia I did not know I had. I had the pain from that repair as well as the gas escaping around my shoulder area. I stayed home for a week and one half.

Actually, now that I think about it, I had less pain after the new guy took it out, than when the old guy put it in. I like my new surgeon better, he's much more personable.

Hi Nevergoback,

I am a band to sleeve revision. Had my surgery 3/11th. I haven't had a problem with nausea except for while in the hospital, when the cleaning lady was mopping my room, the smell of the cleaning solution made me nauseous. Other than that, no problem. The pain was more of a soreness around my incision sites. That was handled with toradol (in the hospital) and my heating pad. I have not used my heating pad or taken anything for pain since a week after the procedure. I walk everywhere, no problems there. My incisions are healed 14 days post op. I am not able to tolerate any type of sweet anything. Have had to do a lot of trial and error with the liquid and full liquid stage. Am somewhat tired, but am able to get through my day and get things done. I haven't gone back to work yet. I am never hungry, but drink and take Protein supplementation because I am supposed to. I have gone from 195# to 178#, from size 18 to a loose 16.