The day of and after surgery- What to expect?

 All of this information is awesome!  Thanks for taking the time to spell out the first couple of days. Three weeks from today is my surgery, so I'm like a sponge gathering information.  My doctor and his staff have been wonderful - loads of great information, but this first-hand info is primo!!!  By the way, my Dr. recommended a book that is terrific, "The Real Skinny on Weight Loss Surgery".  It's a few years old so it doesn't address the VSG, nonetheless it's got great info.  He also recommended this website - it's so helpful.  Thanks, everyone, for being here for us.

Wow everyone! Thank you so much for all the details and personal accounts. I REALLY appreciate it and am much more at ease. The control freak in me needs to know what to expect. I hate surprises!

This is WONDERFUL information.

Here's my post about my surgical experience. I'm 3 weeks out and still feel some tightness in my abdomen, but I'm not sore anymore. I'm feeling pretty good, actually!!

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/VSG/4440406/My-experience/

HI Di!!

You are going to do great, try not to get too worried, yu have done your research and you ARE READY! (easy for me to say - I'm still waiting on approval

Great question and wonderful responses, I needed to hear all of these things too.

I'm so excited for you! Let me know if you need anything after surgery - I'm only 45 min away and I'm here for you.

-Jodie

I am on Day Seven post-op and feeling really good.  I never had any excruciating abdominal pain, just discomfort near the incision spots. My stomach felt bloated for a couple of days, so I took the anti-bloating medicine, which seemed to help.  I did (and still do) have some back pain that I think has to do with laying on my back so much, as I am a side-sleeper.  I've been able to sleep on my side with a pillow propped against/under me for the past two nights, and the back pain is getting better.  Sleeping has been tough, though, as I cannot take my usual sleep meds.  I took pain meds for the first two days after I came home, hoping that they would help me sleep, but they didn't.  I've been on Advil ever since, and actually haven't taken any pain meds at all today. 

I should mention that I've always considered myself to have a relatively high pain tolerance, but really there have been no sharp pains anywhere, just achiness and some discomfort.  I guess I am lucky!