When you first wake up from RNY...Is the pain that horrible?

Hell yes it hurt. They just punched 6 holes in me and cut up my inards.  But as soon as I started comming around and moaning the drugs were right there so total pain time was oh about 45 seconds.

I think the dumbest conversation I have ever had was in the poast op bed.

Me : MOAN!!!
Nurse: Does it hurt?
Me: Yes
Nurse: would you like some pain meds?
Me: F Yes.

I had 2 c-sections and 1 ovary removed.  This was BY FAR easier.  If you are in pain then the staff is doing something wrong. 

Looks like everyone is very different...I had no pain (would describe it as mild discomfort if anything).  I took the pain meds while I was in hospital (every 4 hours) and nothing once I got out.  I was walking within 2 hours of surgery and back at work within two weeks.

The only other surgery I've had was a breast reduction back when I was 17 (25 years ago!) which was also not at all painful...I wouldn't even have called it mild discomfort...just very itchy.

Hope everything goes as smoothly for you!

 I  had my surgery open and I was in extreme pain they said I was screaming and crying i guess they drugged me up pretty good b/c I don't remember half of it. I do remember telling the guy this **** isn't working then kinda passing out, Once I really came too the pain was bad but it got better each day.

 I never had surgery before, but I experienced very little "terrible" pain, and didn't even have a pain pump.  They gave me pain meds (via IV) every six hours the night and then only when I requested them on the second night.  I think I only requested them at bedtime to make myself a little more comfortable. The pain certainly wasn't pleasant, but it wasn't horrible.  As a matter of fact, when I went home, I only took one dose of Tylenol with Codeine in order to sleep that night, and haven't taken a single pain killer of any type since.  I'm 24 days out.

When i first woke up from my gallbladder coming out, I woke up screaming in agony (they needed to do another surgery, I had complications, the screaming was the first sign) 

When I woke up from my tailbone surgery, I was in agony

When I woke up from RNY I only remember feeling sleepy... no pain.