Re: Hospital stay..how long??

[Guest guest]

Congrats on having the surgery , wish you the best of luck! I

was in hospital 2 days (surgery Friday, out of hospital Sunday

morning), that tends to be the average stay, I don't know many people

there less times than that. I also work at a computer and started

working a little from home each day after I was home a couple of days,

went back full-time after 2 weeks.

Lap RNY April 9, 2004

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www.carrieburns.net

> Hi, I am going to be having the Lap RNY, for those who have had it

> about how long will I be in the hospital?? And I work at my computer

> how long before I will be able to get back to work? Thanks in

> advance

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[Guest guest]

Hi !

Congrats on your upcoming surgery? What part of the country are you

in?

I had my LAP done on March 30th at 7:30am and was home by 3:00pm THE

NEXT DAY!

Alot depends on your surgeon. Have they given you any idea of how

long you'll be in?

I'm amazed at the great variances between surgeons. I had no drains

and my surgeon does " the leak test " while you are still under. I

felt great 24 hours after surgery and felt very prepared to go home.

I had little to no soreness but still took it easy for the first

week. I did walk at the Mall each day and I think that helped. I

took naps each day and concentrated on getting my water in.

Best wishes!!

Tracee

> Hi, I am going to be having the Lap RNY, for those who have had it

> about how long will I be in the hospital?? And I work at my

computer

> how long before I will be able to get back to work? Thanks in

> advance

[Guest guest]

I had Lap RNY on 5/18 and I am reading writing this from work right

now. I had my surgery at 3:00pm on Tuesday the 18th, was back home

on Thursday by dinner. I feel great and am down almost 20 pounds.

Yes, walk walk walk. It makes everything easier.

Good Luck indeed...

Neil

Lap RNY 5/18/04

351/332/200

> I had Lap RNY on 3/10. My surgery was on a Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.

and I was

> home by noon on Friday. Just walk, walk, walk and they had me use

a breathing

> type machine (it was plastic. you inhale and make a little blue

ball go as

> far up to the top of the machine as you can.) to make sure my

lungs were okay.

> I was back to work 5 weeks later. Physically I felt great and

wanted to go

> back to work after week 2, but you really need time to get use to

your new

> eating pattern and taking all your supplements. So don't rush

it. In retrospect,

> I'm definitely glad I took 5 weeks.

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> Good Luck!

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> Lap RNY 3/10/04

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