Length of hospital stay?

Just curious to see the length of some of your hospital stays? I'm hoping to go home the following day. My sister did and I aim for that also. She didn't have a swallow test or drain tube. I keep hearing about those and hoping I don't have those.

I was in for a total of 4 days.. I had some complications during my surgery so that might be the reason.. .I did the swallow test and it was fine... You want to make sure there are no leaks...

Hi! I had my surgery on monday, stayed all day monday, Tuesday evening I was given the Okay to go home but I opted for one more night... (I have 3 flights of stairs to climb to get to my apartment) just to take it easy... I did have a drainage tube while I was in the hospital, but it was removed Tuesday evening. Hope this helps! Bridget 280/263/140 Lap RNY 8/8/05

Surgey was on a Monday morning, I came home Wednesday morning. No drain tube or leak test. Your surgeon can tell you if he does those are not, I asked at my pre-op appt.

I got out of surgery Monday morning about 9am and left wednesday about noon. I had the swallow test to check for leaks and a drain. They both gave me peace of mind. The drain tube was removed Wed. about 11 am. it really did not bother me and I was glad all of the liquids were draining out of me. Good Luck with your surgery joni.RNY.06.27.2005

I had my surgery on Monday morning and as per my doctor, stayed in until Friday. They did the leak test and an mri on Tuesday. My surgeon likes to keep his patients in the hosp for 3-4 days depending on how each individual patient is doing; in my case, I had such terrible gas pains that we agreed on an extra night. My surgeon removed my drain tube on Friday morning and I was out of the hosp by noon. Check with your surgeon and ask him/her about the leak test and hospital stay. Ultimately, your surgeon is the one that gives you the okay to go home or not. Good luck to you and god bless! Dolly

Hello! I was in the hospital less than 24 hours. I had surgery at 7:30 pm on Thursday and was out of the hospital at 4:30pm on Friday. But, it all depends on your surgeon and whether you have laparoscopic or open. But....that's my stay. Sara

I had the LapBand so my hospital stay isn't really relevant to your situation, but I wanted to reassure you about the swallow test. It was no big deal at all. In fact I kind of liked it! After the surgery I was really really REALLY dry and wanted something to drink but knew I couldn't have it. I kept going to the bathroom and rinsing my mouth out with water and spitting it out just to get my mouth not to feel so gross. When they took me to radiololgy to have the barium swallow and x-ray I was really nervous because I'd heard terrible things abotu it too. I don't know what was in that drink they gave me, but I swear it tasted like a really thin vanilla milkshake, and it was such a RELIEF to be able to swallow some liquid and have it run down my throat. They had me drink maybe ten mouthfuls and that was it. After they got the x-rays I was able to go back to recovery and get some real water and get ready to go home. It was also really comforting to see the x-ray and know that it was all working ok. Try to be positive, who knows you could have a good experience with it like I did! -Elizabeth 242/229/165

I had surgery on Friday, and the doc told me that I could go home on Satruday, if I wanted to. I was going to, but then the gas pains became unbearable, so I opted to stay. And that was because they could get me up every couple hours to walk. I knew if I was at home, I would have slept thru the night, and not moved. I did what I thought was best for me.

I Had open RnY and my doc keeps his patients for 4 days. I was glad because the nurses took good care of me. Forcing me to walk and all lol. I had a nose tube for the 1st 24 hrs to drain the stuff in my stomach (yuck) but no other drains and no swallow test. No real bad gas eaither (whew!)