gastric bypass surgery
Well, the recovery time is different for everyone. I'm 9 days out and I feel great. Even though I have no pain and I feel like I'm good to go, I still can't lift more then 5lbs for 6 weeks.
I'm on a liquid diet consisting of protein shakes (you can get really creative with them), soup, yogurt, jello, Popsicles and juices....... all sugar free.
As far as pain, I never had surgery before so I really didn't know how bad it would be either. When I woke up in my room I was in a great deal of pain but can honestly say I don't remember it because I was so out of it. It didn't last long since I slept most of it away.
Everyday was better, pain meds work great, and I couldn't even tell you were the incisions were..... I couldn't feel them.
If the results are what I expect them to be, I'd do it again in a heart beat.
About the sagging skin, I have a long way to go to learn about that and as far as I know, everyone is different in that respect too.
Hope my experience helps.
I'm on a liquid diet consisting of protein shakes (you can get really creative with them), soup, yogurt, jello, Popsicles and juices....... all sugar free.
As far as pain, I never had surgery before so I really didn't know how bad it would be either. When I woke up in my room I was in a great deal of pain but can honestly say I don't remember it because I was so out of it. It didn't last long since I slept most of it away.
Everyday was better, pain meds work great, and I couldn't even tell you were the incisions were..... I couldn't feel them.
If the results are what I expect them to be, I'd do it again in a heart beat.
About the sagging skin, I have a long way to go to learn about that and as far as I know, everyone is different in that respect too.
Hope my experience helps.