Can anyone tell me....

Can anyone tell me what to expect the first week out from surgery--lap rny--and maybe the 2nd week...

Sleep .. Sleep .. Sleep!! You will still be tired, well at least I was. I was able to do more for myself and I think I started driving the 2nd week out, shhh don't tell!!

THE FIRST FEW DAYS I WANTED TO SLEEP THEN I STARTED WALKING THE DOG AND MOVING AROUND A LOT MORE. JUST DO WHAT YOUR BODY TELLS YOU TO DO . BUT REMEMBER TO SIP SIP SIP. I GOT IN THE HABIT OF HOLDING A SIPPY CUP OF WATER WHEN I WAS SLEEPING ( I WAS IN A RECLINER) AND WOULD SIP EVEN IN MY SLEEP. I KNOW IT SOUNDS FUNNY BUT IT WORKES IF YOU CAN DO IT.

GOOD LUCK

VICKI

You felt bad enough to sleep in a recliner??

I HAD A DRAIN TUBE AND IT WAS JUST MORE COMFORTABLE FOR ME . I DIDNT FEEL BAD JUST I LIKE TO SLEEP ON MY SIDE AND WITHA  DRAIN IN IT WAS JUST EASY THAT WAY. NOT ALL PEOPLE HAVE ONE BUT I AM GLAD I DID THAT WAY I GOT RID OF ALL THE ICKY STUFF FROM A SURGERY . DONT SWEAT IT ANY ,

VICKI

You are wearing a binder... you usually have a drain tube... you feel very sleepy, like you had been thru major surgery... YOU HAVE!!  But once that rotten drain comes out!!! Wow!!! You feel better... you have gotten on the scales and have lost 5-11 pounds.. ( I lost 11 my first week) and all of a sudden you think wow this might have been worth it!! I was tired alot the first month.. SIP SIP SIP!! and for the first time in your life you are probably thinking about YOU rather than everyone else... thats ok too!!! You deserve time to take care of you. You keep thinking isnt there something else I can do to get more protien in... Just do your best. It is hard to get it all in the first couple weeks.. I drank alot of milk!!! Bestest wishes!!! Linda Kay

I wont have a drain tube, Dr. clark doesnt do those, all closed incisions!! So I can expect to be sleepy?? what about pain??

Most of my "pain" was just soreness.. sometimes gas pain at first but walking took care of that. I have had 2 c sections, hysterectmy, gall bladder before my RNY.. it wasnt any worse than my gall bladder surgery and not as bad as m y hysterectmy.. At first you will take your pain meds but it will help you to get up and walk. Dont turn them down unless they just make you to sleepy to walk.. You need to walk. it will hekp with most the soreness and to disburse the gas... You will probably be fine and probably be amazed at how what you worried about didnt happen.. There are more sucess stories than not. Linda kay