after surgery recovery?

I had my gastric bypass on tuesday (april 30th), am home now, (saturday) am still in quite a bit of discomfort...wondering how long i should expect this to last, or what other peoples experience was?? also, I am yet to get my period...no chance of preggers, my husband had a vasectomy 7 years ago, I am wondering between the 2 weeks of fasting and surgery if that has altered it...anyone??? thanks..

Hi there,

With any kind of major surgery, recovery takes awhile but you should feel a little better each day.  Give yourself plenty of time to heal.

Your body has been through a lot and I don't doubt that this is just a response to that process.  When I was in the Air Force years ago going through basic training, I didn't have my period for a couple of months.  It was such a drastic life style change, high physical activity and many other things going on, my body just kind of freaked out.

Keep in touch with your doctor and see how things ago after a month or so.  Hang in there.

I had my surgery on the 17th of April, and ended up have a giant hiatal hernia that needed to be fixed as well.  So in addition to the RNY I also had a lot of tenderness up in my diaghram area.  I couldn't even get in and out of bed on my own for the first 2 weeks.  Some time in the 3rd week I managed to get in and out of bed on my own and then was able to sleep on my side.  I called the nurses a lot, A LOT.  But by the 4th I was feeling tons better and ready to take on the world.  So keep it up, be careful and if you have the slightest notion that something is wrong, whether it be with your cycle or surgery, give the nurses and doctor a call, that's why they are there.  It is different for all of us, and I hope you start to feel better soon.