Hello,
I've been reading posts here the past month or two to see what lays in store for me, but this is my first time writing. Had VSG surgery done laparoscopically Tues Jan 20 and still on clear liquids. The only horrible part so far was day #2 after anesthesia wore off my gas pain was unrelenting and constant for almost 20 hrs couldn't pass it at either end finally the beginning of 3rd day I could. The other not so great part was my Dilautid pump didn't do much to help my incision pain so I finally asked 24 hrs later if they could switch so I was on a combo of Percocet and Toridol and then I finally felt like I wasn't run over by a truck. I'm not writing any of this to scare any new people who haven't had surgery but I was shocked how much pain I was in because no one in my group (there were 5 of us Tues who had sleeves) seemed to suffer like I did. The nurses said I'm part of a small percentage of patients that suffered at the level I did. I'm not regretting having this done, I just wish I had known the gas could be that bad. I was walking every two hrs and still no relief. But I've been great since being home. It's hard to get all the water requirements in but I'm trying my hardest. So happy to have this group it's a wealth of information. I hope to get to know all of you better very soon.

Shea