Originally Posted by
Sarcastic_Bard
Sleeve surgery is statistically safer than gall bladder surgery or hip replacement surgery. It being laparoscopic also reduces infection risks and operating time I believe. Honestly the stats say your highest risk is incision site infection (10-15 %).
For what it's worth, my surgery was at 9:45am. They found a huge hiatal hernia which they also repaired, as well as did a liver biopsy. I was still done by noon. I was in the recovery room till 2pm I think, and then taken to my own room. By 3:30 I was walking myself to the bathroom, and by 6pm I was walking laps around the ward and asking to be taken off morphine and put on liquid pain meds. I was up by myself walking laps around 7:30am the next day, took a shower with no help at 9am, and walked out of the hospital at 12:30pm when I was discharged. That same evening I was walking around the neighborhood.
It's totally normal to have worries and fears, but you'll do great!
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