My doctor and I have been discussing the possibility of gastric sleeve surgery. It has been a long road for me in regards to my weight and health issues (PCOS, thyroid issues ect...). Whilst I am happy to have the surgery and willing to work with a physic in regards to issues that my/can arise, I am most concerned about the recovery aspect. I am a mum of three (youngest 2 and a very active boy!), I work three days a week (contract) and my husband works away a lot. We don’t not have any family help and I do have one or two friends who could help out a little, but they have their own families. Despite my husband saying he will be there to help during recovery, he was not there to help me through my recovery for my c sections! I was driving after one week with my third out of necessities because he had to go away for work and I didn’t have anyone to ask for help. I would love to hear what recovery was like for you? Was it easier then expected? A lot harder? Thanks in advance 😘.
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I found it better than my 2 c sections. Back at work 2 weeks post op. Could have returned earlier (non physical job). 2 weeks was good to have though.
I found recovery to be no major drama. Stomach was sore for a while, but that's about it. I had a week off work, which was good.
The recovery is easy. You could possibly feel a little drained for those first few weeks while your body adjusts to the smaller amount of food you can get in but physically it is fine.
I took two weeks off work (full time and I have 5 kids) but couldve gone back after a week.
Best thing I've ever done. All the best
I had a great recovery but I took things super slow and followed the rules to the letter. I had two nights in hospital.
Once I was discharged I had two full weeks off work. I didn’t drive for 10days and I didn’t pick up anything over 5kg for 6 weeks. Hubby helped me out with shopping, did housework like changing the sheets etc, childcare drop off and pickup.
I pretty much just sat on the couch for the first two weeks and walked a little further down the street each day.
You need absolute support if you’re going to do it as you can’t do much. And if you overdo it you may tear your stitches.
A woman in my support group who had it done at the same time as me had a leak (very rare complication) and died a few months later.
I highly recommend the surgery. Best thing I ever did. But you need hubby to understand the seriousness of it and how much he really needs to help out.
Best of luck.
Did she actually die from the leak or was it non related?