Recovery from surgery

GwenH · Dec 16, 2020

Hi I am Gwen. I am new to the group and have a bypass surgery date of 1/8/21.

I am curious how many days after surgery it was before you felt good enough to return to your regular daily routine?

I assist my parents who are in their late 80’s and I am trying to anticipate how many days I will not be able to drive in and cook/ run errands for them.

Thanks!

3momchaos · Dec 16, 2020

I was probably 2 weeks post op, but I still got very tired really quickly.

JudyNY · Dec 16, 2020

Welcome Gwen! Your surgery date is almost here! I will let others answer your question as I had the sleeve and I don't know if it is any different but I wanted to welcome you and wish you luck! Feel free to post here often and ask any questions.

missyinacage · Dec 16, 2020

Hi, Gwen. I felt pretty decent and within a week was straightening up/running errands. BUT, I did tire easily and did not go back to work immediately. The problem in answering your question is everyone heals at their own pace. If I were you, I might try to get some back up help for around 2 weeks. If you feel better sooner, wonderful. But that way your parents will have the help if they need it. Good Luck!

JudyNY · Dec 16, 2020

Missy, I like your new picture. I can see you now! Looking good!

Tokash · Dec 23, 2020

GwenH said:
Hi I am Gwen. I am new to the group and have a bypass surgery date of 1/8/21.

I am curious how many days after surgery it was before you felt good enough to return to your regular daily routine?

I assist my parents who are in their late 80’s and I am trying to anticipate how many days I will not be able to drive in and cook/ run errands for them.

Thanks!

I felt like death (and apparently people thought I looked like death but disnt say so) for the first week. At about 1.5 weeks I started coming back to life. It was also at this point I went back to work. I wished I would have tKen a bit more time off.

WazzuCoug · Dec 24, 2020

I've seen this vary a lot from person to person. I was doing my regular work and routine a week after surgery, but everyone recovers in their own way, so it is really hard to predict. That being said it seems like things are pretty much back to normal for most people within 1-2 weeks, except perhaps a restriction to lifting things over 15 pounds (give or take) which is sometimes recommended for a month.

GwenH · Dec 24, 2020

Thank you all for the feedback.

Hope you have a happy and safe holiday.