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young030 · 05-29-07, 03:16 PM

The recovery was long, the surgeon wanted make sure u eat protein shakes. Told me to start with Baby food, (cause no lumps) and easy to swallow, it was digusting, I did have to go back in where they put u under for like 5 minutes and open doing an endosocpe through the throat to stretch the stomach out a little more, cause I couldn't keep much down, surgeon said that was normal (may have do it up to 5 times i've done it 3).

You MUST remember to take your vitamins. I am a bad time of taking meds.

and You MUST get up and walk when they tell you to after surgery, or you can get blood clots in your legs. I love walking now.

I don't remember how long it took for a full recovery, but I was back at work after 6 weeks but part time for the 2 months after.

I hope this helps everybody

Lisa

05-29-07, 03:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
young030 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	Re: Thoughts about Gastric Bypass after 4 years The recovery was long, the surgeon wanted make sure u eat protein shakes. Told me to start with Baby food, (cause no lumps) and easy to swallow, it was digusting, I did have to go back in where they put u under for like 5 minutes and open doing an endosocpe through the throat to stretch the stomach out a little more, cause I couldn't keep much down, surgeon said that was normal (may have do it up to 5 times i've done it 3). You MUST remember to take your vitamins. I am a bad time of taking meds. and You MUST get up and walk when they tell you to after surgery, or you can get blood clots in your legs. I love walking now. I don't remember how long it took for a full recovery, but I was back at work after 6 weeks but part time for the 2 months after. I hope this helps everybody Lisa