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Hey. I had mine out in February. Are you having a laprascopic procedure? Laprascopy is when they make four small incisions, put a scope in, and literally suck it out. It is an outpatient procedure that takes about an hour or so, but depending on how you do you may be asked to spend the night in the hospital for observation. (I was in the hospital for three days before my surgery, so the surgeon asked me to stay an extra day.) After surgery, you will be out for about a week. Afterwards, it is common to feel dizzy or nauseous for about 2-3 months while your body adjusts to not having an organ. Your doctor will tell you not to tan or lift any kind of heavy objects for 2-3 months to prevent you from getting a hernia or the stitches getting infected. Another thing that you should be wary of is clothes. After my surgery, for about 1.5-2 months, I couldn't wear any kind of pants with a waist, all I could wear were drawstring pants or sweatpants, because one of my stitches was right in my bellybutton. To do the surgery, you will have a lot of CO2 (at least I think that's the gas that they use, could be wrong) pumped into your stomach to make it expand, so you will be really gassy and bloated for about a day or so. I recommend wearing loose, comfortable pants like pajama pants or sweatpants or changing into those after your surgery. In terms of eating, after the procedure you can eat whatever you want, no restrictions. I think I covered all of the bases. If you have any other questions, feel free to pm me. Hope everything goes well and you feel better soon!
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