Dr. Pilcher discusses the modern active approach to recovery after Gastric Bypass or Sleeve. He includes information about how it's practical to become active very soon after surgery, and how it's also a good thing for outcomes.
I was telling the nurse my pain was 8/10 and she kept giving me more meds. I was just waking up. When I regained full consciousness I said " I don't need more pain meds I need to get off this darn bed and walk to release the damn pain"🤣🤣🤣 i was running marathons as soon as I could walk without help and the stairs have been the best because it helped me pass gas by day 1 and have a BM by day 2. So I kept walking and using a stepper to help myself get rid of gas and burp. I love stairs now.
Love that you have your patients go to physical therapy to get exercise plan. I had gastric bypass about 11 months ago. Unlike your description of the pain, I had what felt to me like severe pain for about ten days after surgery. However, later in the video you talked about opioids, as though you assume all patients are given them, but I was not prescribed them. If I had been prescribed them, I expect my experience would have been much different. I appreciate your informative video and it has encouraged me to start working on building muscle.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You don’t know how much time I’ve spent searching for information on this topic. I have my surgery scheduled for tomorrow and I was really nervous about how active I can be right after surgery. I need to go back to work right away and you cover all the questions and concerns I had. Thank you for this video 😁
I unfortunately have to do surgery without any kind of narco meds. So the pain sucks bad for me. I've done surgery 2x without pain meds and the hysterectomy was absolutely terrible. I had to be cut open instead of the way they normally do it
Dr.Pilcher..how long does it take for the stomach to COMPLETELY heal? I mean COMPLETELY to where the stomach is where it's going to be forever..like the actual "stomach" organ
Hi doctor Would u advise a knee operation right after getting my bariatric surgery done? I am 2 months post-op lost more than 42 lbs. My knee problem has been troubling me and I am quite desperate to get my knee operation done. What would your advice be? Do I need to wait longer for my body to recover? Thanks
Thanks for checking in. I am generally fine with my patients having subsequent operations at 3 months or longer after their bariatric operation. I definitely think you should coordinate with your Bariatric Surgeon and your orthopedic surgeon to get medical advice that applies to your case. Depending on exactly which bariatric procedure you had, it probably will be important to make a point with your orthopedic team to avoid aspirin related medicines around the surgery. Best of luck!
@@DoctorJP thank you for your reply sir. Yes definitely I will discuss this with my surgeon but first I wanted to get some expert opinion from you on this. I am only concerned that my weight loss shouldn't stop or slow down after my knee surgery cuz I have been losing weight at a rapid pace. And what is it you mentioned about aspirin? Can it interfere in my weight loss process? Thank you once again for your help.
