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Your nurses and doctors will ask you to describe your pain.

Please know that you are not bothering the staff if you ask for pain medicine. Your medical team will add oral pain medication. As soon as you are able to tolerate fluids, If you are feeling pain after surgery, you will be able to push a button on a cord to administer pain medication to yourself. When you are comfortable, you are more able to walk, breathe deeply and cough, all of which are essential for recovering as quickly as possible. Although it is normal to experience some discomfort after surgery, keeping your pain under control is necessary for recovery. Some patients also experience neck and shoulder pain after laparoscopic bariatric surgery. You may feel pain at your incision site or from the position your body was in during surgery. Please discuss any concerns you have with your doctors and nurses. To varying degrees, it is normal to experience fatigue, nausea and vomiting, sleeplessness, surgical pain, weakness, light-headedness, loss of appetite, gas pain, flatulence, loose stools and emotional ups and downs in the early days and weeks after surgery. Report any symptoms of nausea, anxiety, muscle spasms, increased pain or shortness of breath to your nurse. These activities can help prevent complications. Along with periodic monitoring of your vital signs - blood pressure, pulse, temperature and respiration - your nurses will encourage and help you to perform deep breathing, coughing, leg movement exercises and to get out of bed. When you return to your hospital room after surgery, you will be closely monitored by your nurses. Patients who undergo laparoscopic bariatric surgery usually have a shorter hospital stay. Patients spend an average of two to five days in the hospital following bariatric surgery, or longer if complications develop.

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