I was told to expect 1-3 days, not including surgery day for a laproscopic RNY (I'm still pre-op).

A friend in a different program was told she may be able to go home the same day for the same procedure. (I'm quite concerned about that, but I figure I'm not the doctor.)

I, too, am anxious to hear from others about their experiences.

i had laporscopic GBS it was 2 days minimum for me but i stayed the third day because my blood levels were up and down. for open i would have stayed five days minimum.

Yeah, i know that the stay is usually 2days 1 night, but curious how many days really it is... I know insurance makes us leave the hospital a lot sooner than people used to.

Had surgery on a Tuesday night at 5:30pm and stayed Wednesday and Thursday, home Friday morning. As far a going home the same day, I knew lap band procedures let you go home the same day, but Gastric Bypass patients that is unrealistic to me. The first 48 hours after surgery are the most delicate of times when major complications could set it such as leak or clot etc. I think that is totally unresponsible to let anyone who has has GBS to go home the same day.
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I had my op on the Thursday morning, and left the hospital Sunday afternoon. I had key hole, and really couldn't imagine having gone home earlier.

The nasal gastric tube thingy came out on the Friday, as did the PCA, the catheter was removed on the Saturday, and the drain tube on the Sunday. I was still on a drip until Sunday morning (antibiotics and fluids) and having blood pressure etc checked every 2 hours.

Had my op in UK, so may be different here, but my surgeon won't let anyone leave until they can prove they can keep some soft pureed food (yoghurt, fruit etc) down and aren't feeling sick anymore.

I've gone into a lot of detail here, but figure you guys need to know what to expect. The hospital stay wasn't what I was expecting and was abit of an ordeal - for me at least.

I had my consult Wednesday. The surgeon touched on this a little. He said they only do these on Tuesdays and mostly in the morning.

Most of their patients go home on Thursday. Rarely, does anyone stay past Friday.

Since he didn't differentiate between the RNY and lapband (they do both), I assume they follow the same guidelines.

I was in the hospital just overnight. The next morning they tested for leaks in the new pouch and then I was released. Don't expect to sleep much the night you stay in the hospital because they will naturally be checking on you constantly.

had my surgery this tuesday gone (the 16th of october) came out friday morning that makes 3 days :)

I had surgery on thursday at 7am. I stayed until sun afternoon. I could have medically gone on saturday, but I had pain control issues and I wanted to stay until sunday. I also work there, so it was a little easier to convince them that I needed help.

i had my surgery on Oct.1 2007 and came home on Oct.3. i think this is the basic time frame. so that was two nights in the hospital. i was glad to come home but i had comfort with the time in the hospital to make sure all was well.

I was in 2 nights.

Surgery was Weds. morning, test for leaks was Thurs. morning. They removed the catheter Thurs. evening. Removed the drainage tube on Friday morning and went home that evening.

I had my surgery Tues Oct 2nd and was home Thurs the 4th.

I hard surgery on July 23rd and was out July 24th. Less than 36 hrs. I've lost 73 lbs in less than 3 months.

I went in for early morning surgery on a Wednesday and left by noon on Friday. I didn't have a catheter or drainage tube, but was hooked up to an IV. Good luck!

My surgery stay was 4days, even though I felt great on the 2nd or 3rd day they still needed to keep me in there for my own safety.