How is a Patients BMI Related Health Risk Determined?
No Obesity BMI >= 27 kg/m2 (approximately 20% above ideal weight) BMI >= 30 kg/m2 (approximately 30% above ideal weight) Back Q11: What happens after the surgery? A: After your Gastric Bypass surgery, you will begin to awaken in the post-op recovery room, in what may seem like just an instant. Many patients will have little or no recollection of being there, a normal side effect of the medicine given to you during anesthesia. Ordinarily, your breathing tube is removed from your throat as you begin awakening usually before you are aware of it being there. You will be started on pain medication by the nurses in recovery as soon as you need it. The IV line for fluids and medications that was started in the operating room will remain with you for your entire stay in the hospital and will take care of your required fluid intake. Although you won’t be allowed to drink water for the next day or so, you will be allowed to suck on ice chips after the first day if your mouth is dry. About 4 hour
