Patients will be nursed on specialist bariatric wards
They can expect to be up and walking within three hours of the operation, drinking the same day and going home the next day. Most patients can expect to be back at work after seven to ten days. After the procedure, patients will be asked to go on a particular diet to help the healing.
Typically, this is a liquid-only diet for two weeks, a puréed diet for two weeks and then a soft diet for two weeks. From then on, patients will need to continue to eat in the right way, adopting an active and healthy lifestyle.