Dr. Sachin Patil

Colonoscopy is done under moderate sedation, you will not feel any discomfort during colonoscopy, after the procedure you may feel bloated/gas. But, if you are hurting in your belly after colonoscopy you, have to call your doctor right away or go to emergency

Yes you may sleep on your side after gastric bypass surgery

Typically patients are discharged to home 24 to 48hrs after Nissen Fundoplication. However the total recovary time could be anywhere between six to eight weeks

Patients tested positive for COVID19 are noted to present with wide variety of symptoms, most commonly fever, cough, shortness of breath and loss of smell and taste. Its is also noted that patient could have sever body aches and many other symptoms, if you are running fever with a temperature of >100.6F you should get tested for COVID19 infection

It depends on what kind of surgery you have received. In general, after abdominal surgery, there are no special recommended sleep positions; you can sleep in any position, on your back, belly, or side. Most important is you have to exercise caution when you are getting up from laying down position, you have to roll to your side and then sit up using your upper extremity and side muscles. After any abdominal surgery, don't lift anything heavy more than 30 lbs and don't do sit-ups, push-ups, and crunches for a total of six weeks.

If the hernias are not affecting your work, lifestyle or sleep, you dont need the surgery right away, however if your hernias are painful or if you develop nausea, vomiting, constipation and abdominal distention, you need to rush to the nearest emergency