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04-05-2007, 02:18 PM
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| Whipper Snapper  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southaven, MS
Posts: 39
Weight Statistics August 6-2007 Surgery Date:
Height: 235 lb Start Weight:
232 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
3 lb Weight Loss:
87 lb Lb Left to Lose:
1.27659574468 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 41 BMI Start:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  |  drainage tube? i am about to have gastric the 24th of this month ( april ) i am reading some post on here that mentions a drainage tube? noone mentioned to me that i would have one. i am haveing the lazer type gastric. do you go home with this tube in you? i thought i was educated about this but maybe not. also what about a cathader? will i have one when they do this surgery and if so for how long? 
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04-05-2007, 02:31 PM
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| Cub Reporter  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 82
Weight Statistics 1-27-08 Start Date:
2-22-08 Surgery Date:
Height: 283 lb Start Weight:
270 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
13 lb Weight Loss:
120 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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2-14-09 Goal Date:
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Weight Loss Method Sleeve Gastrectomy |  From what I have read and been told by my surgical team is yes you will have a drainage tube; whether you go home with it or not is up to your surgeon. Everyone has the catheter, but it will come out before you go home.
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04-05-2007, 03:00 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,756
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
27 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass    | i had no drain tubes at any point while awake from my surgery. ITS all up to the surgeon. I had all my LAP incisions held closed with surgical tape which totally amazed me! SO i imagine best way to resolve this is ask your surgeon if he uses drain tubes or not! good luck
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04-05-2007, 03:30 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC the best place in the world to live!
Posts: 2,967
Weight Statistics Halloween 2005 Start Date:
4' 11" Height: 212 lb Start Weight:
127 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
-3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.0943396226 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 42.8141338696 BMI Start:
25.6480896294 BMI Current:
26.2539500144 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Hi there. A catheter is a drainage tube placed into your bladder during surgery. It is placed after they put you under anesthesia and it is usually removed the morning after surgery... The other drain they are talking about is something called a Jackson Pratt drain placed into the area of surgery to drain blood and fluids ..This is done as a precaution by most not all surgeons to prevent pooling of fluids. Ask you surgeon if he uses this and if he sends you home with one. I had one with my WLS and two with my TT. Not a big deal more annoying then anything. Comming out it feels funny..... Small prices to pay for a new healthy you. Hope that helps a little. Good luck LittleLisaMarie
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04-05-2007, 03:59 PM
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| Whipper Snapper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southaven, MS
Posts: 39
Weight Statistics August 6-2007 Surgery Date:
Height: 235 lb Start Weight:
232 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
3 lb Weight Loss:
87 lb Lb Left to Lose:
1.27659574468 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 41 BMI Start:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | thanks so much for the info. now i remember the nurse saying they put tape over the incisions. im excited and like everyone scared and will be glad when its over.
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04-05-2007, 05:37 PM
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| Big Loser Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: MW
Posts: 127
Weight Statistics 3/27/07 Start Date:
3/27/07 Surgery Date:
Height: 336 lb Start Weight:
236 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
86 lb Lb Left to Lose:
29.7619047619 % % Lost:
7/1/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 61.4 BMI Start:
43.2 BMI Current:
27.4 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Jackson Pratt Tube The JP drainage tube was the only painful part of my surgery. Unlike Lisa though I didn't feel it coming out at all. Others say it feels like a snake coming out of your body, not at all painful, just weird. That frickety frackety tube though caused me much pain and consternation while hospitalized. It caused a lot of referred pain in my shoulder. At no point or time though have any of my incisions hurt. Yesterday while at the store I did a small bend over and the hem of my pants bit into my stomach and it hurt, but it didn't hurt the incisions. I came home from the hospital completely pain free. I've read stories here where folks sleep upright in their chairs when they come home, or that they are afraid to go to sleep on their tummies. After my JP tube came out I was alllllllllllllllll about sleeping on my tummy. No pain - not even a little bit. HTH!!
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04-06-2007, 05:17 AM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Milford Kansas
Posts: 1,205
Weight Statistics 09/01/2006 Start Date:
5' 4" Height: 254 lb Start Weight:
144 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
110 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.3070866142 % % Lost:
02/01/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 43.5942382812 BMI Start:
24.71484375 BMI Current:
24.0283203125 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Yep feels weird coming out. I had one in till the morning I came home. It was no big deal just a little ugly but you don't see it under your gown. Its no big deal |
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04-15-2007, 11:18 PM
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| WLS Guru  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh
Posts: 476
Weight Statistics 11 May 06 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
230 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
70 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.8064516129 % % Lost:
| I too had a dranage tube and lived with the darn thing for a week. It would catch me from time to time and it did make it hard to sleep, and there were a few nights I slept on the sofa or in my chair. Once it come out though things were OK. It did feel funny but it did not hurt coming out. It is funny though that I too had no pain with my insicions. robbin
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