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12-16-2007, 02:18 PM
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| Cub Reporter Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 84
Weight Statistics Nov 9th 2007 Start Date:
January 9th 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4" Height: 253 lb Start Weight:
178 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
75 lb Weight Loss:
18 lb Lb Left to Lose:
29.6442687747 % % Lost:
january 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 43.4226074219 BMI Start:
30.5502929688 BMI Current:
27.4609375 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |  A question I forgot to ask the surgeon!! Hello All, I went to meet with the surgeon this past Friday and got to schedule my surgery!!! January 9th..Just a few weeks away!! WOOHOO!! I even got to meet some people in the waiting room who all had positive experiences and made me really comfortable with my decision to go ahead and get the gastric bypass done instead of the lapband. Anyhow...i asked my surgeon many questions but forgot to ask this one. Maybe some of you know the answer to it. I was wondering what a draining tube is?? Does everyone have one? I only know about them from people writing about them on here. if anyone knows any info about this I'd appreciate some info!!! Thanks!!  
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12-16-2007, 02:32 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 2,281
Weight Statistics April 11th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 4" Height: 267 lb Start Weight:
151 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
116 lb Weight Loss:
1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4456928839 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 45.8254394531 BMI Start:
25.9162597656 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | Sorry I cant help but I did not have a drain tube. But I know alot of others on here did. They will be on soon to help you out.
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12-16-2007, 02:53 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 687
Weight Statistics 6/16/2007 meda-fast Start Date:
July 19,2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 325 lb Start Weight:
201 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
124 lb Weight Loss:
51 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.1538461538 % % Lost:
no time line i just want it to be lost Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.4506427916 BMI Start:
32.4387052342 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | I did not have one but there are many people that have had them that or on here that can help ya out. congrats on your date it will be here before you know it.
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12-16-2007, 06:36 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 3,513
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 280 lb Start Weight:
142 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
138 lb Weight Loss:
-8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
49.2857142857 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
21.5886678201 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | didn't have one either, but plenty here did...I'm sure others will be along to toss in their experience! |
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12-16-2007, 07:02 PM
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| Newbie  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Norwalk, Ohio
Posts: 6
Weight Statistics September 9, 2005 Start Date:
September 9, 2005 Surgery Date:
Height: 641 lb Start Weight:
288 lb Current Weight:
230 lb Goal Weight:
353 lb Weight Loss:
58 lb Lb Left to Lose:
55.0702028081 % % Lost:
September 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 86 BMI Start:
39 BMI Current:
31 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |  It's Ok, I promise!! With my G-B surgery, I had three drain tubes kinda arranged in a triangle around my incision. They are straw looking flexable tubes that have a small apple sized pouch on the end that collects all the blood and junk that seeps out of you after surgery. The ones that I had were really long and felt really wierd when they pulled them out. They are generally left in until the day that you leaving the hospital. They do not hurt and they are put in after your knocked out so you never really have any discomfort from them until they pull them out. Now, when they pull them out you are awake and you can watch them do it. It feels very wierd, kinda like a snake moving through your body. My wife and I joked that it was like one of the magic tricks when they pull the different colored hankerchiefs out of the hat it just kept going and going. Mine were about 2 feet long. To be honest it didn't hurt it was just really wierd and hard to explain. My advise is worry more about the first time that you get up and feel your organs go back into place cuz of gravity, now that is F'n WIERD!!!! If you have any more questions let me know I am very happy to help you and I have been thru it all, trust me!!!! Big Wylly Out!!!! E-mail me at wyllyyarber@hotmail.com
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12-16-2007, 07:21 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 1,789
Blog Entries: 8 Weight Statistics July 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 271 lb Start Weight:
147 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
124 lb Weight Loss:
2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.7564575646 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 43.7357667585 BMI Start:
23.7238292011 BMI Current:
23.4010560147 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Mine were probably 4" +/-, didnt really feel them, no big deal. Yeah, it feels kinda weird when they take them out but mine were quick and painless. No biggie. Good luck - welcome!
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12-16-2007, 07:55 PM
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| WLS Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan
Posts: 380
Weight Statistics 07/25/07 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 288 lb Start Weight:
201 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
87 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.2083333333 % % Lost:
08/2007 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 43.785467128 BMI Start:
30.5586072664 BMI Current:
24.3252595156 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I came home with one and had it for a week. It is not painful, more irritating than anything. I kept mine pinned to my binder and wore lose shirts. When I showered I pinned in to a dish towel around my neck. Had to empty it a couple times a day. It felt weird, not painful, when he pulled it and I had to wait for the hole to close up as he didn't steristrip it or anything.
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12-16-2007, 09:41 PM
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| Guru In Training  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cheektowaga, New York
Posts: 285
Weight Statistics nov.7.2007 Start Date:
MARCH 11,2008 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 289 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
95 lb Weight Loss:
44 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.8719723183 % % Lost:
1 yr from surgery Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 46.6407254362 BMI Start:
31.3089990817 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | The drains that you are referring to are called jackson pratts or jp's for short some people call them grenades also they are temporary and just to get rid of extra drainage to aid in the healing process .no biggie some say it hurts a little and some don't feel anything justincase ask for pain medicine prior they only take a second to pull out just a snip of a stitch and done i see it done daily if not used the extra drainage would just be left there to absorb on its ownand may cause infection i guess some doc use them for this and some don't and if you have them and see clots in them thats normal due to blood and it may look just like blood clear yellow drainage so don't be alarmed if you go home with them and they change color unless it becomes a funky cloudy looking file smelling stuff that is a sign of infection
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12-16-2007, 09:41 PM
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| Super Moderator  | A (or a few) drain tube is what others have essentially said. It's put in when they have finished the surgery and are closing you up. The surgeon will pull out the instruments inserted through the various incisions he/she's made, then put the drain tubes in their place to make sure the blood and fluids that will seep out until the wounds have closed on the surface can come out, and not build up within your abdomen. Depending on how your surgery goes, and how much bleeding you have, you may have none to drains in all your incisions.
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12-17-2007, 12:43 AM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: N.Y.
Posts: 1,186
Weight Statistics June 25,2007 Start Date:
June 25,2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 322 lb Start Weight:
190 lb Current Weight:
152 lb Goal Weight:
132 lb Weight Loss:
38 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.9937888199 % % Lost:
07/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 50.4268211183 BMI Start:
29.7549565605 BMI Current:
23.8039652484 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I had one drain tube amd it was about 2 feet lng and it did not hurt,and they do pull it out before I went home.It does feel "weird",but mine was used also to see the results of a test they called "the blue popscicle testz'. You eat a blue popc,l and they see if blue comes out in the drain and if not u have no leaks. It was He*l to eat a popsicle twoo days out,but I was glad to see no blue........................Kathy
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