Hi all:

I just join today. My surgery date is 12/2.... just 3 days away. I am reading the posts and notice that they put on drains after the surgery. Tomorrow I will meeting with my doctor and will ask him about that. OMG I didn't know that I had to walk around with a drain! can the community share their experience with me as far as the drain is concerned?

Thank you

And my doctor said that I was one of the biggest whiner and wimps that he's had go through the procedure!

That made me laugh! lol Thanks

I always thought I would be a huge baby but instead, I'm just a bitch! lol Not really if they are nice to me but I get irritable REALLY easy. Zero to bitch in .5 seconds!

I had my surgery in Mexico and had a drain and had to take it out myself when I got home. I was SOOOOO scared. I begged my Dr. to PLEASE take it out because I was so afraid of having to do it myself, but he wanted it to be in for while I traveled home. After flying all day with it I was so ready for that thing to be out of me. As soon as I got home from the airport I took a shower, snipped the stitch and whipped that baby out. It was a weird "snake swimming in your belly" feeling but it didn't hurt at all. I think it helped that I took a shower before taking it out because the skin around it was soft and hadn't begain healing around the tube.

Try not to worry about this part of the surgery. I know that's a lot easier said than done. Honestly, and this might be a little too much information for everyone, but the worse part of my entire VSG experience (so far) was the yeast infection I developed after being on the antibiotics from surgery for so long.

OMG You had to take it out yourself??!! I am having surgery in Mexico... I am not completely afraid to ask who your surgeon was... but do tell....If it is my surgeon I want to be prepared!

I had my surgery in Mexico and had a drain and had to take it out myself when I got home. I was SOOOOO scared. I begged my Dr. to PLEASE take it out because I was so afraid of having to do it myself, but he wanted it to be in for while I traveled home. After flying all day with it I was so ready for that thing to be out of me. As soon as I got home from the airport I took a shower, snipped the stitch and whipped that baby out. It was a weird "snake swimming in your belly" feeling but it didn't hurt at all. I think it helped that I took a shower before taking it out because the skin around it was soft and hadn't begain healing around the tube.

Try not to worry about this part of the surgery. I know that's a lot easier said than done. Honestly, and this might be a little too much information for everyone, but the worse part of my entire VSG experience (so far) was the yeast infection I developed after being on the antibiotics from surgery for so long.