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I'm getting sleeved Feb 18, and lately I've seen a few comments on here about a drain tube? I've considered myself pretty informed on this surgery, but nobody at my surgeon's office has said anything about having a drain tube. That just sounds awful. Is that just a normal part of the surgery?

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It depends on the dr. I didn't have a tube.

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I don't have one either. Iv'e never even heard of a drain tube for the sleeve surgery, but I have heard about one for the lap band.

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I had a drain after surgery. It was really no big deal.

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Wow, you learn something new everyday, that's why i love this site:)

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I didn't have a drain tube.

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I also did not have a drain tube

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I have seen a few people on the site mention having drains. I didn't though.

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I did have a JP tube after the surgery. I did not have to much drain and it was removed the next day. A couple of hrs later I was discharged.

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I'm getting sleeved Feb 18' date=' and lately I've seen a few comments on here about a drain tube? I've considered myself pretty informed on this surgery, but nobody at my surgeon's office has said anything about having a drain tube. That just sounds awful. Is that just a normal part of the surgery?[/quote']

It's typical for some doctors. It is not nearly as bad as it sounds. Mine was only in for a week and a lot of gunk came out. No big deal. The week goes by so fast.

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This may sound silly but what is a drain tube? I'm assuming it allows fluids and such out of your body after surgery, but I guess what I haven't found the answers to are questions like where do they put it? What comes out? Is it better to have one?

Thanks!

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You know, I was relieved that I didn't have one after reading about them here, but in hindsight, I wish I would have had one. I had a huge mass of blood in my abdomen and I had a leak. A drain tube might have saved me a great deal of pain.

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I didn't have one either.

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