Do all patients who have the rny procedure get drain tubes?

Ha. I am such a pansy. I am early in the process and this is the first time I have been nauseous & it is from just reading this thread. I have a long road ahead.

Ha. I am such a pansy. I am early in the process and this is the first time I have been nauseous & it is from just reading this thread. I have a long road ahead.

I couldnt agree more...except my surgery is next month and Im sooooo nauseus right now

Bebulz

Check with your doctor first to see if he does do one.

Remember it is a tool to make sure your not leaking Fluid into your abdomen. Not all doctors do them.

If he does then it just becomes something that you say ok I want a healthy life, a drain tube for a week, doable. To me this is a small thing to endure for the long term of my health and having a kick a*s body!

~Missy~

I know if its needed its to help me have a healthy life its just i literally have the weakest stomach with stuff like this Im sick just reading about it lol

I have been a nurse for aaallllooonnngggggg time. Nothing grosses me out!

Yeah i could never be a nurse i cant even listen to a story about something semi gross or i'll be sick lol

Ok called my Drs office this am cause this is all that i have been able to think about and thank god he does not use drainage tubes....whewwwwwww relieved lol

Interested to know what else they could use in it's place?

They said nothing so idk maybe somehow they drain it during surgery

I did not have tubes, but I do remember that I turned over in recovery and Fluid leaked out on both sides , and they wraped me up in bandages.......I was so drugged up for three days it is all a blur, the ivs being changed and the blood clot shots were my worst thing.......the heparin shots every 4 hrs for three days in my stomach...... Bruised me pretty good.....

Ok, sounds interesting as I was in Hospital for 2 days and fluid collected all the time. Would like to hear from anyone who had a tubeless operation.

I also had a bruised tail bone, fell down my sisters steps in her house the month before and was so sore sittin still on bottom for 2 months......I had th keep Turing from side to side.....on my hips, I was so glad whe I could sleep on my stomach again, I also had no staples this time which was great, I had staples, when I had lap band, they were irritating......

Im so scared about the catheter

Ten days before prostate surgery I had a cystoscopic exam. After the procedure

i had urine retention and had to have a catheter for 10 days. A drain can't possibly be worst that that.

Mine was removed the day after surgery. I kinda wish it was in for longer because yesterday I pulled a hanging piece of scab off my incisions site and a bunch of Fluid poured out!! For about 10 mins a brownish liquid came out then it got more red and bloody! I applied pressure and it stopped. Now I'm worried I have fluid still inside of me :-(

My younger sister didn't have a drain but older sister did and she had less problems with gas. She swears that the drain made the difference.

I agree toothdoc a JP drain is not worse than a cathater.

I had breast reduction and I had a tube on each breast. It didn't hurt just felt weird when they came out.

I agree toothdoc a JP drain is not worse than a cathater.

I had breast reduction and I had a tube on each breast. It didn't hurt just felt weird when they came out.

My younger sister didn't have a drain but older sister did and she had less problems with gas. She swears that the drain made the difference.

from my own personal female point of view the catheter was okay but I know from you're male point of view I know it had to be hell.