Hi everyone! i'm new here. I started my sleeve journey in January though Balboa San Diego. June I will have finished my 6 month diet plan and I've already finished all of the required "phase 1" things. I'm so excited! I should meet with my surgeon the first part of May and get scheduled from there.

I do have a silly question, do they put in a catheter before you are sedated? I just know that was a HORRIBLE experience for me when I was having my C-section. That an anesthesia make me a bit nervous. But mostly I'm super excited.

Not everyone gets a catheter. I did not. Did they say you would have one?

Doctors are all different. His office will know. Good luck on your surgery.

My Dr did not do a catheter either. He said the surgery was so short it was not needed. I was all prepared to argue against having one and was nicely surprised by his answer.

Like everyone likes to point out though- Every Dr is different. Best of luck to you

Hi my doctor puts it in after they have sedated you in the operating room, congrats on making the choice to be healthy.

I had a catheder, but it was put in after I was sedated and taken out the next morning before i was discharged. I sooooooo did not want one, but it did not bother me at all and saved me from having to get up in the middle of the night.

I had one! I was totally fascinated by my ability to walk the halls and pee at the same time. Didn't bother me a bit.

I was asking my doc a bunch of questions I had written down and he jumped in the middle of it and said "And I won't do a catheter"... that wasn't even on my list!

I forgot to ask my doctor! : /

I did not have one.

I didn't have one either. My doctor said there was no need.