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Question after reading book rec. by Dr.

Hi, everyone!

I'm pre-op and due to have my sleeve done in October.

Someone from my doctor's office recommended a book called "From the Inside Out," by Steve Baum, Angela Bickman, and Paula Magic.

In the book it says sleeve patients will "also have an indwelling Foley catheter (inserted while you are asleep in the surgery suite). This small catheter is inserted through your urethra into your bladder."

I didn't realize we were given catheters. Is this true?

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      My surgeon didn't use a catheter or a drain. Definitely keep in mind the date of whatever resource you are looking at. A lot has changed in even the last couple of years. You may want to write do

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    I had one, inserted after I was out, and taken out as soon as I was mobile. I had the sleeve.

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    i had one (surgery oct 2015) - inserted while asleep and removed the following day.

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