Do you have to have a catheter for this surgery? I mean it's only 30 min surgery(according to my Doctor) and I was jw

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No, not for the surgery. I was told the surgery was more like an hour. I needed a catheter because I had complications.

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Nope, surgery is really short.

I was sleeved. They cathed me during surgery and the next day it was removed. It sucked but I was glad to have it since I was in so much pain

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Didn't have one for this surgery.

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I was told I'd have one and that surgery was two hours? Wth?

If I had one they removed it before I woke up.

I didn't have one as my survey was 45 minutes

I was told I'd have one and that surgery was two hours? Wth?

Bypass n sleeve take around 1.5-2 hours then at my hospital my pts stay in PACU for about an hour so like 4-5 hours about for whole ordeal. Everyone gets a catheter...something I'm not happy about...but every pt says they were glad after bc they didn't feel up to going to bathroom first day bc of drugs

Yeah had one. Surgery took Max 2 hours then everyone in Bariatric goes into HDU for 24hrs. Very happy I had catheter in as those 24hrs I couldn't get up to go.

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I had one, they left it in for about 24 hours. Once I was off my IV they took out the Cath. Also I was sleeved and my surgery took about 1.5 hours according to my hubby.

From being a nurse on my unit n dealing with surgeons I was told I'm first thing Tuesday morning...eek

From being a nurse on my unit n dealing with surgeons I was told I'm first thing Tuesday morning...eek

Off topic but oh well I'm in brain fog from no food lol

Off topic but oh well I'm in brain fog from no food lol

Lol! I'm so looking forward to being on the other side. These two weeks have crawled.

I had both a catheter and a drain. The catheter was in overnight. I think I had both because I'd had 2 lap bands over 17 years. I don't recall how long the surgery was because I was alone in the hospital. The surgeon did say that they had to do a hernia repair and deal with a mess of stitches from the second lap band installation so I think it took longer than expected.