Will I have to have a catheter for my gastric sleeve surgery

[Allynicole124]

HI Everyone,

I AM new HERE and just want to say hi and ask if I will have to have a catheter
I AM a baby when it comes to pain. THANK you in advance for any info

[RehabNurse]

Are you referring to a urinary catheter? I did not need to have one placed. After all, my surgical procedure was only 30 minutes long. In general, only the longer surgeries require placement of a catheter.

[janellak]

They did have a urinary catheter put in for me but they put it in while I was under and took it out right after before I woke up. Once I was awake I was then on pain meds so didn't notice a thing.

[Dawnislas]

I didn't have one. The surgery doesn't take very much time so I'm not sure one would be needed. Some people, me included, had a drain in the stomach to drain the blood. They removed it right before I was released. There was pain as it was being removed but then that was it. No more problems after it came out. All in all I didn't have much pain and the pain pump in the hospital helped a lot. Once home I only took like 2-3 pain pills at night to help me sleep. I never had gas pain either but I had my gas strips just in case. Good luck!

[TarotAces]

As far as I know, and of course it will depend on your particular surgeon, it is NOT common at all to have to have a urinary catheter for a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG). They are very short surgeries and it's not needed.

Also, most people say that the only pain they have is the gas in the abdomen/chest/shoulder area the day/night of surgery and then they were fine. Also, most of those who did have the gas said walking helped tremendously, or prevented the pain almost entirely.

Hope that helps

[Kindle]

Between the laproscopic incisions, being filled with gas, cutting and stapling your stomach, and (possibly) having a drain put in, having a urinary catheter placed or not is going to be the LEAST of your worries as far as pain goes. Definitely not something I'd be concerned about.

[jerzeygirl]

We do not routinely use catheters at our hospital for bariatric surgery. I agree with Kindle, the gas is the real "pain." Good luck and you're going to love this journey!

[Allynicole124]

Thank you all for you info. Its greatly appreciated

[ghost_ryder]

As a guy, the cath was one of feared items too. It was my first so I had idea what to expect. The fact that it was there was no problem because I was out when it went in. However, I was awake when it came out. It was the least of the problems I had. It stung a bit when it came out but it was better than the incisions.

[Pam G]

no cath

[Lisa73me]

Between the laproscopic incisions, being filled with gas, cutting and stapling your stomach, and (possibly) having a drain put in, having a urinary catheter placed or not is going to be the LEAST of your worries as far as pain goes. Definitely not something I'd be concerned about.

You are awesome Kindle!

[americangrrl]

i went to mexico....no catheter...

[sraebaer]

No, I didn't.

[Christie13]

US surgery and no catheter for me.

[Allynicole124]

Thank you so much