Drain removed tomorrow! EEK!

[bonniefide 49]

My JP drain is being taken out tomorrow (as long as all goes well and they say it can come out!) Let me tell you, I am more nervous about having this thing removed than I am about the surgery itself! I would like to hear your stories... good and bad... just so I can mentally prepare myself. My sister is taking me and I plan on drugging myself up on pain killers (obviously).

[bigsleeve56 266]

I think it was hooked to one of my toes because it felt like they turned me inside out from my left leg up.

[notmeanymore 629]

I didnt have a drain with my sleeve but did have my appendix out 6 months after my sleeve surgery and had a drain. I also had one with my gallbladder surgery. The worst part is all going on in your head, seriously. I was a basket case about it too and they came out so quickly that I was like "that was it?". A pain killer certainly wouldnt hurt but it didnt really hurt, its a strange sensation but not really pain if that makes sense.

[Red38ruby 1]

I had a drain when I had gallbladder surgery also. I remember being freaked out about it as well. It felt a little weird, but there was no pain and it only took a second or two to remove. It really was a non-event!

Good luck tomorrow - hope yours is the same!

[kvdme 64]

The nurse told me it was going to be uncomfortabe....more life flipping around and hitting things on the way out. To me it is like pulling out an iv kinda hurts but relieved to have it out.

[bonniefide 49]

Thanks for the responses. I was hoping it would be like hitting your elbow really hard - a weird pain - if that makes sense. I was hoping it wasn't gut-wrenching!

[Sassy Pants1 186]

My nurse counted to three and before I could say "wow, that kinda hurt" she was done. Felt about the same as the catheter coming out. Unpleasant, but not exactly awful.