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I am very surprised about how many of you had drains or came home with drains. I didn't have a drain and when I did my research there really wasn't a lot of information on the drains. And to the lovely ladies on her did you experience nipple soreness. Mine are crazy sore. I must be loosing the weight in my breast. Lol sorry for the TMI.

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LOL, Sorry to hear about your nipples!!! My doc never said anything to me about going home with a drain either, and believe me tells me everything that is going to happen cause I ask a million questions. So all this is a surprise to me? My surgery is 3/19 so I don't know what it's going to feel like, but when did you have your surgery, and let me ask you this after your surgery how long did it take for you to notice that you were loosing weight?

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My drain was removed right before departing from the hospital...talk about a STRANGE sensation. Feeling that thing come out was not painful, at all. But feeling that thing come through your body was WIERD!!!

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Me nor my husband had a G tube either

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I had a drain tube after RNY. It wasn't removed until right now before I left the hospital. The hole was just covered with a bandage. It's very much a weird sensation with about 8inches of tubing being removed. Not painful just weird.

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I think ppl that had sleeve get drain tubes. Bypass patients dont seem to have drains

In my case, that is incorrect. I had bypass, and had a drain.

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I had a drain tube after RNY. It wasn't removed until right now before I left the hospital. The hole was just covered with a bandage. It's very much a weird sensation with about 8inches of tubing being removed. Not painful just weird.

Same experience

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I'm having rny march 24th and was told I won't have a drain. Thankfully!

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I had the gastric bypass and had a drain from each side. I was also surprised as it was never mentioned in all the pre-op information. Agree, it felt really weird coming out!
Kim

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I had RNY and I came home with a drain for 2 weeks.

Like others said, it didn't hurt coming out. It was just a weird sensation.

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I know I'm going to have a drain but I can't for the life of me remember if anyone at my surgeons office actually told me that. I've had 3 friends that had the surgery with the same surgical group and they had them.

At first I was annoyed at the thought of it but then it was explained to me that if you have a leak you can get very sick if you don't know it. If you start getting weird stuff in your drain they may put you back in the hospital for a few day and not let you eat but it will probably heal on its own. So I'll take the drain I guess.

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I know I'm going to have a drain but I can't for the life of me remember if anyone at my surgeons office actually told me that. I've had 3 friends that had the surgery with the same surgical group and they had them. At first I was annoyed at the thought of it but then it was explained to me that if you have a leak you can get very sick if you don't know it. If you start getting weird stuff in your drain they may put you back in the hospital for a few day and not let you eat but it will probably heal on its own. So I'll take the drain I guess.

Yep, I had to drink blue Powerade for the 2 weeks I had it.

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I had RNY and had my drain removed a few hours before I left the hospital. It was a weird feeling.

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