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So I'm now 13 days pre-op revision from gastric sleeve to by-pass and I didn't have to deal with a drain for my first surgery. Can someone tell me their experience with it? How long it was in / how often the had to empty it / if they had any difficulties or discomfort...

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I had one. It was inconvenient to deal with showering. It was uncomfortable, but not painful. Emptying wasn't difficult or gross or anything. I can't remember exactly how often, but a few times a day was sufficient. It was uncomfortable having it removed, but a relief to be done with it.

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I didn't have a drain for my sleeve surgery.

I did have one with my spinal reconstruction. My surgeon told me that he was going to pull it out on the count of "3".

He pulled it out at "2"!

Sneaky bastard... :)

Really it happened so fast that it was out before I had time to dread having it pulled.

I have been forewarned that I will be coming home from my skin surgery with 6 drains.

OH MY!! I let you know how that goes..... ;)

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