Did you go home with a drain?

[tuckersmom 42]

Is it standard after RNY bypass to be sent home with a drain?

[Yvonne22474 6]

When I had my surgery in November 2013 when I went home my drain had been taken out.

[BostonWLKC 807]

I didn’t have a drain- just 5 small 1/4- inch incisions


HW 242, SW 236- (Bypass 12/20/17)
GW#1- 199 [emoji736] (2/11/18)
GW#2- 180
CW 182
5’6”

[Luisajfc 402]

I didn’t have one.

[Creekimp13 5,840]

They're not as common anymore, but there are instances when some surgeons still use them.

[jacky0218 30]

I had a drain at home for a week. It did not hurt at all to come out. Very painless. And I was on no pain meds at all. Not even Tylenol.

[istytehcrawk 256]

Yes, I went home with a drain on my right side. It was taken out at my one-week post-op appointment, and it hurt something fierce, I think because it was pulled right past the muscles that were already the most sore. My mom had said hers felt weird but didn't hurt when she got them out following her double mastectomy, so I wasn't prepared for how much it hurt. (It probably didn't help that my pain meds had worn off because we unexpectedly had to wait a couple hours for my surgeon because she was stuck in surgery.)

[Francess 38]

I did not go home with drain. They took it out in the hospital.

[GassyGurl 428]

I didn't have one.

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[heatherjudson 62]

I didn’t have one. Just 5 small incisions.

HW - 227
SW - 221 (11/27/17)
GW1 - 185 - bye bye obese
CW - 170
GW2 - 154 - bye bye overweight
GW3 - 135