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I had my gastric sleeve surgery this past Wednesday and ever since, I have had such a hard time urinating. I feel like I have to go, but once I sit down on the toilet, it takes a lot of mental effort to get it going. And I never feel like I'm emptying my bladder. I read online that it could have something to do with anesthesia. If you had this issue, how long did it take to go back to normal?

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I needed a catheter for over 24 hours after surgery and it took a while to feel normal again after my VSG. I was also told it was the anaesthesia.

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15 hours ago, IKANDOTHIS said:

I had my gastric sleeve surgery this past Wednesday and ever since, I have had such a hard time urinating. I feel like I have to go, but once I sit down on the toilet, it takes a lot of mental effort to get it going. And I never feel like I'm emptying my bladder. I read online that it could have something to do with anesthesia. If you had this issue, how long did it take to go back to normal?

I had the exact same problem. I had to be catheterised before I left the hospital and the doctor put me on flomax for 7 days. That worked wonders and I was fine by the time I finished the medicine.

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No, I didn't have that issue. I was peeing like a racehorse right away. Good luck with your healing.

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4 hours ago, Hlminichillo said:

My doctor also said that if you’re using that patch for nausea -scopolamine- that it can cause you not to pee. She told me if that happened to stop using the patch.

I did actually have the patch on the day of the surgery and didn't take it off until I got home the next day. I bet that had something to do with it too!

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4 hours ago, GradyCat said:

No, I didn't have that issue. I was peeing like a racehorse right away. Good luck with your healing.

That's great! I felt pretty much back to normal about a week after surgery, thank goodness!

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