Catheter anyone?

[Katycando 0]

Is it necessary to have a catheter for the laproscopic surgery?

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I honestly don't know. I don't think so. I didn't have one. I suppose a surgeon "could" require it but they are invasive and for a short surgery (esp if you are NPO as ordered) then there isn't much need for it.

[AlaskaGirl77 0]

My surgeon said yes. They put it in after i was knocked out and it was out before i woke up..didn't even know it was there...he said if you urinate during surgery it makes the table 'unsterille' and that's not the goal..

[Cleo's Mom 257]

I had one in after I was under anesthesia and it stayed in until the next day. That was fine with me. I sure didn't want to use a bedpan in recovery and I didn't feel like getting up later that day, either. So, I'm glad I had one.

[elcee 3,341]

As far as I know I didn't have one. Put it this way i had my own knickers on when I went into surgery and still had them on when I woke up !

I have had catheters before and they have all been taken out when I was awake a couple of hours after surgery.

I also had no problem getting up after surgery to use the bathroom.

[MissD 0]

I don't know about Lap Band surgery, but I had a Lap choley and didn't have one. It's not that long of a surgery... and as a nurse, I can't see why they would want to place one since it's a risk for infection... but I suppose it's the doc's preference...

[jujuvee 0]

Ok, so I was told that they were going to put on in so I did not go pee before surgery..... Well obviously they did not because the first words out of my mouth was "my beds all wet"

Yep, I peed like a little puppy must have been when they threw those warm blankets on me as I heard someone counting in the background. Good to know that those microwaves in the surgical room were not for surgeons to warm up their hot pockets!

[Brockbabe82 0]

for some reason I was really nervous about the prospect of having to get one, but I never gotone during the surgery. I did have trouble urinating after surgery though. I think it was because it hurt my stomach so bad. I asked later and the doc said he doesnt feel the need to use them.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

MissD...I think you're right...it's up to the doc. I confirmed I didn't have one for any of mine; I had urinated all I could prior to surgery and they wanted me to be able to go as soon afterward as possible...

and yes it is a big risk for infection! :tongue_smilie:

[Sarah.R 2]

I don't think it is necessary but they sometimes do it alot. I've never had one (thank god) and they always ask if I need to pee before surgery which even if I don't I go anyway. I don't mean for this to sound offensive so no one take it that way but I think maybe the older you get maybe the more they think about doing it.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I don't mean for this to sound offensive so no one take it that way but I think maybe the older you get maybe the more they think about doing it.

maybe in Australia? but I was 53 when I had my TWO surgeries and not cathed either time. It really is mostly dependent on the surgeon and his/her preference. For a short surgery (as most lap band "installations" are) it isn't required.

[AlaskaGirl77 0]

I chuckled when i read that thinking "Wow! is 31 really concidered 'old'?!" lol

I don't think it is necessary but they sometimes do it alot. I've never had one (thank god) and they always ask if I need to pee before surgery which even if I don't I go anyway. I don't mean for this to sound offensive so no one take it that way but I think maybe the older you get maybe the more they think about doing it.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I chuckled when i read that thinking "Wow! is 31 really concidered 'old'?!" lol

LOL I'm of the "never trust anyone over 30" generation...oops blew by that one long ago. I think of old as generally about 30 years "more" than whatever age I am at the time! :tongue_smilie:

[DrStoooopid 0]

Is it necessary to have a catheter for the laproscopic surgery?

Not unless you have bladder dysfunction. No.

[Weas123 0]

I had one (ughhhh) and it gave me a bladder infection!

P.S. "old" is ten years older than you are. So, yeah, 31 is old (for me, at least) :-)