Catheter - question- Don't laugh - ok you can!

Jo0710
on 7/12/17 10:58 am

I didn't have one either.

RNY Jan 16/17 Surgery @ St. Mikes with Dr. Rotstein. Pre-Surgery -20lbs & Optifast -15lbs. Year 1 Loss after RNY: 131lbs

**Half the woman I was**

Mahalo F.
on 7/13/17 7:15 am

Hello everyone!

I did not get a catheter either. They had me empty my bladder before surgery.

I actually got up in recovery & went to the bathroom there. My bladderwort was going to explode.

From a nursing prospective.... They would not introduce a catheter because it puts you at risk for s UTI (urinary tract infection).

Please... for those of you that have not had surgery??? Relax....

They only put catheters in to keep the bladder empty during a pelvic procedure...

No worries...

Roux En Y - Jan. 4, 2017

HW 283 SW 260 CW 165

IN THE END WE ONLY REGRET CHANCES WE DIDN'T TAKE.

Jackie S.
on 7/13/17 11:24 am - Ottawa, Canada

RNY on 06/07/17

Hey jobear27

I did not have a catheter for surgery. I did however have to have one placed during my overnight because my bladder was not emptying. But they just emptied the bladder, removed it, and it took about 7 hours before my bladder decided to do it's job. LOL

It certainly is not comfortable but it is not something that is routinely done, at least from my experience.