weird question

when you had your surgery did the cathater part hurt going in or coming out and was anyone nervous about the fuda being expose (fatty upper dick area) f.u.d.a i know i dont even like my wife to see me totally nude so i guess this is probley a stupid concern but ive never had a cathader and i get the chills just thinking about somthing going in my pee hole.

Man I'm glad you asked this question. I've never had a cath either and was wondering about it. And thanks for the reply Russ.  As far as the fuda goes, who cares? It will be gone once we get slim and healthy! Just another positive in my book!! 

This was also one of my concerns before surgery last week but didn't have the balls to ask.  It wasn't there when I went under but it was there when I woke up.  No problems or pain while it was in there.  Taking it out......WOW......the worst 2 seconds of my entire stay.  No real pain but just the fact that it was being removed and feeling it being removed.  Nothing to worry about at all. Good Luck! Tom

They didn't put mine in until I was already out like a light.  The whole time it was in, it gave me the feeling of having to urinate but not being able to - it was a very strange sensation.  Coming out was the least pleasant part of my hospital stay, but it was over very quickly and the relief of it being out and being able to stand a take a real leak was amazing. Over all - I wouldn't worry too much.  The docs and nurses who put 'em in and take 'em out aren't interested in looking at your fuda.  In fact, I think with me they just reached up under the sheet and only the tiniest part of me (insert joke here) was even visable. best of luck Ted

thank you all very much i was almost not gonna ask out of imbarassment but i figureits always said nothing is to taboo for this site im not to worried about the f.u.d.a  i mean im ok in that area i guess but its a little imbarassed about it and if that goes away after surgery then i want mine tomorrow cause it make minie me look bad lol so thanks again im still uncomfortable about something in my pee hole but hey small price to pay for a surgery thats gonna give me a new lease on life.

I was out when they put it in...thank God. Also I was awake when they took it out, but it was nothing. i can tell you I was not scared of the RNY, but I was horrified about the catheder. But it was not truely that bad.

Sean

The only negative thing that has happened to me in the whole RNY experience revolved around the catheter. When I came out from surgery I wasn't catheterized. But I was hooked up to an IV which continuously drip, drip, dripped fluid into my system. From about 2 hours post op to about 4 hours post op I was out of bed every 10 minutes or so to try and take a leak. I thought maybe my prostate had enlarged while I was under cause I could go about an oz and then it would shut down even though there was still significant pressure. It was later explained to me that in some people, the anesthesia puts the bladder to sleep and the muscle that opens and closes the gate is not under our control. So about 4 hours post op, the doc comes around and I tell him that I can't **** and I'm gonna explode if they don't catherize me. The dumbass nurse interjects that I've been urinating quite frequently all afternoon. I counter that I've only gone an oz or two each time and that I'm hurting pretty bad. The doc gives the order to catheterize me. By this time, I don't really care how bad it is gonna be, I need some relief. The nurse comes in with the catheter mumbling under her breath that she's not gonna get nothing and rams it home. Even in my post anesthesia haze it was pretty damned brutal. But it was over in about eight seconds, or three "Oh Jesus" 's, whichever came first. Nurse Mumble got to dump a liter of **** within the first two minutes and another liter about 10 minutes later. I stayed catheterized for about the next 40 hours, which in and of itself was fairly uncomfortable. Everytime I got up to walk I had to make sure I didn't step on the catheter tube and jerk it out. Having it removed was fairly unpleasant, but over with in 3 seconds. It's been a while since I prayed as sincerely as I did that day that my bladder would empty normally and we wouldn't have to go back in with the catheter. I was singing the halelujah chorus when I took my first **** naturally and emptied completely.

To be honest, I was more worried about this than I was about the actual surgery! I had never been in a hospital and certainly not had a cath prior to my surgery. The put it in after I was out, so there was definitely no pain or awareness going in. Coming out was slightly uncomfortable, but really not that bad (I was still on my pain pump so I might not be the best judge). Exactly one week after I got home though I had my first experience with a kidney stone. When I got to the emergency room they put a cath in (no pain meds this time and fully aware!) It was slightly painful going in, and a huge feeling of relief when they pulled it out. The worst part of the hospital experience for me was the barium test the day after surgery. It was neat in a sense because they placed the moniter in front of me so I could see my new insides at work, but the stuff they had me drink made me start vomiting (dry heaving, since there was nothing to vomit).

Yep, We've all spent way too much time fretting over the cathater. No big deal. 5 years ago I had to have prostate sugery for cancer. Had some complications and to make a long story short had to carry a cathater with me and do myself about 4 times a day for about 6 weeks. Amazing what we can get used to. Take it from me. Useing a cathater is a whole lot better than not being able to ****

I had my surgery last Tuesday, (one week ago today, huh just realized it)  The cath went in while out.  I kept it in for a day.  And then they took it out.  That was a new experience that I did not want to repeat.  Well because of the epideral I could not pee at all.  Well 12 hours later guess what it has to go back in and I get to experience it fully consicence.  The nurse thought it would help me to show me, it didn't.  Well all that said the next day it came out, and that nurser had a better technique, she said to exhale pretty strong as she did it and it helped.  Well 11 1/2 hours later I was within 30 minutes of getting it again and the waters began to flow.  Since then I have never been as thankful to pee.