Feeding Tube Port After RNY
I am scheduled for RNY next Friday. The doctor told me today that they will be inserting a tube that will remain in my remnant stomach for 7 days. This is for diabetic and CPAP patients only, and can be used to insert meds, water, protein supplements... Can anyone here tell me about this? Is this standard?
I was not diabetic, nor did I have a CPAP, but my surgeon used one for my open RNY surgery. She doesn't do it for everyone, so I'm not even sure why she decided to do it for me. It is definitely not "standard".
It stayed in until my follow-up visit 2.5 weeks post-op. It hurt a bit when she removed it (mostly her trying to cut the sutures holding it in place) and it left a small scar, but it was a very convenient way to get in all my liquids and to not waste protein shakes that were too disgusting to drink!
What I remember most (this was 7 years ago) was how bizarre it was to have just eaten a small amount of something and have a newly full pouch but still feel the remnant stomach growling with hunger.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
My surgeon makes all of his patients get a G-tube (regular lap RNY), and I had to keep it for 4-6 weeks!!! It was the worst thing about my recovery. That thing was always getting in the way and the wound opened every time I moved. I did use it for fluids and protein (since I had it). Seven days shouldn't be that big of a deal.
I had diabetes and was supposed to be using a CPAP (never could get used to it) and the only tube I had was the drain tube.
My doc did leave me intubated for about an hour after surgery while I was in recovery which WAS HELL.