I am home

I just got home ,feeling better, just can't wait till I get this drainage tube out it is sore and itches also i have back pain because I still have to sleep on my back but other than that I am doing just fine and more than happy to be on the losing side

Goof for you Jamie. I am glad you are doing so well. When does the drain tube come out? Joy

Thanks the tube came out today on Monday it is still sore but feeling much better

drainage tube - is it common to be left in? I asked my doctor and was told that it would be taken out before i left the hospital please advise? Jo

Jo, My doctor was going to send me home with the drainage tube in because I was expelling so much fluid. I was even emptying it in the hospital with the assistance of the nurses. At the last minute ordered it removed. I have been staying with a friend who has been changing my bandage every couple of hours because it drains through and soils my clothes. I called Dr Prewitt yesterday in a panic. He told me it was normal and to use a sanitary pad instead of regular gauze bandages. This morning when I woke up the pad was dry. Therefore YMMV. Good Luck! C~ Good luck

My surgeon doesn't use a drainage tube at all! Lucky me, eh? I am glad you are at home and doing okay, Jamie. Being back at home and in my own bed was so WONDERFUL for me!