Got my drain out - Woo Hoo - General progress notes
Got the pain in the rear drain out yesterday. Took off the gauze bandage the surgeon put on it and a put on a bandaid this morning.
Really nice to take a shower without having to work around the plastic cover taped to my entire right side of the abdomen.
My pre-op appt was 11/21 and surgery was 12/5.
Yesterdays visit showed me down 18 lbs since pre/op and 3 down since surgery.
Really nice to take a shower without having to work around the plastic cover taped to my entire right side of the abdomen.
My pre-op appt was 11/21 and surgery was 12/5.
Yesterdays visit showed me down 18 lbs since pre/op and 3 down since surgery.
The surgeon told me before surgery that she leaves them in for a week.
It was kinda cool to watch the drainage change from blood colored to serum (yellowish clear discharge)
She told me though if anything came out looking like something I ate or drank to immediately call. That statement kinda had me wondering but all is good.
Looks like you have about a month before your surgery...Good luck and lose as much as you can pre-op, makes a big difference in recovery times from what I have heard and my surgeon says.
It was kinda cool to watch the drainage change from blood colored to serum (yellowish clear discharge)
She told me though if anything came out looking like something I ate or drank to immediately call. That statement kinda had me wondering but all is good.
Looks like you have about a month before your surgery...Good luck and lose as much as you can pre-op, makes a big difference in recovery times from what I have heard and my surgeon says.