Drain, drain go away, come back...

waitinggame
on 10/27/11 12:53 pm - Bowie, MD

NEVER!!! So one day short of 6 weeks and the last drain is finally out!!! I'm still a little stressed that I'll get a seroma, but he said he'd never had a patient with one in as long as I had. There's a nice title to own. Why couldn't I have been the only patient he'd ever done the surgery on for free!

YAY ME!!

Denise

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

rhidunn
on 10/27/11 1:51 pm - Annapolis, MD

VSG on 11/06/08

Congrats! I hate drains. Looking forward to new boobies in 3 weeks, not looking foward to the drains.

strawberry28
on 10/28/11 3:04 am - somewhere, MD

DS on 12/04/09

Hi there,
. Are you going back to Dr. Michaels again? Would love to see your results. I'm getting extended tummy tuck, breast lift and augmentation on November 18 th.

SW= 268
CW= 145  ***GOAL REACHED on Christmas Day 2010****
GW=145
5'6"       BMI= 23
LapBand 3/2006 to Revision DS 12/2009
Get the FACTS about the Duodenal Switch at www.DSFACTS.com or http://www.duodenalswitch.com/

Extended Tummy Tuck, BL/BA scheduled for 11/18/11 Dr. Larry Lickstein

waitinggame
on 10/28/11 6:06 am - Bowie, MD

Hey neighbor!!! You are super close to me! I'm cracking up--at first glance I thought it said you were looking forward to 3 boobies!! Good luck with your TWO boobies!

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

Jujuvee
on 10/27/11 2:14 pm

Wow, I did not realize you were approaching your 6th week and still had a drain. Were you able to shower.

HW 405- Pre op weight 374- Plastics weight 203 Current weight 194

Circumferential lift/Brachioplasty November 8, 2011
16.3 pounds removed.

Revisions + Thighplasty October 23, 2012

Breast lift- Spring 2013

waitinggame
on 10/28/11 5:58 am - Bowie, MD

Was I supposed to shower? No. Did I shower? Yes. I just could not take it. There was someone on this board (can't remember who) that was instructed to shower daily with the drains. I figured there must be something safe about it, so I braved it. Luckily I didn't have any ill effects. I wouldn't recommend it though. It just doesn't make sense to me how surgeons, both plastic and weight loss, are so different in their approaches. It's like religion, I have to believe someone is wrong!! LOL!

:)

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

mkbeany
on 10/28/11 7:00 am

That was prolly me...

I was instructed to get up and shower the next day after my surgery and daily after that.

Hung my drains from Mardi Gras beads and went for it!

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. " -- Anais Nin

Revised from Band to Bypass 10/26/09
High Wt 355/ Surgery Wt 343 (BMI 61) / Current Wt 190 on 3/17/12

TT/Fleur De Lis 8/22/11
Mastopexy and Brachioplasty 12/14/11

waitinggame
on 10/28/11 7:37 am - Bowie, MD

I've been rocking the Mardi Gras beads too! I've been using the green one my kids don't play with. Now I actually have "girls" that might garner some beads should they be shown in N'awlins!!

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

mkbeany
on 10/28/11 7:42 am

ooooh...listen to you!

Color me jealous.

If I flashed mine in their current state, people would probably throw things at me in an attempt to make me go away!

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. " -- Anais Nin

Revised from Band to Bypass 10/26/09
High Wt 355/ Surgery Wt 343 (BMI 61) / Current Wt 190 on 3/17/12

TT/Fleur De Lis 8/22/11
Mastopexy and Brachioplasty 12/14/11

fatfreemama
on 10/28/11 9:35 am - San Jose, CA

RNY on 12/07/09

When I had four drains in, my surgeon told me not to shower. Since I only have the one left, he gave me some clear plastic bandages to put over it when I shower to keep the water off it. They work really well.

Bay to Breakers 12K May 15, 2011 (1:54:40) First 5K 5/23/11 (41:22)
Half Marathons: Napa: 7/18/10 (4:11:21)   7/17/11 (3:30:58)   7/15/12 (3:13:11.5)
   SJ Rock and Roll: 10/2/10 (3:58:22) Run Surf City: 2/6/11 (3:19:54)
Diva: 5/6/12 (3:35:00)
HW/SW/CW  349/326/176
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein

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