Drain, drain go away, come back...

strawberry28
on 10/28/11 7:56 pm - somewhere, MD

He also gave me the book when I went for his consult. But thank you so much for the offer.

SW= 268
CW= 145  ***GOAL REACHED on Christmas Day 2010****
GW=145
5'6"       BMI= 23
LapBand 3/2006 to Revision DS 12/2009
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Extended Tummy Tuck, BL/BA scheduled for 11/18/11 Dr. Larry Lickstein

mkbeany
on 10/28/11 3:17 am, edited 10/28/11 3:17 am

Man, I feel for you. Six weeks is loooong.

I only had 2, one out at one week. Second out at 3 weeks.
Both insertion sites are nasty scars. Boo.
They look worse than my surgical incisions.

Glad you are on your way.
It is so liberating to be free of them.

Breasts and arms coming up for me in Dec. Starting all over.
He told me I will have one in each breast and one in each arm.
Oh, goody.

But, it beats a seroma any day!

"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 8:03 am - Bowie, MD

Yeah, he was really pleased about my long-term compliance. I go back in 2 weeks to check on seroma stuff, but he taught me how to tell if it is fluid build up vs. just soft tissue swelling. I have read about ladies having breast ones, but very few. Wonder what decides who gets a breast drain.

Not long for you now!!!

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

scottswife1997
on 10/28/11 11:01 pm - Ardmore, OK

RNY on 02/22/10

Awesome! I cannot imagine 6 weeks of drains! I prayed and prayed that I would not have to keep mine the 3-4 weeks the doctor had warned me about. Luckily, at 2.5 weeks yesterday I had all 4 removed! I feel so much better!

Holly

Laura in Texas
on 10/28/11 11:02 pm

RNY on 09/17/08

Wow. and I thought 10 days was bad. I would have lost my mind at day 41 if I still had drains. Glad you made it through. I was told I could shower as soon as I got home from surgery, even with the drains. I think I waited a few days.

Laura

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

waitinggame
on 10/28/11 11:54 pm - Bowie, MD

Thank God I didn't count it in days--damn--41 days sounds really long--guess it really was very long. I think I stood it as long as I did because they stopped pinching and pulling at the insertion site. Had they hurt that whole time I probably would have gone bonkers (well, even more bonkers!! LOL!). Showering also helped. I can't imagine going that long--uck.

Have a great weekend!!

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

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