Unbearable
10-19-2005, 12:42 PM
Hugo Eve,
What do you mean when you are talking about the "drains"??? What is that??
What do you mean when you are talking about the "drains"??? What is that??
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hugo eve
10-19-2005, 06:07 PM
Hugo Eve,
What do you mean when you are talking about the "drains"??? What is that??
Ello UB, Gee, I thought you were going to ask me something exciting like how to catch a 5 metre crocodile! Drains are tubes they insert in the operation site so that there is no build up of blood and gunk inside the incision. They are attached to a bottle next to your bed. Worth asking the surgeon to put them in nice and straight so the come out easily, dont know how long they are but must be a few inches. As I said it didn't hurt a bit last time but the first time was a different story...felt like a noose on the inside of my neck with a big grappling hook at the end and fishing barbs along the side! Had a mail nurse remove it who didn't want to do it so he must have been a novice. Worth mentioning but don't stress over it...
That sticky plaster!!!!! there has got to be a better way! Sound like a sook don't I.
Gee I'm feeling good after the op... I'm dangerous!!! Wooo Hooo.
Hugz.
What do you mean when you are talking about the "drains"??? What is that??
Ello UB, Gee, I thought you were going to ask me something exciting like how to catch a 5 metre crocodile! Drains are tubes they insert in the operation site so that there is no build up of blood and gunk inside the incision. They are attached to a bottle next to your bed. Worth asking the surgeon to put them in nice and straight so the come out easily, dont know how long they are but must be a few inches. As I said it didn't hurt a bit last time but the first time was a different story...felt like a noose on the inside of my neck with a big grappling hook at the end and fishing barbs along the side! Had a mail nurse remove it who didn't want to do it so he must have been a novice. Worth mentioning but don't stress over it...
That sticky plaster!!!!! there has got to be a better way! Sound like a sook don't I.
Gee I'm feeling good after the op... I'm dangerous!!! Wooo Hooo.
Hugz.
DonnaKay
10-22-2005, 11:10 PM
I think it's good to mention the drains, something I never remember seeing mentioned here before. It really grossed me out, and I was not prepared for my surgeon to just tug on it the next day ... but it was over within less than a second. It did feel funny to have it removed, made my throat sore for the brief split second, but then it was over and I was *happy* to be rid of that drain!!