Drains
And it's 3.00am once again and I can't sleep. Again! Had a left mastectomy with node clearance last Friday with two drains inserted and sent home. The drains have leaked since day one. Nurses come ou...
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Drains should not leak especially not from around the wound as it could allow infection to pass into there. I would get the surgeon to have a look at that.
I am with my second drain. First was the mastectomy one with the suction bulb thing in the middle. That was tough as its so strong I thought it was going to turn me inside out.
This second one is for my axilla surgery and is just a bag I empty and measure daily and it more comfortable.
Neither set ups have leaked. Yep sleeping is a problem and its on and off affair through the night. I don't stress too much about it as I am in full blown menopause as well, covers on, covers off, covers on, covers off and there isn't a thing the doctors can prescribe to help (I am ER and pr+)so I have to live with it.
Sometimes in bed just a simple little movement of straighten a leg or rotate the hips slightly is just enough to take the pressure off the backside which gets sore. I found a pillow under my feet helped a little too.