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Sue_w1
5 years agoMember
sleep wear / Pyjamas for hospital
Ok what is one of the first things that a woman who goes into hospital does? Go and buy new sleep wear! Now I have to ask if 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer at some time in their life, why is it s...
Julez1958
5 years agoMember
Hi Arpie
i am recovering well, the DIEP flap surgery is not for the faint hearted that’s for sure.
I was worried maybe I was too old for it at 63 but my plastic surgeon said he’d done lots of ladies in their 70s and even a very fit 82 year old ( yes OMG).
Hi June. I guess the pyjamas may be a bridge too far but certainly the drain bags would be good.
I didnt even know what a drain was until I saw it in me in hospital and even though the private hospital I had my mastectomy in had a breast care nurse who I never saw until after my surgery never mentioned them or the bags and I had to use a pillow case☹️
i am recovering well, the DIEP flap surgery is not for the faint hearted that’s for sure.
I was worried maybe I was too old for it at 63 but my plastic surgeon said he’d done lots of ladies in their 70s and even a very fit 82 year old ( yes OMG).
Hi June. I guess the pyjamas may be a bridge too far but certainly the drain bags would be good.
I didnt even know what a drain was until I saw it in me in hospital and even though the private hospital I had my mastectomy in had a breast care nurse who I never saw until after my surgery never mentioned them or the bags and I had to use a pillow case☹️
So this time I got them on Amazon.