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Weeping skin on drainage site
Hi. Tomorrow marks 3 weeks since my bilateral mastectomy with DIEP reconstruction. It also means I have had a drain tube sticking out of me for 3 weeks. On Monday, the tube became blocked, so t...
My surgeon took drains out regardless of how much drainage after 7 days due to the infection risk. I believe this is quite rare given what others have experienced. @socoda had her drain in for 8 weeks I believe. In the end they thought the drain was causing the constant weeping for her.