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drain and dressing yourself - what to wear?
Hi all. silly (ish) question, I have now got my surgery date for the second round of cancer 2.0 this time ill be coming home with a drain, I didn't have one last time on my 1st surgery, is it best ...
@Maree72, can’t imagine what you’ve been through, it’s terrible. Did the medical team inform you that lymph nodes will be removed and they ‘forgot’ during the first surgery?! I was informed that my lymph nodes biopsy showed ‘positive’ for cancer cells and I need to be prepared for axillary clearance as well as a lumpectomy during consultation. The biopsies were all done at the same time after I had the PET scan.
I stayed for 3 nights as the hospital will only discharge patients if the fluids in the drains are less than 20ml (if I am not mistaken), this was at a private hospital. I understand at public hospitals in Melbourne, patients will be discharged after one night regardless of fluids collected and they are taught how to manage the drains at home.
I don’t understand why we have different policies for different states, it’s definitely definitely unfair. There should be one gold standard of care.
I hope your surgery is successful with clear margins. It’s so stressful waiting for results after surgery (it was for me😒)
xx
Gin
I stayed for 3 nights as the hospital will only discharge patients if the fluids in the drains are less than 20ml (if I am not mistaken), this was at a private hospital. I understand at public hospitals in Melbourne, patients will be discharged after one night regardless of fluids collected and they are taught how to manage the drains at home.
I don’t understand why we have different policies for different states, it’s definitely definitely unfair. There should be one gold standard of care.
I hope your surgery is successful with clear margins. It’s so stressful waiting for results after surgery (it was for me😒)
xx
Gin