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Experience with suction/negative pressure dressings
So last Thursday I had a bilateral "Goldilocks" mastectomy - it's Tuesday now, so today is the fifth day post-op. I had three nights in hospital and was discharged on Sunday, and every day has fe...
Thank you. And I swear, I can still feel the tubes and hear the pump buzzing, even though it's all gone!
I realised I was stressing about it a bit last night and kept telling myself that the nurse was saying the incisions are looking good, plus the dressings made it to six days, and they're usually used for one to two weeks. So got a halfway decent night's sleep (I don't usually sleep on my back, so that's being a bit of an adjustment too), and feel a lot better today!