anyone else get told to wear the surgery socks for TWO WEEKS?!

had my op on friday and when i asked the nurse told me i had to wear them for two weeks! they are really digging into my legs and one of them have actually cut into my skin and its sore

how long did everyone else wear them for? getting fed up of them now!

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i took them off before i left the hospital the next morning, nto sure how long you ment to keep them on tho.. sorry xx

2 weeks????? NO WAY lol i got told to take them off when i go home from the hospital! i really doubt you can get DVT after 2 weeks hun, ring a nurse or take them off because i cant see them doing any damage! :S

i kept mine of for 4 days hun x

You can develop dvt upto month after surgery I’ve read, its unlikely with ba as your only put to sleep for just over an hour tho. I got told 2 weeks too and then at bed time after that lol. But I’ve kept them on solidly I’m 12 days po now. Nurse says asking as I’m moblie I can remove them but I don’t wana coz I’m too paranoid lol xx

I was a day case and I left the hospital at about 8pm, I asked the nurse and she said take them off sometime the next day once I’m up and moving about more etc! I left them on till late afternoon the next day! Xx

thanks girls i did think it was a hell of a long time!! i’ll double check with the nurse though just to check. Think i might burn them in the garden haha! thanks again xx

becky90 you went to park hill hospital aswell didnt you? maybe its just what their nurses get told xx

I was hun, but bethy was at parkhill 2, although she left the next day as she was ill and her nurse said 48hr. It’s prob every nurse says differnt. Wen I went to see nurse at Leeds at 6 days po she said it wud be fine to remove them as I was mobile xx

I was hun, but bethy was at parkhill 2, although she left the next day as she was ill and her nurse said 48hr. It’s prob every nurse says differnt. Wen I went to see nurse at Leeds at 6 days po she said it wud be fine to remove them as I was mobile xx

Yeh I got told 48 hours then a week at night times. But im paranoid like beckie so I kept them on for about a week solid and still wearing them for bed now at 12 days po xx

Good old us bethy Haha the paranoid duo xx

Can’t believe u were told 2 weeks! I’ve had a blood clot in my artery before (pregnancy related) and I was just told to keep mine on til I was up and about, so basically a couple of days! If uve no medical issues as long as ur moving around and keep a little bit active you’ll be ok. X

Can’t believe u were told 2 weeks! I’ve had a blood clot in my artery before (pregnancy related) and I was just told to keep mine on til I was up and about, so basically a couple of days! If uve no medical issues as long as ur moving around and keep a little bit active you’ll be ok. X

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