Drains

Hello ladies, I’ve been told I will have drains after my op, and I’m a day case, how long will they have to stay in and what happens when they take them out?xx

Hey Hun they stay in until your ready to leave then they pull them out and depending on what your surgeon has done is to weather they put anything on them or use the bandaging from your surgery to cover them nothing to worry about though Hun honestly 🙂 xx

Yeh they take them out just before you leave. I was in for a while because I wasnt doing too good with the pain but felt a lot better once they were out xxx

I was worried about this but seriously you can’t even feel them when they’re in or when they take them out, don’t worry 🙂 xx

Hi Anna, I was told they had to be in for 6 hours after surgery – I was desperate to go home after the first few hours and they were the only reason I had to stay! They just gently pull them out, I was really worried about having them taken out but the first I didn’t feel and the other took less than a second so don’t worry at all x

Thankyou for all the advice, staying in a hotel and didnt like the idea of going away with them still in, to be honest I’m more scared of the anasthetic and being put to sleep, worried i’ll have an anxiety attack or something. Reasuring that so many of you girls have done it and come out the other side.xxx

Hey Anna I completely understand how your feeling and I also think because you entering the unknown your brain starts picking on you a bit and making you stress and worry and in turn focus on negative things try your best not to give in to that take a look at some of the pictures of the after ops and think happy things there is no reason why you won’t have a lovely experience so try to relax and enjoy Hun 🙂 we are all here every step of the way and after your op you will think to yourself why did I stress so much?!!!! xx

I was a day case admission time 7.30, saw anaesthetist at 8am, surgeon came 9.30am to draw on me, taken down at 10.30am. I came around approx 1pm, I also had drains they came out at 6pm & I was released at 6.30pm. Hope this helps! X

This is all really helpful thankyou, 8 days to go now…xx

Please can you englighten me on what ‘drains’ are? I am mostly worried about anasetic and being put to sleep also…

Hey Hun ok drains are put in the side of your chest to drain excess blood and air so that it doesn’t feel up your lungs nothing for you to worry about 🙂 xx

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