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My surgeon sent me home with a drain for ten days with no instructions on changing the dressing or anything. Is this normal? I have six days to go and don't see how these bandages are going to last that long. The drain is my foe. I hate it!

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I had a drain, it was the worst part of recovery. I changed the bandages every day and was sent home with new dressings to use. Surprising they didn't give you any instructions...

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That is what i thought. The nursing staff at my hospital was inept. So frustrating.

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I had a drain for a week. Had to clean around it everyday with warm Water and antibacterial soap or I would lather the towel really well in the shower and squeeze the water and soap from the towel to let it run over the drain site. Afterwards I put take a large gauze bandage cut a slit in it and place around the drain site and tape it up. Oh yea had to empty it everyday but they were wrong for not providing you with instructions.

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