[MR] Re: Atlantia Digest, Vol 12,Breast Cancer petition

[Kim McGuire]

Having said all this, perhaps this is a good time to
take this off-list as it is off-topic, and was
mass-mailed in the first place. 

Regards,

Melisent

--- Belphoebe <belfebe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Also, the drainage tubes will have to stay for more
> than 24 hours.  I should know as I had to undergo
> the
> procedure.  It is not a terribly uncomfortable
> thing,
> just annoying.
> 
> Staying at the hospital for 24 hours will not
> eliminate the tubes.  You will still go home with
> them
> attached to you, but I agree in that it will give
> the
> patient more time to recover.  (Having said that, in
> some cases it is more comfy to go back home as
> opposed
> to share your room with some other patient. 
> Especially when said other patient has the nurses
> running around and turning on the lights on you all
> night.)  
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Belphoebe
> 
> --- Karl von Lindenheim <lindenheim at cox.net> wrote:
> > I work in the medical field and would just like to
> > point out that drains
> > from a mastectomy are often kept in place for
> > several days to a week after
> > surgery.  It is no great hardship to go home with
> > them still attached.
> > This said, it would certainly be preferable to
> stay
> > at least 24 hours where
> > one can receive proper care, rather than being
> > discharged a mere few hours
> > after surgery.
> > Karl von Lindenheim
> > 
> > 
> > It's about eliminating the
> > > >"drive-through
> > > >mastectomy" where women are forced to go home
> > hours after surgery
> > > >against
> > > >the wishes of their doctor; still groggy from
> > anesthesia and sometimes
> > > >with
> > > >drainage tubes still attached
> > 
> >
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