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General Category => Hearing Issues => Topic started by: mikjul1 on April 29, 2009, 03:38:16 pm

Title: Post OP Drainage
Post by: mikjul1 on April 29, 2009, 03:38:16 pm

Did any of you get some drainage after your surgery 8 days later not much but here and there. 

Title: Re: Post OP Drainage
Post by: leapyrtwins on April 29, 2009, 06:11:20 pm

No, not me.

Only had slight drainage for the first 24 hours post op.

Title: Re: Post OP Drainage
Post by: Sefra22 on April 30, 2009, 06:50:55 am

None for me, I'm dry as a bone.

Lisa

Title: Re: Post OP Drainage
Post by: Jim Scott on April 30, 2009, 03:52:36 pm

mikjul1:

Post-op incision site drainage is fairly common but I can't recall having any.  If it becomes really noticeable, I would ask your doctor about it.  You don't want to risk infection.

Jim

Title: Re: Post OP Drainage
Post by: mikjul1 on April 30, 2009, 04:06:39 pm

I donot know if it is drainage or my oniment melting with dried blood sry about detail. But it is not much comes and goes and no infection I am on amoxicillian well today was my last day. My wife said it looks good.

Title: Re: Post OP Drainage
Post by: leapyrtwins on April 30, 2009, 09:51:35 pm

Quote from: mikjul1 on April 30, 2009, 04:06:39 pm

no infection I am on amoxicillian well today was my last day.

Mike -

does your doc routinely put BAHA patients on antibiotics?  I asked my doc about them before my implant surgery and he said he doesn't commonly give them to patients; just deals with an infection if it occurs.  I thought this was a little strange, but obviously he's the doc and he knows more than I do about stuff like this.  I didn't get an infection, so didn't have to take any antibiotics.

Jan

Title: Re: Post OP Drainage
Post by: mikjul1 on May 01, 2009, 04:09:46 am

Yes to prevent infections from happening.