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tenai98

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help!! something wrong with surgery site
« on: October 19, 2009, 07:14:10 pm »
I saw my nurse today to have my dressing changed...and there was this square piece of something hard as a rock....This is for my Baha surgery....All was well on friday...it looks like they left a piece of packing in or its the skin graft that has harden...I dont know what to think....Have appt with wound care nurse on Friday to check it out.  Is this normal???/ I do have pics if the old pros out ther want to have a look at it..sendme your email addy and i'll sent it to you
JO
14mmX11mmX11mm left ear
TRANSLAB 04/07/09 2cms at time of surgery
Dr. Benoit and Schramm, Ottawa Civic Campus
SSD ,some facial numbness
Baha surgery sept 22/09
residual tumor 13mmX7mmX8mm
2016 new growth.  25mmX21mmX22mm
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Re: help!! something wrong with surgery site
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2009, 12:17:20 am »
Jo -

didn't see this post until now.  I responded to your other post - the one with the picture.

My sense is that your site does not look right - mine never looked this way.  I'd check in with your doctor.

Please keep us updated.

Thanks,

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

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