Hi ladies, I had my lap on Tuesday and was sent home without any aftercare information on how to look after the incision wounds. The blood has soaked through the bandages and I haven’t been given any spares. I don’t want to take them off as I haven’t even been told if I have stitches (I assume I do!). I haven’t showered as I don’t want to get them wet. A nurse from the GP surgery will hopefully ring me today with some advice but I wondered if any of you could help in the interim? Thanks in advance. Amy xx
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I would say don't shower, and wait for the nurse to call you! It's probably unsightly, but I don't think there's any danger of the bandages being bloody? (Not a doctor though!)
Don't do anything for the moment as you don't know what's underneath / how it's dressed - wait and see what the nurse says; you might need to go to your GP surgery to see a nurse so they can have a look at how it's dressed, redress it and give you spare dressings plus advice.
Thank you for your reply, unfortunately they don’t have any appointments for today or tomorrow and I don’t really want to leave it till after the weekend! I’m hoping she’ll say I can have a shower soon and then change the dressings myself, but I didn’t want to do anything without checking first 🙈
Just a little update, I saw the nurse and she cleaned the wounds and changed the dressings for me. She confirmed that I have dissolvable stitches, told me how to care for myself over the next week or so and gave me spare dressings. I wish the hospital had helped me with that, instead of just sewing me up and sending me home with a sick bowl and no follow up appointment 🙄
Thanks again for your advice ladies, this forum is a godsend x