i have to get surgery on my knee in June after graduation. do i have to wear those stuppid ugly hospital gowns or can i just bring my own sweat pants to the surgery? please i hate them and they are a humiliation to wear.
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they will make you wear a gown for the surgery as it is sterile but they will probably let you wear the sweatpants afterward
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I have not had the surgery personally, but have taken care of many patients who have had the surgery.  Yes, if done by a trained surgeon it should relieve the symptoms that prompted the surgery.  The surgery is relatively simple, and you should be recovering overnight in a hospital.  You will be up out of bed the same day as the surgery and barring complications you should be home the next day.  Nurses will be checking on you frequently asking you to move your legs, psuh down agaisnt resistance, and checking for numbness because those are how they determine whether the surgery was successful.  You will be sent home with activity and wound care instructions... and all will be fine! :)\n\nGood luck!
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So you are graduating nursing school in 3 weeks! Congratulations! That is amazing. But since you got fired for failure to toilet a resident, that is also known as resident abuse. Yes by all means be honest, because all they have to do is pull up your cna records and see your history, and if you lie to them, that will impair you chance of any jobs. Be honest! Everyone can and does make mistakes, tell you new employer that you learned your lesson, and you were wrong not to take the resident to the toilet when you should have, and just how bad you feel about that and that your only asking for a chance to start over in your new career. I hope this helps you out, I am a CNA / Medic / LPN and I have heard of CNA's and other professions not being honest when applying for a position in a health career and it came back and bit them in the butt if you know what I mean.   Good Luck!
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I will keep you and your family in my prayers. Any time one has a major surgery there is a chance of not making it through the surgery My mom,in 2003 went to her doctor(regular visit) and he sent her to the hospital they ran the usual tests and told her they would not release her,that she had no choice but to have a quadruple by-pass.So she did,she came through the surgery fine. It took a few months for her to regain her strength,she never seemed to recover from a deep depression.18 months later she died peacefully in her sleep.What concerns me,the quadruple was a fairly new venture in heart surgery at the time.Within 6 months of her surgery,her boyfriend was told he needed the same surgery.and one month later mom's younger brother was told he needed a quadruple by pass.at the same time  a friend of mine had the surgery then the doctor tells his wife she needed the same surgery a month or so later another friend of mine had to have the same surgery!These people live in different states But...they were all on social security and medicaid or medicare.There may not be any connection or anything.But it just strikes me as odd that all these people I know had to have the same surgery.I have even wondered"were these doctors using these people as guinea pigs for practice? My Mom was 70 when she died.There's no doubt that many people need this type surgery.Maybe I am just being paranoid!I guess I am still very upset at the fact the doctor said the surgery would add 10 to 15 years to her life.Her death was totally unexpected.She was not complaining of pain or feeling sick or anything. I pray your Grandpa will have a good out come on his surgery!
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Ask her doctor, or if you can't grab him/her, then ask a nurse what kind of support your mom will need, especially when she gets home.  Also, as a mom, it always meant so much when my kids cleaned the house for me, made me cards, came and snuggled with me, offered to make tea or coffee.  Funny, how it's so often the  little things that mean so much.  Good luck and I hope everything goes great with your mom's surgery.
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OMG are we supposed to be wearing pants for this stuff?  Why did nobody tell me?\nI am so embarrassed now
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Been there, had it. You do have to wear a support for a few days and ice the area to reduce swelling. That said, overall it's not bad. Right after the surgery I wasn't in the best of shape, but by the next morning I was walking around no problem, and within a few days I was pretty much back to my routine. Very low risk of infection as it's done on an out-patient basis. \n\nSounds like your doc is being cautious, which is not a bad thing. But I had a pretty positive experience overall, and the 'benefits' (no worries) are well worth it!
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mine too! from sports. nothing you can do, you can get knee surgery though.
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. One of my bridesmaids was very pregnant at my wedding. And they did not have the dress I chose in a maturnity style. So I decided instead to pick a 2 piece gown for her. They actually had some styles, colors, and materials very simular to the dresses I had already picked out. Why don't you check those out with her. Then you won't have to tell she needs to lose weight. You could even tell her that you want her to have a "special" dress for your wedding since she is your "special" cousin. Then you don't have to wory about hurt feelings.
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Yes it is painful. My boyfriend had to have it for the same reason earlier this year and he was in pain for a week but he only had 7 days off work though. There will be a bit of seepage and the stitches take their time coming out but its ok after 1 or 2 baths per day. Sex is definitely better because it doesnt hurt him anymore and there was no smell either before the op nor after. Recovery period will be 2 weeks tops and you can have sex 4-6 weeks after the op. Hope this helps but have it done you wont regret it. Any further queries just email me. Thanks
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My son only wore hospital gowns when he was 'sick' or had surgery, the rest of the time he wore shorts or flannel pants and a tee shirt (during chemo or tests). For cancer patients, there is often alot of  time when they're in the hospital and actually feel okay. My son spent three weeks hospitalized when he had a 'central line' infection. It was low grade (he felt fine) but because it can be life threatening he still had to stay until they could find the type of bacteria it was. So, he really wasn't all that sick, just terribly bored the whole time.\n\nI'd say the majority of time he wore his own comfortable clothes.
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An  ultrasound is no problem.  They will want to do it on your skin and not through clothes, however.  Wear something you can just pull up or, as my doc want me to do, slip on the hospital gown so you don't get the gel on your clothes.  The gel just helps the sound waves glide smoothly into your abdomen.  Zero pain involved and as the others before me have said, Congratulations on your new baby!
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You should take them out now because your boobs are gonna get huge. Im 24 weeks pregnant. your nipples might start to push out the rings and they can get infected. I still have my bellybutton ring in tho. LOL
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I had this done. There are risks in any surgery which any surgeon will go over to all potential patients.  But as long as you go to an experienced and competent plastic surgeon the risks are minimal.  I didn't suffer any pain but was very bruised in the area for a few weeks.  You wear  compression garments for about 2 months after surgery which helps healing.   It was the best thing I ever did for the confidence it gave me in my body.
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HEy, I had the laser surgery august 2005 which is suppose to close the main veing and shrink the others to get rid of them Mine are like really bad well i had the surgery and they came back 2 weeks later and lookin even worse now well in Jan. My leg was hurting really bad i work in a nursing home so im on my feet all the time well any way i went to the ER and tehy did a ultra sound on my leg and told me i have a blood clot in my leg now I was suppose to go in the 29th of this month to have the veins completely removed but i lost my insurance so i had to cancel my surgery....i have pictures after my surgery if you would like to see them you can email me at puppyeyez2000_99@yahoo.com or any other questions i'll try to answer  and i forgot to add i'm only 23  years old
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i had lap. for gallbladder in feb.  plan on a week . use an ice pack at bedtime, wow what a help. it is required to let you know they may need to go open with your surgery, they do not want to wake you up to get permission. i am a nurse, and a big baby with pain, the ice at ten min. an hour was really great help. was doing all but lifting in a week.
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I have had both of my hips replaced (in separate surgeries).  There are lots of things you can do before the surgery to get your home ready for your recovery.  Such things as placing needed items in kitchen, bedroom and bath where you won't have to stoop over to get to them; picking up all throw rugs and clearing a path in the areas of the house that you'll use most; figuring out where you'll sit (any chair you sit in needs to have arms, be firm, and be high enough that you don't bend past 90 deg. when you sit); and stocking up on groceries and maybe even buying or preparing easy-to-reheat meals to freeze.  A cell phone and/or cordless phone is really handy as you can carry it with you wherever you go.  A bag to hang on your walker also is handy for carrying things with you.  Line up people to run errands and give you rides should you need them (which you will for things such as going to outpatient PT, dr. appts, lab appts, etc.)  After a few weeks, you may start to get cabin fever and may welcome such things as short car rides, going out to lunch, etc.  So, when someone asks you how they can help, tell them to offer to take you out for a ride or to the store, lunch, whatever.  I went grocery-shopping during week 3 (not alone).  I pushed the cart and it served as my "walker".  This became one of the ways that I got some exercise and practice walking plus it got me out of the house.  Driving a car will probably be proscribed for up to 6 weeks.  This is another reason that you need to line up people to take you places.  \n\nIn my experience, a home care nurse and a physical therapist visited me about 4 times each during the first 2 weeks I was home.  I was alone during the day time except for occasional visitors.  I wasn't alone at night.  I got along fine.  You might want to have someone stay over at your house for a couple of nights at first although you may not even need them.  \n\nSometimes the surgeon sends a patient to a rehab center directly from the hospital.  They might be there for a week or two, then go home.  However, most people go directly home unless they are elderly; live alone and have no social support system; or have other health problems that might complicate things.\n\nYou can expect to have a hard time getting a good night's sleep for awhile.  You can expect that you will be able to fix a simple meal for yourself; get in and out of bed and up and down from a chair; give yourself a sponge bath; go up and down steps safely; dress and undress; walk using a walker or crutches.  You can expect that everything you do will take you three times longer than it used to!  Fortunately this is temporary. You will probably be very tired and want to nap.  There may be swelling of the thigh, leg or ankle on your operated leg.  You may be sent home with an abduction pillow and told to sleep on your back with it strapped between your legs.  If so, you will probably really hate that thing!  You may even cheat and switch to a fat bed pillow.  The hospital Occupational Therapist and Physical Therapist will instruct you in how to do all of the above safely.  They will supply you with tools that can make these activities possible and safe for you - such things as a long-handled reacher, dressing stick, long-handled shoe horn, sock-helper, etc.  \n\nIt is highly unlikely that you will need a wheelchair.  In fact, you need to be up and walking around with the walker because too much sitting and lying around causes swelling in the legs.\n\nOther things that you may need include a higher toilet seat or a rented 3in1 commode, a walker or crutches or both.  All of these things may be available to rent.  You need to check out your bathing situation - tub/shower units are a little trickier than stall showers - it's possible but you may need a shower/bath chair of some sort.  Tub baths are "out" for awhile.  Grab bars are nice 9but not absolutely necessary) in a shower or next to a toilet.