How long were the drain and the drip in?
About three days, yeah. And a catheter, which was a new experience for me, because I'd not had one before. During the hysterectomy, again, I had to get up, you know, to go to the toilet and so on, so, again, you was a lot more mobile a lot more quickly. But, I mean this time, I didn't question it, because I didn't, well, feel up to questioning it, you just, you know, if they say, “You've got a drain in”, you say, “Fair enough. There's obviously a reason for it”, which I hadn't needed before, when I was… perhaps it's an age thing, perhaps it's just difference, you know, in your bodily make up as you get older and… whatever reason, you know, I had a drip in.
So between the… with just the drip, it's fine, you can walk to and from the toilet, you can walk to the shop, you can go anywhere with your little portable friend, but it's more difficult if you've got a catheter and you've got that bag, and you've got the bottle with the drain and so on, so… |
