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Failure of Stitch Removal Part 2

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Chloeparrot
Chloeparrot

Update to my post of last week.

I went back to the hospital this morning to see if the hospital staff have better luck than at my drs surgery.

Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of 3 different nurses, I have still got all my stitches!

I am seeing the surgeon next week for my post op review and will 

speak to him about the stitches then.

 

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  • judith12644
    judith12644 Chloeparrot

    Posted

    Oh no....seems mad, and I feel sorry for you...... Good luck with your surgeon next week. (I never saw mine again, just bumped into him by chance at about 5 months post op. Just saw various other doctors.)
  • Rocketman_SG6UK
    Rocketman_SG6UK Chloeparrot

    Posted

    Oh my goodness, that is terrible, they must be pulling on your skin?
    • Chloeparrot
      Chloeparrot Rocketman_SG6UK

      Posted

      They don't seem to be.  I have a long piece of nylon thread attached to my leg.  I'm more concerned about the fact that, unless the surgeon decides differently, the stitches will just be left it!

    • Rocketman_SG6UK
      Rocketman_SG6UK Chloeparrot

      Posted

      Thank goodness they're not pulling, I know my staples were, and it was wonderful to have them removed.

  • auntiebeanie
    auntiebeanie Chloeparrot

    Posted

    Chloe, this is awful for you, I was lucky I had dissolvable stitches but they did take around 4 weeks to finally go, whereby another older lady wit a different surgeon had staples.7 They each have their own style. Some years ago I had hand surgery a month after the stitches were removed and they were difficult to remove. A month or so later I had a lump in my hand and it was black in the centre, went to A&E and they finally removed it, it was a stitch left in. Hope yours decided to come out when you see the surgeon. 

  • renee01952
    renee01952 Chloeparrot

    Posted

    dear chloe, 

    wow, that must be terrible --- good thing that there is no pulling - hearing this I am happy now that I had staples ( a lot of them) -

    good luck, darling 

    how are you doing otherwise?

    let us know, okay

    big warm hug

    renee

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