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first op, dont have a clue whats going on, please help

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i had my stitches out an now i need packing for a few weeks. they never told me about this before i had it done they only mentioned stitches. i had to get an emergency prescription for bandages so it could be done. why didnt they pack it from the start? i was in agony with those stitches!

had it packed by same nurse who removed stitches, when i saw my surgeon later he said it was packed to tight an it only needs doing every other day rather than every day which is what the nurse told me. why are people telling me different things?!?

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    I have just had my second op to remove a pilonidal sinus and as before I have been having the wound packed daily. I have always been told that it needs to be changed daily at first whilst it is still quite leaky, but once healing is underway I cut it down to every other day. I agree with you that it does get worrying when different people tell you different things! I have lost count of the number of different nurses I have seen!
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