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Question: Icing After Knee Arthroscopy
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| Should've asked this question before leaving hospital but pain-killers
left me on another planet. Unable to contact doc today.
The bandage is very thick but under it is some sort of packet that
contains liquid. You can hear the liquid "sloshing" around when
walking. Is the liquid used to transfer to the swelling, the chill
from the ice packs that are applied to the outside of the bandage?
In other words:
1) Ice, 2) bandage (to be removed in three days), 3) liquid in packet,
4) inflammatory swelling ...??
Thanks, Jack
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| Howard McCollister 2006-02-26, 1:03 am |
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"Jack" <windswept@home.net> wrote in message
news:44006029.6839546@news-60.giganews.com...
> Should've asked this question before leaving hospital but pain-killers
> left me on another planet. Unable to contact doc today.
>
> The bandage is very thick but under it is some sort of packet that
> contains liquid. You can hear the liquid "sloshing" around when
> walking. Is the liquid used to transfer to the swelling, the chill
> from the ice packs that are applied to the outside of the bandage?
>
> In other words:
> 1) Ice, 2) bandage (to be removed in three days), 3) liquid in packet,
> 4) inflammatory swelling ...??
>
Sounds reasonable.
HMc
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| Starlight 2006-02-26, 1:03 am |
| On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:48:49 GMT, windswept@home.net (Jack) posted:
>Should've asked this question before leaving hospital but pain-killers
>left me on another planet. Unable to contact doc today.
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>The bandage is very thick but under it is some sort of packet that
>contains liquid. You can hear the liquid "sloshing" around when
>walking. Is the liquid used to transfer to the swelling, the chill
>from the ice packs that are applied to the outside of the bandage?
Do you have a drain in the wound or incision, and the bag contains the
fluid that is draining?
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| On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:00:34 GMT, Starlight
<homehealth_rnDELETE@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:48:49 GMT, windswept@home.net (Jack) posted:
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>Do you have a drain in the wound or incision, and the bag contains the
>fluid that is draining?
There's no drainage bag. Just two bandaids covering the surgical
slits and some other kind of mysterious bag with fluid, under the Ace
bandage.
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| Norminn 2006-02-26, 10:57 am |
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> There's no drainage bag. Just two bandaids covering the surgical
> slits and some other kind of mysterious bag with fluid, under the Ace
> bandage.
If you have two bandaids covering the scope incisions, then (if there
was no other incision) the ace wrap might have been applied just to hold
an ice pack in place.
Were you given written instructions? Any mention of ice pack? You seem
certain that there is no drainage bag, so it almost has to be an ice
pack. Difficult to guess long distance without seening :o)
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| Starlight 2006-02-26, 5:58 pm |
| On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:30:20 GMT, Norminn <norminn@earthlink.net>
posted:
>If you have two bandaids covering the scope incisions, then (if there
>was no other incision) the ace wrap might have been applied just to hold
>an ice pack in place.
If it were me and I was sure it wasn't a drain, I'd remove the
sloshing bag of fluid. Then you can replace it with your own ice
pack, if you still need it, which you probably don't. ;)
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| waybackjack 2006-02-27, 5:58 pm |
| On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:36:05 GMT, Starlight
<homehealth_rnDELETE@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:30:20 GMT, Norminn <norminn@earthlink.net>
>posted:
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>If it were me and I was sure it wasn't a drain, I'd remove the
>sloshing bag of fluid. Then you can replace it with your own ice
>pack, if you still need it, which you probably don't. ;)
There was no ice pag, no packet of fluid.
The "sloshing" was fluid inside the knee, and it has apparently been
absorbed and drained thru the lymphatic system.
But is sounded just like one of those plastic saline drip bags when
you squeeze them.
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