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Air Bubbles
Has anyone continued to hear/feel air bubbling in the back of their head and neck post decompression surgery? This sound and feeling is driving me crazy along with all of the other complications.
They drained the fluid 16 days ago, on September 4th.
I had a follow-up appointment with my surgeon for the first surgery on the 3rd, and had tea-colored fluid seeping out of a pore in my skin just above my incision the night before. I went to my follow-up, and he sent me over to the hospital for a CT scan and scheduled me for surgery for the next morning. The CT scan showed a fluid pocket, and he was worried that either I had an infection, or that my graft was leaking. Ended up that the graft was fine and I didn't have an infection, it was just fluid invading the surgical space.
I had a follow-up appointment with my surgeon for the first surgery on the 3rd, and had tea-colored fluid seeping out of a pore in my skin just above my incision the night before. I went to my follow-up, and he sent me over to the hospital for a CT scan and scheduled me for surgery for the next morning. The CT scan showed a fluid pocket, and he was worried that either I had an infection, or that my graft was leaking. Ended up that the graft was fine and I didn't have an infection, it was just fluid invading the surgical space.
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That is great that you have a job that is easy and that you can go back to ......
So when did they drain the fluid?.....I am so impressed that it was done so fast.....and you are up to moving forward...great news !!!
I rebuild brake valves, so I'm sitting at a work table pretty much all day in a room that has air conditioning and heat, not much different than sitting here at the computer all day...lol
I have a nice comfy chair and an easy job that doesn't require heavy lifting any more. It's good to be the senior man.
I really only have an incision to heal this time because they didn't do anything other than drain the fluid off and clean it up. They put a drain in it for a week, but that was taken out a week ago. I saw the surgeon yesterday and he said he will take the stitches out next Friday.
I have a nice comfy chair and an easy job that doesn't require heavy lifting any more. It's good to be the senior man.
I really only have an incision to heal this time because they didn't do anything other than drain the fluid off and clean it up. They put a drain in it for a week, but that was taken out a week ago. I saw the surgeon yesterday and he said he will take the stitches out next Friday.
COMMUNITY LEADER
WOW, really? What kind of work do you do?
I am impressed that you had that taken care of so quickly and going back to work....
Do keep us posted on how work goes for you.....
Feeling fine and dandy. I had a fluid pocket build up in the surgical space at 5 weeks post-op, and they opened me back up and drained it and checked my patch, but the patch wasn't leaking, the fluid turned out to be just metabolized fat and fluid from the tissues that were disturbed from the surgery. Sewed me back up and sent me home. I'm headed back to work on Monday.
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