e – and that time will vary from person to person. ications you may need to take in and around surgery – for example, s everything taste odd. If you have had surgery that may affect how your hospital stay – may help – especially if your surgery may require
eeding from the operation site – however, heavy / persistent bleeding
whether you are receiving or self injecting blood thinning medication or extending) – this needs urgent medical review. y as an injury. protective and repair factors to the ‘site of harm’ – so some swelling on in the affected area – which is why you may have a wound drain rain away, rather than collect and become a possible source of ite will be directly related to this protect and recover process. ly passes through them, into and out of the surrounding tissues, something known as lymphoedema – and may be a more common llowing a mastectomy (breast removal) and lymph node clearance, the mastectomy. referred to as chylous ascites (the accumulation of lymph rich fluid in
undergo, it may help to speak to a lymphoedema therapist / specialist
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