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Not Good News after prostate biospy when MRI didn't look too bad
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@diverjer
I cannot understand why they pulled the JP drain so quick. A Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain following a prostatectomy with lymph node removal is typically pulled when output decreases to 30 ml or less in 24 hours for two consecutive days. That’s according to UC Davis Health
This really does sounding like incompetence and insurance Malevolence. Why are the doctors letting you go so soon when this thing should be in so much longer and you are not doing well.
I’m sure many of us are angry about this situation.
I sure hope you recover without having to go back to that emergency department again.
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@jeffmarc
As do I, the spot below where the JP drain was has turned black and blue. The bandage over the drain hold has saturated with blood, but dried and tape coming loose. They said leave alone 3 days. That would be tomorrow, but I am hoping doctor staff will put new dressing on. Everyone from LPN, RN, charge nurse and out daughter said that was not right. I could have come home with it and measured and dumped, but said no. On my ankle replacement I had one, but much bigger than JP, they have another name for it, but works same principle. Had no problem emptying it. They even sent me home with a big ball that works kind of opposite of JP. They pumped it full of some kind of nerve pain killer. Really long tube weny in leg and next to a major nerve. When the ball was down to nothing, I just pulled it out, had a really long tube, 8 inches or so. Didn't hurt at all.
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@jeffmarc
Very true my daughter and floor nursing staff said same. Doctor said maybe for heart area, but I would absorb it in gut area.