need help

tomorrow will be a week since I've had my pacemaker put in my bandage is falling off they put staples instead of the surgical glue should I go ahead and take the bandage off or leave it on don't have a doctors appointment for another week

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to B(andage) or not to B...

by Gotrhythm - 2014-08-06 01:08:35

Different surgeons have different protocols. Call the surgeon's office. No need to worry about "bothering" the Great One. A nurse, even the receptionist, can probably answer your question. They've likely heard it hundreds if not thousands of time before.

But don't be afraid to know what you know. Do you tend to heal fast, slow or about average? You know what a cut looks like as it's healing. Look at the wound. Does it look closed to you? If it doesn't, you need to call the surgeon for further instructions.

If it does, let the bandage fall off and leave it off. The main caution is not to let the incision site get wet until the staples have been removed. If you've just got to have a shower, tape some cling wrap over it. (be sure to remove it afterward!)

Don't worry. The PM has not made you fragile. You can trust your common sense.

Leave it off

by NiceNiecey - 2014-08-06 02:08:15

Call the doctor's office that implanted the device if you're not sure but I'd leave it off if it were me. If you will have a seatbelt rubbing on it, you may want to roll a sock or something soft between the incision and the belt. You might also but on an antibiotic ointment a couple times a day.

You've got a wonderful, long life ahead of you Cory. I'm so glad you were able to get the PM now instead of waiting until you're in your 30s.

thanks. guy's

by cory21 - 2014-08-06 08:08:08

So i ended up calling the doctor and they told me to take it off. I have a total of 16 staples it's crazy every time I tell someone I just got pacemaker put in they freak out !! because I'm lonely 23 years old but I know where I got this condition from I got this from my dad he should have had a pacemaker put in a long time ago his heart rate goes down in the lower twenties!!!! they say one day he's just going to go to sleep and never wake up...!!!!!! scares me to death I love my dad he's just too scared to get the because it's going to be his first heart surgery &especially since I had a bad experience getting mine put in . Anyways thank you very much for your guys inpu thave a great day God bless

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