Wife remove staples?

[Petchski]

Originally posted by mmhce:

Congratulations! and how many did you have to remove?

 

Only about 40, i've heard some people have as many as 70/80, so could have been worse, but once I got going it was not so bad, like Stamos's partner, it seemed to much for my mum, and her eyesight is really bad.

[mmhce]

40 sounds like a low number. I was told that the average from my surgeon will be around 65.

Not that anything is wrong with 40.

 

What did the doctor tell you about tension in closing?

[mmhce]

BTW Petchski...I love your avatar!

[Petchski]

I think the amount of staples you have depends on the size of the strip cut out of your head. Dr F mentioned the way he took the strip out of my head was the best way to minimise tension. I didn't really ask too much about it. He said I bled the amount of a nose bleed, which was more than most, but added that I clotted really well.

 

The only obstacle he had was cutting through some scar material, where most of the bleeding came from, but the scar looks very neat and tidy.

 

edit2add - cheers, I love Churchill's quotes. He was a great man