Category: Surgery
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How to Wash after Surgery
You don’t usually think about how you’ll wash your body after surgery or a major operation. But soon, you’ll face that moment and wonder how you’ll manage to get into the bath or shower. Firstly, forget about baths! With a lot of plasters and soft bandages around your stomach and abdomen area, you need to…
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Operation Day
It’s 5 a.m. and the door swings open into my hospital room. Two female nurses enter and greet me with “Good morning, Andrew, we are here to take some blood samples before the operation and make sure you are healthy”. They are both cheery, smiling and treat me very gently. A few blood samples are…