DRAIN WORMS? WHAT YOU TALKIN ABOUT.

OK, I WAS GUNG HOE ABOUT SURGERY, MATTER OF FACT CANT WAIT, UNTIL I SAW THE POST ON DRAIN WORMS,EEWWW, THANK YOU SO MUCH, NOW I HAVE DREAMS EVERY NIGHT ABOUT WORMS. WHAT ARE DRAIN WORMS? I THINK IM GONA BE SICK, ARE THEY REAL LIVE WORMS? I CAN DO RATS ,MICE, SPIDERS, BUT WORMS AND SNAKES EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW. YUK.           TRACY

I think I know what I'm talking about, but somebody could correct me...I only had 1 the whole 2 weeks - its a long clot that looks just like a worm, long meaning like longer than your finger - I freaked out when I saw it and had never heard of worms, but it made sense when I saw it and heard the term.  Its just like a red earthworm...I guess it gets the tissue thickness and the red from the blood, but it came right out, no big deal - was just a gross thing thats just a part of the journey!  No worries, its in the drain and you never have to touch it!

SO ITS NOT A REAL LIVE WORM?

No, not a real worm.  Danielle hit it on the head.  It is blood clotty looking material =)

Now I'm laughing my @$$ off.  I'm with you - I was all psyched up about surgery and then read that post on drain worms and thought to myself, holy crap what am I getting myself into??  And apparently I haven't been fully informed of what to expect after the surgery!

From what I read at least now I know that they aren't real worms, just tissue and blood but I'm glad I read about them because I think I would have been really freaking out to see them and never heard of them.

Makes me wonder what else I might experience that I haven't stumbled across the information for just yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Crap! I thought this was some new...I don't know what!! eek! But yes, the clots, I've had them in my drains too. NO BIG DEAL!!!! You just need to "milk" the drains by running yout fingers over them to clear out the clots! Sheesh you had me going there for a second!!!

Yes.  Make sure you strip, or milk, the drains and have the people at the surgery center show you or the person taking care of you how to do it.  No one told my husband and I ended up getting plugged up and had to have my drain removed a few days early and now I'm keeping my fingers crossed I don't get a seroma.

When I asked my surgeon why he wasn't told, she didn't know but said it was in the instructions.  LOL  That's been her answer for just about everything.  Apparently I didn't read them well enough.  

OMG Tracy....and everyone else I freaked out!!!

I'm so sorry for the Post from Hell!! I didn't mean to make anyone nervous about their surgeries. Drain worms are exactly as others have described...just long, wormy looking tissue that gets inside your tubes and bulbs. They are CERTAINLY not real worms.

My sincerest apologizes to everyone I grossed out!

Hugs!!

Stephany

I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER I COULD NOT GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO WALK AROUND WITH WORMS IN MY DRAIN BULBS, AND THAT WORMS CAME OUT OF OUR BODY EEEEEEEWWWWW, IM SO RELEAVED, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLAINATION, BACK TO FEELING MUCH MORE EXCITED NOW

 Hi Tracy,

This is the funniest post I've ever seen! I had a lower body lift on 3/20 and still have 2 drains (2 removed on Monday). I read your post yesterday and my muscles are still very sore if I laugh or cough, so I tried to contain myself. This morning I woke up with a BIG giant drain worm in one of my tubes. I asked my husband to "milk" it and told him about your post yesterday. I had to re-read it to him because now I call these little "suckers" by name. Today Charlie was milked out of the drain and flushed down the toilet. I almost could see him moving in the toilet just before he was flushed down to the sewer.

Thanks for the laugh. I know you were serious, but after you have surgery and see these little slimy things come out of your body, you'll probably need a good laugh.

All the best!

Kathie