8 Days Post Thigh Lift, Stuck Drain! Anyone Else?

I had a circumfrential thigh lift on Monday, March 10th and had six drains. Four were taken out prior to my leaving the hospital, I went today to get the other two out. One came out fine, the other was stuck. The doctor said he never had that happen before and actually went with me to Xray my lower stomach/hip area to find out where the tip of the drain was. Now he says he knows where it is and wants to wait a couple of days to give the tissue time to loosen up. If it doesn't I fear some type of painful tissue cutting to get the drain out. The best thing about it is it is in the part of my stomach that was still numb from my tummy tuck three months ago and it didn't hurt at all when he was pulling. I just wish he would yank it out! This happen to anyone else????

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