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Having Pain As Well As White Stringy Substance Coming From Drains 1 Week Post Op. What To Do?

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Mommasx2
The place where my drains are placed hurt really bad. Also I have white string like stuff coming out into the bulbs, is this normal? The pain med's that I have are not helping with all the pressure and this pain where the drains are inserted...is there anything I can do to ease the pressure?

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Dr. John P. Di Saia, MD
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