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Small piece of cartilage fell out 3 days post. Surely this is not normal? Is remaining cartilage intact enough not to break off?

May 25, 2017
Asked By:MysticKitty

The nurse said that sometimes remaining shaved off bones/cartridge can go amiss and that's probably what it was. Panicking here!

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