Originally Posted by
topflightpro
Had my hip drained yesterday. They pulled out about 90ml of fluid, and now I'm wearing a pile of gauze under compression shorts and have an ace bandage wrapped around my waist to try to keep pressure on it to prevent it form re-filling. It feels weird.
Also had my suture ends removed and was cleared to go without the sling - though I still need to wear it in public places to prevent any injury should someone bump into me.
Not too bad, they pulled out about 200mL on me the first time.