Day Surgery Mastectomie Removal Patients Should Have Longer Hospital Recovery Stay
Judy Ramsook
October 11, 2005
There are many persons among us who fear doctor visits and hospitals. Some of whom are involved in such dangerous and life saving professions as law enforcement officers, fire fighters and other first responders one can think of.
A few of these individuals may rush out of a burning building, and miss the impact of a speeding bullet sent forth by an aggressive, on the run criminal, but when it comes to being hospitalised for a certain condition, panic strikes.
Why? Maybe because hospitals have had a long history associated with death, for throughout time, thousands of individuals who have entered such places have not managed to make their way out after a speedy recovery alive.
Now many generations later, with life being more fast paced than ever, many people have welcomed the day surgery procedures. And that is fine if one is being treated for something minor.
But what if such a procedure involves the removal of an intimate and private body part, and the patient is not ready to return home on the same day or the day after the surgery?
Such as the case involving drive thru or day surgery mastectomies. First the pateient has enough to cope with when he/she is stunned to learn that he/she has this type of cancer and then while he/she is still trying to handle the shock of his/her condition, the doctor suggests a day surgery mastectomie procedure.
And since one wants to get well so he/she can move on with his/her life, the day of the surgery nears with the patient thinking back to the many times he/she has not only taken this body part for granted, but now is thinking of a life without it. And while that is taking place in one?s mind, a little depression might also set in.
So then comes the day of the procedure and the operation is a success, minus a couple of breasts. And as the patient lies there in that hospital recovery bed, feeling that part of him/her in which there is a void, tears gather in his/her eyes as well.
And upon observing that the patient is awake, the doctor or nurse in charge comes to remind the patient that he/she can be discharged in a few hours or the next day. Something the patient might not be ready for.
For he/she can hardly cope with the loss of those key and intimate body parts much less to go home soon after the procedure and face his/her loved ones, with everyone telling the person concernd that everything will be fine.
There is nothing wrong with day surgery procedures, but for patients who have to endure the aftermath of the removal of an intimate body part such as a mastectomie, the hospital recovery period should be a bit longer than a few hours.
For the shock of the removal of such a body part needs some time so the patient can get used to the idea of having to live the rest of his/her life without those parts of himself/herself.
And the more time one may have to get used to that notion, the less depressed he/she will be, later on after the patient has returned home.
A few of these individuals may rush out of a burning building, and miss the impact of a speeding bullet sent forth by an aggressive, on the run criminal, but when it comes to being hospitalised for a certain condition, panic strikes.
Why? Maybe because hospitals have had a long history associated with death, for throughout time, thousands of individuals who have entered such places have not managed to make their way out after a speedy recovery alive.
Now many generations later, with life being more fast paced than ever, many people have welcomed the day surgery procedures. And that is fine if one is being treated for something minor.
But what if such a procedure involves the removal of an intimate and private body part, and the patient is not ready to return home on the same day or the day after the surgery?
Such as the case involving drive thru or day surgery mastectomies. First the pateient has enough to cope with when he/she is stunned to learn that he/she has this type of cancer and then while he/she is still trying to handle the shock of his/her condition, the doctor suggests a day surgery mastectomie procedure.
And since one wants to get well so he/she can move on with his/her life, the day of the surgery nears with the patient thinking back to the many times he/she has not only taken this body part for granted, but now is thinking of a life without it. And while that is taking place in one?s mind, a little depression might also set in.
So then comes the day of the procedure and the operation is a success, minus a couple of breasts. And as the patient lies there in that hospital recovery bed, feeling that part of him/her in which there is a void, tears gather in his/her eyes as well.
And upon observing that the patient is awake, the doctor or nurse in charge comes to remind the patient that he/she can be discharged in a few hours or the next day. Something the patient might not be ready for.
For he/she can hardly cope with the loss of those key and intimate body parts much less to go home soon after the procedure and face his/her loved ones, with everyone telling the person concernd that everything will be fine.
There is nothing wrong with day surgery procedures, but for patients who have to endure the aftermath of the removal of an intimate body part such as a mastectomie, the hospital recovery period should be a bit longer than a few hours.
For the shock of the removal of such a body part needs some time so the patient can get used to the idea of having to live the rest of his/her life without those parts of himself/herself.
And the more time one may have to get used to that notion, the less depressed he/she will be, later on after the patient has returned home.
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