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Apron With Pockets

GrandmaMir
GrandmaMir CSN Member Posts: 21 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I had a single mastectomy on July 8. Here's an idea for drains: I have an apron that has two pockets. I put it on with the wrong side out and the pockets become a handy way to hold my drains.
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  • Chickadee1955
    Chickadee1955 CSN Member Posts: 356 Member
    #2
    I love it! Now there's
    I love it! Now there's creative thinking!
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  • chenheart
    chenheart CSN Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #3
    Brilliant~ in this case,
    Brilliant~ in this case, Necessity is the GrandmaMir of Invention!

    Hugs,
    Chen♥
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  • MNLynn
    MNLynn CSN Member Posts: 224
    #4
    What an idea!
    My surgeries are behind me - and I hope I'm not looking at any in the future . . . but if I do need any further surgeries, I know now how I'll deal with those drains!!

    ♥ Lynn ♥
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  • Menda
    Menda CSN Member Posts: 128
    #5
    Hope you are doing great.
    Hope you are doing great. Had a double on July 8 and I am walking to the kitchen now to give it a try. Thanks.
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  • GrandmaMir
    GrandmaMir CSN Member Posts: 21 Member
    #6
    Menda said:

    Hope you are doing great.
    Hope you are doing great. Had a double on July 8 and I am walking to the kitchen now to give it a try. Thanks.

    Good Going!
    I hope you continue to feel better. Walking helps.
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  • faith_trust_and_a_little_bit_of_chemotherapy
    faith_trust_and_a_little_bit_of_chemotherapy CSN Member Posts: 319 Member
    #7
    GrandmaMir said:

    Good Going!
    I hope you continue to feel better. Walking helps.

    Terrific idea
    I wore an oversized zip up hoodie, it was easy to put on and take off. I pinned my Jackson Pratt bulb up about where my right breast had been.

    Ah, the funny things we do to feel 'normal'
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  • anitap1
    anitap1 CSN Member Posts: 25
    #8
    apron
    I used a carpenter's apron. I had the two pockets and the apron was short enough not to show from under my shirt. I had a friend who told me this was what she did. I even slept in the apron.
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  • SamuraiMom
    SamuraiMom CSN Member Posts: 295
    #9
    great idea!
    I could have used that one!

    I used a lanyard with a clip on the end. (long cord-like necklace with a clip)

    xxoo,
    SamuraiMom
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  • Skeezie
    Skeezie CSN Member Posts: 586 Member
    #10
    SamuraiMom said:

    great idea!
    I could have used that one!

    I used a lanyard with a clip on the end. (long cord-like necklace with a clip)

    xxoo,
    SamuraiMom

    Oh Chen, you are too clever!
    What a great idea tho... love it.

    Hugs, Judy :-)
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  • VickiSam
    VickiSam CSN Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #11
    Skeezie said:

    Oh Chen, you are too clever!
    What a great idea tho... love it.

    Hugs, Judy :-)

    wonderful and Clever ideas .. I guess if all else fails
    we can flip the drains over our sholders and walk around that way! .. Oh how I don't care too much for my drains. Let's not mention the measuring of our body fluids .. haha! I call it a necessary evil- in my fight for - SurvivorShip.

    Just took inventory .. bi-lateral 4 drain, emergency staph infection - removal of right expander 2 more drains .. replacement of right expander 2 drains .. so all in all, I've dealt with 8 drains .. which does include drains - I'll need for my expander - exchange surgery next week. I am so glad I can still laugh about my drains.


    Vicki Sam
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