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Re:Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain by theshackleford on Friday July 04, 2025 @11:34AM (#44465420)
> Instead the surgeon had me come in to look at the wound

I'm surprised this is not the standard for any surgery involving a significant incision. In my country it's been the standard for instance for all three of my cervical spine surgeries, including the one I just had.

At the 7-10 day mark I must go to my normal GP who performs wound review and checks for signs of infection or other anomaly.

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Re:Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain by Retric on Friday July 04, 2025 @11:51AM (#44465576)
It was standard to have a follow up, he called me in early (I saw him same day they called) and looked to it himself rather than having a GP do so.
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Re:Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain by theshackleford on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:33PM (#44465900)
Oh ok that makes sense, for a second it just sounded like it would have went I caught otherwise and I began wondering if maybe this wasn’t as much of a standard as I thought it was.
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