Best advice ever

[hook]

I am new to the forum, and have had MVR surgery 6 weeks ago.

The best advise I can offer to anyone, especially men of Italian descent, is to shave yourself before going in for your surgery. The most trauma I had was a very large man shaving my entire body with the electric trimmers. Being asleep in a surgical suite is nothing compared to the shaving experience. The unpleasantness was at its peak as Earl manhandled my family jewels as he stripped them of their coat. The whole time my wife was crying from laughter as I cracked jokes, and ultimately stood up half naked in front of everyone, only to look down and see the equivalent of a chia pet on the floor. Oh yeah... they go through great deatail to shave everything, including the hair on your pinky toes, but they leave the tuft on your buttocks. I looked like a freakin orangatuang. This takes manscaping to a whole new level.

 

[Ross]

You know, it's funny, some places do shave everything and others do not.

 

[sweetbanker]

I hope your feeling well , but you must itch.

 

[nngbwh]

Don't forget to get a pedicure.

 

[Bina]

I hear that some of those men are hairier than a grizzly bear....Best to go "metrosexual" and shave your stuff.

 

[Mentu]

My Surgeon told me before surgery that most hospitals now only clip the hair close on the patient's chest and that actual shaving is discouraged because microscopic cuts are potential avenues for infection. The morning of my AVR only the chest hair was clipped. The supervising nurse said that if a patient needs by-pass grafts the insides of both legs are clipped but only in the area of potential incisions. This is something that a surgeon could easily clarify if asked.

Larry

 

[ARGreenMN]

There might be other benefits of keeping the chia pet trimmed. Not sayin', just sayin'

 

[Bill B]

You know, it's funny, some places do shave everything and others do not.

They barely touched me with the clippers before my operation. I don't remember any trimming of the pubes. The shave guy spent most of his time making small talk with me, which I think was something they do on purpose at Stanford. It totally distracted me from worrying about the impending surgery.

 

[Lynlw]

They barely touched me with the clippers before my operation. I don't remember any trimming of the pubes. The shave guy spent most of his time making small talk with me, which I think was something they do on purpose at Stanford. It totally distracted me from worrying about the impending surgery.

This is something I would definately find out about BEFORE you shave your entire body. (I know 1 MORE thing to add to the ever growing list of questions to ask at pre op day.) It would be a shame if someone did a neck to toe shave, thinking they rather do it themselves and then find out their hospital/surgeon only shaves the chest. Also some surgeons do NOT want you to shave (beside your normal face shaving) before hand, they want whatever body parts that will need shaved, be shaved that morning by their staff. for chance of infection type reasons.
I think alot of centers seem to be going away from full shaves and either just do chest or if there is a chance they will need to use your groin area for the heart/lung machine (usually for multiple REDOs or some min invasive surgery since there isn't enough room in the main incision for the bypass machine tubes) they often do more of a bikini type or as some here call it, landing strip shave and not the entire area.

See this was 1 thing we didn't have to think about when Justin had surgeries as a baby and toddler, I didn't realize at the time what we got to avoid.

 

[BarbJean]

Don't think I will even mention this to Colin. Some details are better left unsaid.

 

[Robb Wilder]

Ill add that to things im not looking forward to right underneath breathing tube. I think ill ask this question tomorrow at PreOp. The things you have to do to get to the other side.

 

[Ross]

Ill add that to things im not looking forward to right underneath breathing tube. I think ill ask this question tomorrow at PreOp. The things you have to do to get to the other side.

You'll be so doped up you won't care. :wink2:

 

[Robb Wilder]

I was doped up during the heart cath but that wasnt a pleasure getting mohawked down there for that.

 

[Ross]

I was doped up during the heart cath but that wasnt a pleasure getting mohawked down there for that.

Believe me, you'll be so out of it that time won't mean a thing to you.

 

[Nancy]

I really think it is best to let your own surgeon and hospital do the decision making about shaving. Some do not like to use blade razors or even clip too close because they do not want to risk any open skin areas where an infection could set up shop.

 

[Luana]

Believe me, you'll be so out of it that time won't mean a thing to you.

It's true, Robb. It won't be at all like what you got during the heart cath. You will be very very out of it, and when you do start to wake up and the tube is removed, you'll be out of it (as opposed to very very out of it).

 

[Guest]

This takes manscaping to a whole new level.

LOL! So true!!!!!!!

BTW, welcome, hook ... I see you are from my favorite city, Nashville. How'd you fare during the flooding?

They barely touched me with the clippers before my operation. I don't remember any trimming of the pubes.

Same here. In fact, I don't believe they shaved anything of me until after I was asleep. I woke up ... and was a bit horrified at all of the hair gone.....lol.



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