Staple removal

[connie2858]

I am 2 weeks post op tomorrow and my home PT tried to remove my staples today and the skin has started healing around the staples.  It was so painful and he actually bent 3 removers (all that he had with him) and only managed to remove 3 of more than 20.  Now my incision is throbbing and I need to go in to the Ortho office tomorrow and get some kind of numbing and have them removed.  I just wondered if anyone else has had this problem.  Everything else is going really well, I can even get into the shower, lifting my leg over the tub, and sitting on a stool in the shower but can't shower until 24 hrs after the staples are removed.  Hopefully all will go well tomorrow.  I had been feeling relatively little pain, only taking meds every 7 hrs and not waking in the night for the last 2 nights, so this set back is sucky, not to mention painful.

[pashley]

I had a similar problem but the Nurse did manage to get them out ok but wound opened up slightly, had to get it checked a few times at surgery, healed up fine in end, don't worry, I think its a problem with staples not you !