u/Kal-veira

Submerge
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Submerge

Okay guys, what do you think?

My doctor first started out saying to wait 8-10 weeks to submerge my ankle incision in water. Then when I asked about it at my two week appointment I was aiming to touch on the subject again, hoping to get a more favorable answer, to which he said “actually I prefer people to wait 13 weeks. “— :/ but mentioned to message him with a picture of my incision so he could reevaluate if I needed to submerge sooner for some reason.

I’m at week 9.5 and I’m wishing to do some rehab in the pool. He is out of office for the next week so I need your help on whether you think my incision is healed enough to submerge! Please and thank you.

It’s hard to touch, feels like some scar tissue that I need to work out but seems to be turning silver at the top.

u/Kal-veira — 1 month ago