Nifty22

Truly awesome! Love his hairdo

Dreamingsmall you are such a lovely and caring person, you're true colour really shines through in your posts. I wish you all the best on your journey, I'm sure it will all go smoothly for you. I look forward to your continued support and contribution on this forum. All the best. Remember attitude plays a big part so go out there and rock it!

what does the piercing have to do with anything, seriously? What do you think magically happens when humans are sutured? It's the same instruments, the same suture, the same suture patterns! Do you think it's somehow special when it's done to people? We even use some of the same drugs, because sometimes that's the best treatment for certain types of bacteria. Hence why I received a 2nd prescription for Cephalexin. Yes, because anyone that has completed as much medical schooling as a human Doctor has, needs someone like you dictating their actions in regards to a wound. dreamingsmall please don't comment on my stuff again. I will gladly delete this post if someone can tell me how because I can't seem to find where or how to do so...

Nice edit dreamingsmall, maybe you should take your 'hate of people like me' and beg off. So much for a positive community here. I don't have the luxury of being hypochondriac or a tit but that's for your negative remarks. You may have edited them but I still got to read the original from the email notification. I think this will be my last post on here. To everyone that tried to convince me that I was basically going to die, I'm happy to report I'm just fine. To everyone else that was supportive, I thank you and wish you the best on your journey.

What does the piercing have to do with anything? It's a 10 year old piercing, I didn't want to have to get it pierced again, so after my drain was out I cleaned it and put it back in.

No, I had to have all jewelry off, but I figured since it was such a buggar to have it pierced in the first place (it got infected, go figure🙄) that I was putting the thing back in right away, lol. I do thank you all for your concern, but they really honestly are looking better now. I have mentioned to the Dr's way before this surgery that I am a slow healer and I have been tested for diabetes etc. Blood work has always been normal. I have always been a slow healer if I get scratched or bit, they usually become infected. I also bruise extremely easy. That being said I don't get sick with cold or flu very often at all, so it's not just a weak immune system. I always thought it was odd, but I honestly don't know what I could do about it. I don't want to overuse antibiotics, they always worry about resistance. Another random but maybe interesting fact- if I get stung by bees I usually end up on IV antibiotics as I supposedly react to a sting like I would a snake bite, I start swelling at the site something fierce. Not in an anaphylactic sense, for my whole arm to swell from a sting on my hand took 48 hours... It does not give one a good sense of being in control of their body🤔

Well my doctor is an hour away from were I work, so I would lose a few hours by the time I'd have to drive there, wait, be seen, drive back. While Canadian health care is free, I can't afford the time off work and make my mortgage payment as I live alone and also paid out of pocket for my surgery in Mexico. I suppose I could go to the ER after work hours, but to be honest that seems silly to wait 6 hours and waste the actual doctors time on something as trivial as a single suture. I am a registered vet tech and was taught how to suture in school, have access to sterile supplies and the tools needed, so honestly it's cost and convenience I guess. Maybe I've been jaded by working in the veterinary field and I think if a cow can remain standing while we open her side and and cut a calf out her uterus while she's in the head gate chewing her cud still, I don't need to make that big of a fuss about two passes with a suture needle and acouple knots, lol, especially if it cost me half a days wages.

Well I only have one more pill to take and that's my ABs done, but I still have one incision (the drain hole) that's not quite closed. In fact it was bugging me so much with the suture pulling I thought maybe I needed to take the stitch out. So I did so and pop out came a little pocket of thick pus. Then it was gaping open again. So I threw in another stitch again and all seems well now though that was just yesterday. The other 3 are looking really good though. I'll attach a pic of the trouble one- the mark next to it is still just from the bandages and the one below is another actual incision. The other pic is all of them (3 still have suture in them so they look dark) I am literally the slowest healer ever! I'm 24 days out, taking vitamins, other than tired I feel pretty good.... It all just takes time I guess

I had really sore calves about 10 days out. I also know I wasn't meeting my fluid requirements everyday, so I chalked it up to slight dehydration and more inactivity than I was used to (I wanted to sleep a lot the first bit) Walking seemed to help. Good luck

Update- 7 days of cephalexin every 8 hours. No fever and keeping them covered for now! And yes I am from Canada, but our ERs are still a nightmare. The Dr. Visits are covered but for me the medications are out of pocket. Hopefully these will do the trick though, appreciate everyone's concern. All spots generally feel ok at the moment, one is even a bit itchy (taking that as a good sign of healing) will update in a few days again thanks everyone

Chavon, that's what 2 of mine were doing, but I sutured them closed. I'm a slow healer normally though, if I get scratched or bit at work they take a long time to heal. I was starting to worry though as they just won't stay closed. Bigjoe I was sleeved June 17 (I mistakenly posted above the 19th, but it was the 17th, 15 days post op now)

I had VSG 06/19 I don't know what the bruise is from, no one else talks about bruising. If they gave me like a blood thinning injection or something- lost some info on groggy recovery and my poor Spanish... on a good note, I'm down 15 lbs and feel pretty good, been back at work a week, and started purée week! Yay!

My very first post, been a background creeper for quite a while. 15 days post op and having trouble with incisions. I'm thinking I might have trouble with the prolene suture they used on 3 on my holes. My mother had trouble with her cesarean incision becoming infected weeks post-op, but I'm not even 3 weeks out yet. I finished my antibiotics on Tuesday (roughly 5 days ago) but perhaps I should ask my regular doctor (that has no idea I went to Mexico for a sleeve) for an Rx? He will also not be pleased to know that placed some sutures myself. I work at a vet clinic and so actually sutured myself (yes I did so in a sterile manner) because the incision they left open was still gaping open and was going to leave a massive scar, never mind the fact that I actually have sores from the bandages from keeping them covered. It's like my skin is super sensitive to the adhesive on the bandages, the last one actually took skin off when I removed it. I also sutures the other largest incision as it was starting to split apart and I could see suture inside it. Anyways tonight the one incision that I thought was doing the best and closed first, well it was quite sore, so I scratched at the corner because it felt pocket like and low and behold, mini-abscess. How long is anyone else taking to heal? Anyone else have trouble with their suture. Because everyone loves pictures I'm attaching a few, hope they're not too offensive... One day post-op, 10 days, and 15 days

I know exactly what you mean, I'm 8 days post op. I finally found some sugar free Popsicles and that really seemed to help. It's 30+ degrees out right now and I don't know how much more broth I can take. It hurts to take in any liquid room temp or colder (yes even the Popsicle has its moments of discomfort) so it's taking me two hours to choke down a warm protein shake. I know I'm not getting in my full liquids yet and I have no energy. It's amazing how much time and thought food received from me personally. I'm slightly dreading my first day back to work tomorrow. The only words I can offer are to stay strong, this won't be forever, once the stomach heals, things will get better. You'll be able to start making some fantastic food choices and you will start to look and feel amazing!

Are you using baby forks? Or the tiny shrimp forks? Tiny utensils and tiny plates. Maybe don't put your full serving all on one dish? That can be a loaded gun as you would technically be getting up for 'seconds' but it breaks up your allotted amount at least...? Try eating with your non-dominant hand? I'm not even off full liquids yet, but pre-op I put in some practice with the shrimp forks trying to set new habits. I cut up my food very small also before I sat down, literally couldn't get as much on the tiny fork, lol. Best of luck