less then one weekout and infection!

[Gaylebco 11]

ok so saturday night (4 days after surgery) my largest incision site (near my belly button) was warm and red. Lucky my surgeon take pics on his blackberry and looked it over the phone...said wait 24 hours and resend a pic. Sunday night it was late and i sent him the pics and by monday i am now on the BIGGEST antibiotic i have ever seen! Breaking it in half it's still huge . (to all those who say when can i take a pill...your body can physically take one now i guess) I have to put antiboitic cream and gauze on the site. The good news is my nut let me progress to pureed food to up my bodies ability to fight this mess.

I have also found a lump above the site about 2 fingertips across and the doc said, just let me know if it gets bigger....any one have a clue what it might be. I'm a nurse and i have visions of all sorts of bad things..but wanted to know if anyone had this happen before?

thanks for any help!

[fern 195]

I have little lumps too. My doc says it's scar tissue forming.

Sucks for the infection, but yay to your doc, who was right on top of it. It's great to see a doctor using camera phones as tools!!!!

[Gaylebco 11]

thanks Fern, that was one of the options i thought of...since I have a scar on my hand which has scar tissue that formed aroung it years ago..maybe i'm prone to it.

[Sassygirl06 962]

i havent had the surgery yet but read in the post "belly bump" on this site that alot of post op people get that bump, and that after a month or two it goes away. check out the post, and put your worries asside.

congrats on the surgery!