Anxious :-(

[jwelk 10]

I am so anxious/ worried u guys. Its sunday and the doc wont be in until tomorrow but ive been struggling with a few things i want to talk to yall about.

First... I have a horrible rash around each incision site and it itches something fierce! So im completly miserable! I will post a picture of it for yall.

Second... I notice my hands and legs/feet go numb when im in certain positions. My hands tingle and go numb when my elbow is bent and when im sitting (using the bathroom) my legs and feet go numb/tingle and if i adjust or move to a different position i feel it go away. Its just wierd!!!! Its happening alot.

Im 4 weeks post op on tuesday and ive hit a stall and that has me down. My anxiety is through the roof and im scared as to whats wrong with me. I keep freaking out about getting a blood clot (they scare me to death) and my blood pressure was 166/102 pulse was 96. :-( im a huge mess falling apart! I need you guys :-(

[jwelk 10]

I hope the pic works

[faddiscc4 13]

I had a rash once that was similar to what you have but it was covering my hands. I had the tingling and numbness. It was really awful. I could barely close my hands to zip zippers, type or anything else. When I had the rash it had nothing to do with surgery though.

I went to the doctor and he told me I was having an allergic reaction. At the time their was nothing new in my diet accept for new type of wine I had tried. He said that many times the allergen is never found, but it is often a type of red dye used in many foods.

I'm not sure what you are allowed to take right now but I was bet that benadryl would help you. As you recently had surgery, you may be more susceptible to complications so you may want to contact a doctor right away.

[Amanda 3.0 140]

Well, I am no doctor, but it looks like you are having a contact allergy to something. Are you putting anything on your incisions?

Can you call your surgeon's office and talk to the on-call physician? Many doctors will talk to you and let you text them a picture, like what you have posted. That is exactly what my husband did after I had my breast reduction and there was a little redness over the weekend - he texted a photo to the doctor. Maybe that would work for you? I think it is worth a try because you don't want to scratch your incisions.

As for the numbness, have you lost a lot of weight already? If so, you might be experiencing different weight on your nerves. I have neuropathy in my hands and forearms when I lay down, and it comes and goes with weight loss.

[jwelk 10]

Thank you, im calling my doctor asap to get in with her in the morning. I feel like im falling apart over here. :.-(

[Jack Fabulous 35]

Don't fall apart. I think it is typical for people to stall 4 - 5 weeks out. I stalled, gained, and am finally going back in the right direction. I'm 6 weeks out. I go numb in my legs when I sit too long but that used to happen before surgery too and is because of my weight pressing down on nerves.

[jwelk 10]

Ive lost about 40 pounds so far. I took my temp and it was 98.3. I took an ativan to try and calm down. I tried benedryl cream and it wasnt working :-( now im trying cortizone 10.

[docangtx12 20]

Benadryl cream doesn't work at all. Take a benadryl tablet... Adult dose is 50mg... But that will also make you very sleepy, so you may want to take 1 tablet (25mg) and see how you do. The cortisone cream may help as well, but take the Benadryl. It really does look like an allergy by the pictures, and I am a doctor.

[erin00glen 9]

I had the same rash. It's your body trying to heal the insision sites by attacking them. I even had it around old c section scars bc it was attacking all my scars. Not just new ones. Benedril really helped me. Good luck.

[jwelk 10]

Thank u Doctor! I took an ativan to calm down. Will that interact wirh the benedryl?

[docangtx12 20]

Both are sedating, so just take 1 benadryl and see how you do... But they don't interact otherwise.

[faddiscc4 13]

Wonder how she's feeling today

[jwelk 10]

Feeling better! But still having the numbness and tingling :-( rash still bad but doctor called me in some ointment called triamcinolone acetonide. And she wanted me to also put gold bond medicated lotion on it aswell. Im up 6 pounds and cried today but i called the nut and she said im doing everything right, its just my body adjusting and im about to start my monthly :-( im always so scared that ill be the first person to be sleeved and gain weight :-( instead of loosing

[arj1016 57]

Take an oatmeal bath. Helps with itching. Go to ER if you have trouble breathing. Stay calm and just contact ur dr.

[Amanda 3.0 140]

Feeling better! But still having the numbness and tingling :-( rash still bad but doctor called me in some ointment called triamcinolone acetonide. And she wanted me to also put gold bond medicated lotion on it aswell. Im up 6 pounds and cried today but i called the nut and she said im doing everything right, its just my body adjusting and im about to start my monthly :-( im always so scared that ill be the first person to be sleeved and gain weight :-( instead of loosing

No, ma'am, you just have some hurdles to cross. Heck, you are already on the losers bench, you've lost 40 pounds!

Hang in there!