NO FUN!

[pupichupi 124]

So up till now my post surgery has been no fun at all? I first had the worst time when I got out of surgery and the bed was awful at the hospital, I should have just slept on the floor? Then I got out of the hospital after spending one night but got home and was great for the first 6 days or so and then one week post op and I got horribly sick, fever, head cold, it was awful, at one point thought my incision was infected, and so I went to my doctors and he said it was not infected just oozing crap from the fat tissue they had to cut through to get to my insides, and that is when I found out the reason I had a larger incision than originally though with all the staples, and that turned out because I am a very tiny girl on the inside? Wow who would of thought after all this time? So the staples were just awful for the 2 weeks I had to have them in, they felt like they were stabbing me all the time, they really sucked. So yesterday I finally got the staples out and as i'm in there he is upset at how red it is around the staples and my incision and so as he pulls out the staples and starts pressing on the incision to push the oozing stuff out, the whole incision that was supposed to be closed up is now wide open again? He can't close it back up because of the oozing, and so now I have to let it heal from the inside out? I also have to wear a maxi pad on it cause he said it would be the best thing to cover it and soak up the crap, and I have to change that every hour or so? It has been all issues since I got out of that dam surgery, and I don't regret getting the surgery, but dang it can't I just heal up like normal people? I just want to cry all the time at all I am dealing with. I want to start working out more and getting in a routine and I can't now because of this. I can do little things, like I can walk, and I can lower body stuff and arm stuff, but nothing from the neck to the waste? That's where I want to lose weight??? Is it ever going to get better? Anyone have a clue? Anyone else go through what I am going through? This sucks!!!!

[queenie123 2]

I totally know where you are coming from. I had surgery 3/10/14 and started to heal. On 3/30 I went to the ER because my main incision area (I had laparoscopic) was bright red, warm to the touch, swollen, and painful. I had an infection under the skin. So my incision was reopened so it could drain. I followed up with my surgeon 2 days later and he had to open it wider to ensure it heals correctly and without issue this time. Now it has to heal as well from the inside out. On top of that bec it is rather deep I have to pack it with gauze and cover it each day. And I can't tell you enough how it freaks me out and I can hardly look at it. On top of all this, I am on 2 antibiotics which make me nauseas all day. I can hardly eat or drink. Even some anti-nausea meds are not helping.

I have to keep the faith that this will pass and everything will be ok. You have to do the same! I have read more on this since experiencing this and we will get better soon. Just be patient and work through it. My success in all this has been losing 32 lbs so far!

Good luck! You are not facing this alone!

[sillyolme1 19]

Omg..thats horrific...where did you have your surgery done...sorry i dont recall if you said when? Perhaps you both should start a forum to attract other wronged patients....i had a great experience...9 days post op...rny...and in Mexico...the have specific centers where its only bariatric and holistic cancer trestment patients so infections...illnesses are really rare....

[pupichupi 124]

Omg..thats horrific...where did you have your surgery done...sorry i dont recall if you said when? Perhaps you both should start a forum to attract other wronged patients....i had a great experience...9 days post op...rny...and in Mexico...the have specific centers where its only bariatric and holistic cancer trestment patients so infections...illnesses are really rare....

Thanks Queenie!!! Good to know I'm not alone!!!! Sillyolme I got my surgery the 19th of march at mercy hospital and they are the leading hospital in my area that does these surgeries and my doc has a very high success rate. It has nothing to do with being wronged its all in how people heal. The only other surgery that I had was a c-section with my youngest and the same thing happen to me with that incision but I had to be bed ridden for the most part cause where that one was and I had an in home nurse come in to clean it everyday and pack it? So I just don't heal good from surgeries???? Maybe when I lose all my weight???

[Amyllf2 206]

I'm still 10 days RNY pre-op, but I had my gall bladder out on 2/14 and I'm still oozing. I only had one belly button hole but it's still leaking. I walk around with gause in there. I can tell you that it's getting better slowly but surely. So have faith, your body will heel!

[pupichupi 124]

I'm still 10 days RNY pre-op, but I had my gall bladder out on 2/14 and I'm still oozing. I only had one belly button hole but it's still leaking. I walk around with gause in there. I can tell you that it's getting better slowly but surely. So have faith, your body will heel!

Thanks Amy I am just taking it easy!! I am listening to my body right now!!!

[bulliemom4 2]

<p>So up till now my post surgery has been no fun at all? I first had the worst time when I got out of surgery and the bed was awful at the hospital, I should have just slept on the floor? Then I got out of the hospital after spending one night but got home and was great for the first 6 days or so and then one week post op and I got horribly sick, fever, head cold, it was awful, at one point thought my incision was infected, and so I went to my doctors and he said it was not infected just oozing crap from the fat tissue they had to cut through to get to my insides, and that is when I found out the reason I had a larger incision than originally though with all the staples, and that turned out because I am a very tiny girl on the inside? Wow who would of thought after all this time? So the staples were just awful for the 2 weeks I had to have them in, they felt like they were stabbing me all the time, they really sucked. So yesterday I finally got the staples out and as i'm in there he is upset at how red it is around the staples and my incision and so as he pulls out the staples and starts pressing on the incision to push the oozing stuff out, the whole incision that was supposed to be closed up is now wide open again? He can't close it back up because of the oozing, and so now I have to let it heal from the inside out? I also have to wear a maxi pad on it cause he said it would be the best thing to cover it and soak up the crap, and I have to change that every hour or so? It has been all issues since I got out of that dam surgery, and I don't regret getting the surgery, but dang it can't I just heal up like normal people? I just want to cry all the time at all I am dealing with. I want to start working out more and getting in a routine and I can't now because of this. I can do little things, like I can walk, and I can lower body stuff and arm stuff, but nothing from the neck to the waste? That's where I want to lose weight??? Is it ever going to get better? Anyone have a clue? Anyone else go through what I am going through? This sucks!!!! </p>

I'm not going through what you are but ask your dr about wound healing the process can take months of packing for healing to start also in have found now that you have had surgery your malnourished so something that took two weeks could take two months good luck my dear friend

[pupichupi 124]

I'm not going through what you are but ask your dr about wound healing the process can take months of packing for healing to start also in have found now that you have had surgery your malnourished so something that took two weeks could take two months good luck my dear friend

Bulliemom thanks I am actually going to call him this week and see cause I want so badly to get in exercise as much as I can during the first 6-8 months as that is the time you lose the most weight and if I'm spending it healing then I am going to still lose but not how I planned to spend my post surgery? It also looks really nasty, and I don't even like being around my hubbyman without my shirt or anything cause I don't want him to see me like that, he does everything he can to help me but I don't like him seeing me like that?