Not a mistake after all

[Naomi H 3]

In my previous topic I was having a lot of regret and I was upset because my doctor did both an open and closed procedure on me. I was in a lot of pain and I was still in shock about having the huge scar down my stomach.

After my last post I suffered a major setback and I developed an infection and a seroma under the incision site. I was sitting on my bed drinking my Protein drink and I felt a pulling like a stitch was being pulled, so I changed position because I thought I was sitting in a way that was putting undue pressure on my incision site. When I stood up to move I noticed I was covered from belly to knees in this sticky, smelly, and yellow-brown Fluid. I got up and went out to my mom's living room and I woke her up and I told her to call 911.

I got to the hospital and I ended up being transferred to the hospital I had my surgery at that night. The next day my surgeon comes in and takes out 3 of my staples and opens up the incision. Under it he finds a space that had been filled with this infected Fluid and he starts treatment right away. I ended up being in the hospital for 4 days and now I have a nurse that comes every day to take care of my wound and to pack the hole under my incision with this silver stuff used for healing deep wounds. It grosses me out, but it doesn't hurt that much and the hole is getting smaller and smaller every day.

I feel a lot better now. I am able to walk and do almost everything independently except drive or go back to work. I lost 15 pounds so far after the surgery, and I am getting used to the incision line. It doesn't bother me as much as it did before. I look at it and I can see that in a few months or years it will be tiny and no one but me will notice it.

I am just happy to finally be feeling better after such a bad ordeal. I will say the reason I was unable to have a completely laparoscopic procedure is because my insides were too short for him to close using the scope. My doctor said that when he tried to close the pouch and hook everything up it fell apart because whatever it is he was trying to sew together was too short for him to get to come together closed. My liver was not the issue, of course it didn't help the situation I just have unique anatomy inside. Who knew??

I know I have a few more months of healing before I will feel normal again and I am ready for that. Weird thing is the first place I lost weight that I can tell is in my calf muscles. It's a strange place to lose weight first. LOL I am happy to have lost weight at all at this point after all I have been through so far. I was hoping to be able to wear tall boots this winter anyway. LOL

[James Marusek 5,244]

Glad to hear you are on the mend.

[Daisee68 2,493]

​So sorry this happened to you but so glad you are healing! And it sounds like you have a wonderful positive attitude. You go this !!

[Faithoftheheart 42]

Nice to hear an update I was wondering about you

[SkinnyDown 409]

First of all, congratulations on getting through all you have thus far.

I've been where you are, with wound infections after surgery. You'll get through that, and then be well on your way to recovery!

Keep going, and keep us updated!

[Trayjay33 138]

Naomi, I am sorry to hear about your complication after surgery but I am glad you are on the mend. I am also happy you were able to speak to your surgeon and have questions answered. P.S. My legs are where I lost weight first too. I no longer need wide calf boots. It just makes for more options. I hope you have a awesome journey with RNY.

[esskay77 785]

Very happy you are now on the upside and mending well. Best of luck going forward as well.

[MrsKitz 20]

Wow, you've had a really rough start. So glad to read this update. I too had wondered about you. You've got a great attitude and you'll be just fine. Please keep us posted on your progress.

[reree6898 1,164]

Very glad to hear that you are on the mend and found out what the deal was with the open procedure.

[purz59 57]

So sorry to hear of your setback. I'm so glad you are on your road to recovery. Please keep us posted

[LoggedOutForGood 233]

So glad to hear that you're doing better!! I love how positive you're being about the situation and positivity will take you a long way in the recovery process. Keep up the good work and always keep your head up, because it will get better.

[Spiceyfrog 269]

Sorry to hear about your setback, but it sounds like you were able to get some answers and are on the road to recovery now. It will only get better every day!