After Surgery - I had no clue!

[BevLee 2]

I am just 8 days port op. I had done my homework, attended meetings, and thought I was well prepared.

Surprise! If it's going to happen, it's going to happen to me

1) It's not supposed to hurt this bad, at least those on YouTube or tv don't hurt like I'm hurting!

2) No one ever mentioned anything about the "bloody diarrhea ". 2 days straight of shooting blood!

3) How about the incredible yellow bruising at my incision ports?

Embarrassing but true I am an extraordinary unique individual. Have I any regrets, no.

So bringing this to light, I hope others who may have this experience won't feel as bewildered as I found myself .

[MaHaBone 18]

Wow, this actually sounds worth a call or two to your doctor!

[James Marusek 5,244]

I am sorry you are experiencing problems.

I would recommend that you review your discharge instructions. The first two concerns that you expressed caused me to believe that you need to contact your surgeons office and let them know what is going on. My discharge instructions read:

Contact your physician when:

Uncontrolled or increased abdomen pain.

Persistent diarrhea beyond the first week after discharge or more than 6 diarrhea stools in a day. [Having a bloody diarrhea -shooting blood - for 2 days should mean that you immediately let your surgeon know this.]

So based on this, I suspect you have a complication that needs to be resolved sooner than later.

As far as your third concern about bruising. This is normal. Also you have probably been taking a blood thinner to prevent blood clots after surgery. Blood thinners will make major bruising problems. You site of incisions will look very bad for around a month but then it should get better.

[BevLee 2]

Hello and thank you! Actually everything I experienced happened while I was in the hospital. My surgeon said all were normal occurrences.

I suppose I was expecting my surgery to be like a majority of the others and would have liked to have known of the other curious outcomes that could happen. Most likely it is not spoken of or put out there because it is a rare occurrence. Hopefully this will help others know, should it happen to them, that it is considered normal.

Edited March 9, 2017 by BevLee

[BevLee 2]

3 hours ago, MaHaBone said:

Wow, this actually sounds worth a call or two to your doctor!

Thankfully all this took place the day after surgery and while I was still in the hospital. Except the surface bruising. Those did not appear until 4-5 days post op. My surgeon felt I was well enough to go home the day after surgery.

[achappex3 346]

I still hurt pretty bad but none of your other symptoms. If you're worried I'd go back to the hospital regardless of what the surgeon said.