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Good luck. You’re on the way to getting well, every day will be better! You were smart enough to insist that they listen. You’ve got this!


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So I went back to the doctor today for a check up to see if the antibiotics were working and if the tenderness had gone down (it was a rough night). Well the doctor said no and that he needed to drain it right then and there stating that I had an abscess underneath. Once drained he took a culture of it thinking it may be staph (this was the incision site he pulled the stomach out of) and said that piece of my stomach could have had a bacteria on it that led to this infection. I have to continuously change the dressing as he put a drain in to help with it still and go back Monday. I feel like we know our bodies and we need to listen to them. I’ve been talking to them since Monday about this because I knew something wasn’t right. I also feel like everything happens to me and I can’t catch a break 🤦🏼‍♀️





Oh my! You really have had it rough! Happy thoughts coming your way. Please keep us informed of what happens.


HW: 225
SW: 214 (5/2/2018)
CW: 207
GW: 145

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Keep your head up. Hopefully you have gone through the worst of it and you've done great to this point. You are a very strong woman, this thread proves it. Stay positive, everything will work out for you!!!

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