Surgical wound reopened and not healing

[Bessieboop1981 14]

Hi guys,

I'm feeling a bit low so I thought I would reach out, everyone seems so friendly here.

I had sleeve surgery nearly 6 weeks ago and one of the surgical sites just wont heal. They were all fine, scabbed over and looking great until two weeks ago when they starting weeping. When this happened I covered them up with an antiseptic cream and saw the doctor who prescribed antibiotics for an infection I had. The scab came off on one of them along with the stitches leaving a sizeable hole which scared me to death! Now this hole won't seem to heal. It is about as 1cm deep and 1.5 cm wide. The nurse is packing and dressing it twice a week, but it's really getting me down. I am type 2 diabetic so I know that alone indicates slow healing but my glucose levels are right down now since the surgery which is great.

Has anyone else had problems of this nature? It's really getting me down and it makes me feel queasy when I have to have it changed.