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Was looking at my incisions today and noticed one was a bit puffy and off colored. I would call today but well its sunday, you know those docs and weekends, they gotta play golf sometime :Banane53:.

So a full pic of my incisions and a enlarged one of #5 which is the one that made my eyes bug out today.

Good thing my doc is a hottie, gives me something to look forward too when I call him tomorrow. :welldoneclap::thumbup:

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Looks infected, but you should see that dr. to be sure, particularly if he's hot. :welldoneclap: Throw some neosporin or other ointment on it and leave it alone. Good luck! :Banane53:

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Yep, that definitely looks like it might be starting to get infected. I would have it looked at for sure. Hope it turns out to be nothing!

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Keep it clean and get to your surgeon's office for an evaluation and maybe some blood work as well.

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LOL yeah I love how they avoided the tat also. Made me even more happy with my surgeon.

Speaking of, I just finished talking to his nurse. Since I do not have a fever, or am sick (throwing up kind of thing) they want me to just keep an eye on it. It does look better this morning so I think the swelling might have been part of the problem as the swelling has gone down quite a bit over night.

She told me to make sure I wash it really good (but gently of course) and to put a hot compress on it off and on through out the day.

Amazingly enough that is what I have been doing. Guess those years as an EMT are finally paying off :biggrin:

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Glad to hear everything is going okay and it looks better....keep up those at home EMT skills! ;-)

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