Ugh, I don't have any advice but you are in my prayers and I'll be sending positive waves to you and Diana. Sounds like a PITA.

I am cleared to full diet - i've had fajitas, turkey (buy the boneless butterball turkey), turkey loaf thing (by Jenny o ) ground meats, chili, chicken taco, shrimp, i've done cesear salad w/ chicken (ate chicken with a couple pieces of lettucce) it was reduced fat cesear dressing, taco salad w/ FF ranch, peanuts, arnolds bread with peanut butter, eggs of all kinds, lean crusine meats out of them

Wow!!  I guess I should be grateful I am only dealing with a small incision about the size of dime.  When we first started packing it, it seems like it was several inches deep.  Now it seems to be only an inch or so deep.  I don't understand it, but I guess it is going to heal with no stitches. 

I'm having back pain for the first time ever in my life.  I think it is because I'm not using my abs to move as much as I did before so my back is trying to work harder.  I'm hoping this is shortlived, back pain is yucky!

My surgery was an open ryn on 4/12. On 04/21 I started leaking at a stitch in my belly button, on 4/24 the leak became an eruption (think labor water breaking). They called it a hematoma and seroma and since I soaked my clothes, a towel and my carpet they said it was quite large. Me and my house looked like a crime scene. Here it is 5/18 and my belly button has not stopped leaking. I stuff my belly button with cotton and use a folded mini pad. I have to change it about 8 times a day.
I see the doctor about this on Wednesday (5 weeks, 5 visits). They may put a drain in but since it is draining I don't know why they would do this.

There are others at OH who had the same issue.