so worried??????????
LORETTA..take your antibiotics, as prescribed..drink lots of fluids, to stay hydrated, and help flush the infection...
DO NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT squeeze/cut the boil, and thus create an additional "open wound"-that COULD delay your surgery, as the surgeon may worry about an additional hospital acquired infection...most "skin boils" are a form of staph infection-keep it covered, so as not to allow any drainage to spread to other skin areas..
Since you have already been on antibiotics over 48 hrs-and will be on them even longer, by tomorrow, I bet everything will be JUST FINE !!!
Breathe..breathe..breathe...this is just a bump..err..boil in the road...You've waited a long time for this...and you SO deserve everything you waited for!
Godspeed!!
Gina AKA Nurse Diva
RNY 4-22-02...
LW: 6lb,10 oz SW:340lb GW:170lb CW:155
We Can Do Hard Things