Surgery infection clean up

dorothy1110
on 10/19/17 6:12 pm
RNY on 09/06/17

Tomorrow I have to go to the hospital at 7 am. I have to have surgery to clean up the infection where my largest incision was. I have been dealing with it draining for a few weeks. It started draining blood mixed with puss. My surgeon pulled 2 syringes of puss and blood out of a swollen area near incision. Can't wait til it's over and healed.

Emiepie
on 10/19/17 7:08 pm
RNY on 08/11/14

I hope all goes well tomorrow so you can be on your way to healing.

RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150

Librarian67
on 10/20/17 3:09 am
RNY on 02/28/17

Wishing you the best and hope that things heal quickly!

HW: 248+, SW (RNY: 2/28/17): 244, GW (10/17): 125; LW: 115; 45# regain (19-20); CW: 135.6; new goal: 135; Plastics: Ext mastopexy, Ext abdominoplasty-5/18/2018; diagnosed w/ gastroparesis 11/20.

SkinnyScientist
on 10/20/17 6:35 am

Glad you listened to Grim and went!

Sometimes it is an infection, sometimes the immune system gets confused and goes into overdrive due to all the debris from the surgery. With way, removing infected tissues and removing the cytokines (aka chemical signals that recruit the white blood cells to further remodel the damaged tissue should help a lot).

RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013; 

Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat

Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !  

Au_Contraire
on 10/20/17 9:56 am

Sorry you have had this happen Dorothy, but I'm so glad it's being properly attended to. Here's to smooth sailing from now on!

dorothy1110
on 10/20/17 11:03 am
RNY on 09/06/17

Surgery was over by 9:15 and left hospital at 11:30 am. No open wound so I don't have a wound to pack. He gave me a drain. No pain as of right now. I go see surgeon again on Tuesday. Thank you for the kind words and Support.

Grim_Traveller
on 10/20/17 2:19 pm
RNY on 08/21/12

I'm glad you got taken care of. Hopefully this is the last bump in your road.

Keep us posted.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

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