Question:
My incision has an opening in the middle and i am four months??
IS THIS NORMAL? ALSO YESTERDAY I WAS CLEANING THE OPENING AND I PULLED OUT THESE TWO LITTLE PIECES THAT LOOK LIKE FISHING WIRE, WHAT IS THIS??? MY DR TOLD ME IT COULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO CLOSE WHAT CAN I DO TO SPEED THIS CLOSING UP? PLEASE EMAIL ME AND TELL ME ASAP IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS! THANKS SO MUCH!!! I AM WORRIED!!! — Lori F. (posted on March 22, 2002)
March 22, 2002
was the wound once healed but now it's open? not to freak you out.. but no
this is not normal.. or maybe i should say it's not normal to have this and
not be under the treatment of your physician.. CALL YOUR DOCTOR ASAP..
he'll want to know things like are you running a fever? is there any
drainage? ................ however, if your physician already knows it's
open and thus told you it would take a long time to close - then it's
called "secondary" wound healing and can take a very long long
time.. if this is the case i hope he gave you good instructions on cleaning
and caring for the wound.. as for speeding up the healing #1 increase your
protein increase your protein increase your protein.. get the highest
quality protein you can.. fish, eggs, tofu, etc.. #2 if you are diabetic,
keep your blood sugar under control and #3 do not stress the incision by
bending over etc as this disrupts the newly forming tissue #4 if you smoke,
quit - if you're around people that smoke, leave when they light up or ask
them not to until you're healed #5 if you take steroids for any reason
(like lung problems) check with the prescribing physicians to see if there
are any alternatives while your wound is healing. good luck.. and hang in
there!
— Ann W.
March 22, 2002
I am 6 weeks post op and have the same thing going on. A few weeks ago two
little pieces of 'fishing wire' were sticking out, I assumed they were the
dissolvable sutures, and I was right. Dr. said they would fall right off.
They did, and it left a small opening in my incision, which has developed a
small blood-filled seroma and was raised up a little bit. Of course, seeing
this, I about freaked out, but I called my Dr. and they said it would
probably pop on its own and then heal up, which would take time. This
morning the seroma seems to have lowered, but it is still tender. I am
keeping a keen eye on it. The nurse said to look out for fever and red
streaks around the incision. If it doesn't feel better by the early part of
next week I am going to do the better safe than sorry thing and travel to
see the Dr.
— Jennifer G.
June 6, 2003
Protein, protein, protein. Its not just to prevent hair loss. It is so
important in the healing process. I would first look at your diet and make
sure you are taking in enough protein.
— marianne J.
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