Guest guest Posted July 28, 2002 Report Share Posted July 28, 2002 Hi Patty, Just to let you know. I'm a RN and that wound pump is a great thing. The tightness you feel is the vac sucking and drawing lots of blood to circulate to the area to speed healing. It also cleanses the wound of any debris. The sponge inside the wound is covered with a sticky clear plastic, so every where there is plastic, you feel a pull. It will work well. I've seen the results. As far as your physician responsibility. Physicians do not like anything to go wrong with their surgeries. Surgical wounds happen. They are one of the major complications that occur after surgery. He might be avoiding you, many have trouble dealing with patients they think may hold them responsible for a complication. Surgical wounds can be caused by a break in technique by a Dr, a surgical assistant, a nurse or nurses aide after surgery or an instrument or cloth used during the surgery. They can also just happen after surgery from the dressing moving around and picking something up from the patients skin which happens to get into the wound. You'll probably never know what caused the infection. Don't blame your surgeon, chances are it wasn't him. Protein and fluids will help you heal. Don't shut off the vac any more then you need to--let it do its job. Good luck. Bev Long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2002 Report Share Posted July 28, 2002 Patty, After my WLS, I had an infection, which then spread to the incision from the emergency surgery I had to have after the WLS. My first reaction was to blame it on the WLS, but then I remembered the C- section when my daughter was born. I developed an infection then as well. I've come to the conclusion that for me abdominal surgery means that I will probably develop an infection. Fortunately, they clear up. Good luck Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2002 Report Share Posted July 28, 2002 Patty, After my WLS, I had an infection, which then spread to the incision from the emergency surgery I had to have after the WLS. My first reaction was to blame it on the WLS, but then I remembered the C- section when my daughter was born. I developed an infection then as well. I've come to the conclusion that for me abdominal surgery means that I will probably develop an infection. Fortunately, they clear up. Good luck Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2002 Report Share Posted July 28, 2002 Patty, After my WLS, I had an infection, which then spread to the incision from the emergency surgery I had to have after the WLS. My first reaction was to blame it on the WLS, but then I remembered the C- section when my daughter was born. I developed an infection then as well. I've come to the conclusion that for me abdominal surgery means that I will probably develop an infection. Fortunately, they clear up. Good luck Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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