Incision leaking...need advice...

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone!

I had my surgery on Sept. 5th. No complications until today. The

corner of the most left incision has been slowly oozing all day (mixture

of puss and thin blood). I called Dr. E and he said to soak it in warm

water and tomorrow apply warm compresses and of course to call him if

it gets worse. Well, as of now it is still oozing (not a lot) and the

incision area is red. Did anyone else have this problem and if you did

what did you do about it?

Thanks in advance.

Lynn

[Guest guest]

I'm eight weeks out today & had no complications until yesterday. I

had my surgery done lap (actually lap-hand assited) and my long

incision under my belly button all of a sudden started to ooze and

got red all around it & was slightly tender to the touch. I went to

my PCP and was put on antibiotics because he said it was an

infection. After 1 day of antibiotics it is doing much better. Keep

it clean with hydrogen peroxide & I hope it goes away soon.

Janet

>

> Hello everyone!

>

> I had my surgery on Sept. 5th. No complications until today. The

> corner of the most left incision has been slowly oozing all day

(mixture

> of puss and thin blood). I called Dr. E and he said to soak it in

warm

> water and tomorrow apply warm compresses and of course to call him

if

> it gets worse. Well, as of now it is still oozing (not a lot) and

the

> incision area is red. Did anyone else have this problem and if you

did

> what did you do about it?

>

> Thanks in advance.

>

> Lynn

[Guest guest]

I had a small infection at the base of my open incision about 4 weeks after

surgery. What caused it was one of the internal stitches trying to come out.

I got a lot of puss out of it and it oozed for days. I was finally able to

see the stitch and pulled it out with tweezers. It looked like a thick,

clear hair, about 1/8 inch long. Within 2 days the infection was completely

gone and the incision closed up. It is important to keep it clean and I used

neosporin on it. My infection was only about 1/8 inch long and wasn't very

serious or painful. I still had my doctor look at it to make sure it wasn't

serious or that it needed further treatment. If you start having a fever, a

lot of pain, or it just really bothers you, call your doctor immediately. It

is better to be safe than sorry. If you don't feel your doctor is taking you

seriously, make an appointment or go to the ER. Infections can become

serious and you don't want to mess around with that.

Kathy M.

DS 7/19/01

213 pre-op

163 today

[Guest guest]

-Hi Lynne,

I had the 1st part (sleeve gastrectomy) of my surgery sept 10th and I

encountered a similar problem last week. I went in to see dr Gagner a

week early for my follow-up so he could check me over, and he said

everything was ok and some leaking is normal. He advised me to make

sure to keep it nice and clean with soap. And that was that! It is

no longer oozing, but is still red and sore on the side. I'm hoping

it will heal itself as the dr has suggested. Good luck!

denise in ny

-- In duodenalswitch@y..., " Lynn Fahey " <rjfahey@e...> wrote:

>

> Hello everyone!

>

> I had my surgery on Sept. 5th. No complications until today. The

> corner of the most left incision has been slowly oozing all day

(mixture

> of puss and thin blood). I called Dr. E and he said to soak it in

warm

> water and tomorrow apply warm compresses and of course to call him

if

> it gets worse. Well, as of now it is still oozing (not a lot) and

the

> incision area is red. Did anyone else have this problem and if you

did

> what did you do about it?

>

> Thanks in advance.

>

> Lynn