Re: Open incision - ME TOO!

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ME TOO!

i am a 43 year old woman. i weighed 357 before surgery... i've lost

33 pounds (probably more - that was the data from a week ago)

i had my surgery 4 weeks ago. mine is a bit strange because i had 2

stomach staplings done (in 1989, and 1991)... THEY NEVER WORKED. i

initially lost about 60 pounds each time and then gained it back.

i started having so many problems about a year ago - i started

trying to get approved for a bypass... but it was a big problem

because of my previous surgeries.

to make a long story short(er) - i was finally approved for

the " revision " - change to roux n y (spelling?).

because of my prior surgeries a laproscopic surgery was out of the

question... so i had a HUGE open proceedure. i was in surgery for

7.5 hours (the first 5.5 hours were spent removing scar tissue). i

was in ICU for a day and in the hospital for 8 days. i watched the

laproscopic patients going home after 2 days. i needed a blood

transfusion because of all the blood i lost in the looooong surgery.

so i get home and am trying to get help and sympathy from my husband

and kids (good luck) and am in HUGE pain... then a week later my

incision (huge - from my chest to my belly button) EXPLODES with

this toxic oooooze (it was so gross - tons of fluid came gushing out

of my belly). so the doctor orders a visiting nurse to come every

day and irrigate the wound... i have to change the bandage every few

hours... it's soooooo gross.