Hi everyone,
I am now about 4 weeks post op and overall, I feel great. I have been walking at least 2 miles a day and even took a day trip to walk the cliff walk in Newport RI this weekend (1 1/2 hour drive each way plus almost 5 hours of walking!). I started weaning off my pain meds last week by replacing some of the doses with extra strength tylenol and spreading out my doses which has been working out pretty well. I was also super excited to be able to sleep on my stomach again for the first time last night! Next week I start my GRE class twice a week and a sign language class once a week for 2 1/2 hours. I'm hoping I dont have any problems with that.
I am concerned however because my incision doesn't seem to be healing quite right. The upper 1/2 looks awesome. You can barely see it and has been healed for almost 2 weeks now, but the lower half is not. About a week ago I was at my 3 week follow up and the doctor noticed that there were some spots on my shirt because the incision was leaking a little. He said it looked like a scab had fallen off, covered it, and said it wasn't a big deal because it didn't look like it was a fluid pocket leaking. Unfortunately it has only gotten worse since then. I have had to cover it with gauze every day. It leaks only in 2 small spots but it is a little weird colored. I dont have any other signs of infection (redness, swelling, fever, etc) but I am worried because this does not seem normal. I made an appointment with my doctor for thursday because he wants to look at it again but I was wondering if anyone else experienced this or if you had an infection, what did it look like?
Thanks!
I am now about 4 weeks post op and overall, I feel great. I have been walking at least 2 miles a day and even took a day trip to walk the cliff walk in Newport RI this weekend (1 1/2 hour drive each way plus almost 5 hours of walking!). I started weaning off my pain meds last week by replacing some of the doses with extra strength tylenol and spreading out my doses which has been working out pretty well. I was also super excited to be able to sleep on my stomach again for the first time last night! Next week I start my GRE class twice a week and a sign language class once a week for 2 1/2 hours. I'm hoping I dont have any problems with that.
I am concerned however because my incision doesn't seem to be healing quite right. The upper 1/2 looks awesome. You can barely see it and has been healed for almost 2 weeks now, but the lower half is not. About a week ago I was at my 3 week follow up and the doctor noticed that there were some spots on my shirt because the incision was leaking a little. He said it looked like a scab had fallen off, covered it, and said it wasn't a big deal because it didn't look like it was a fluid pocket leaking. Unfortunately it has only gotten worse since then. I have had to cover it with gauze every day. It leaks only in 2 small spots but it is a little weird colored. I dont have any other signs of infection (redness, swelling, fever, etc) but I am worried because this does not seem normal. I made an appointment with my doctor for thursday because he wants to look at it again but I was wondering if anyone else experienced this or if you had an infection, what did it look like?
Thanks!
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