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Anyone have any experience with infected incisions?
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I had surgery on April 12th. I am loving the band and currently have 4.2cc's in it. I've had three fills so far and am finally at a good level after having 0.2cc's taken back out. I've lost 30 pounds since surgery and 51 pounds since starting the whole process.
My incisions seemed to heal just fine and life was moving forward. At the end of May, the main incision re-opened at one end. By the end of June it was a mess. I had fill #3 on July 7th and the RNP I saw that day didn't like it so she called in a prescription for Clindamycin, 10days. I took it and at the end of the course, things looked a lot better. Around day 8, I had a follow-up with my surgeon who scraped the scab off and declared it "ok".
Fast forward to Aug and it looks a mess again. I had an appt Tues of this week, and wouldn't you know it, of all the days, the wound looked alright. The RNP I saw this time acknowledged "that would be irritating to not have it healed four months later" but "it looks ok for a wound".
Um. HELLO? A wound? Four months later? Does that in itself not freak you out? I don't care if it looks ok, it should be GONE! Something's causing it and that seems like a problem to me!
I go back again on Tues and I'm not doing anything - no hibiclense, no peroxide, no bacitracin, no polysporin, no neosporin, no antiseptic wipes - nothing.
But has anyone else had anything like this? What did it take to resolve it?
I'm getting freaked out!