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Follow up visit - don't judge a book by it's cover : )
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Because I had a 2 for 1 (actually 3 for 1 but that's another story) surgery, I had to have one of those nasty rubber hose drains. I had to redress it each day and I was starting to get worried as it started looking awful, especially compared to the other 4 incisions. But I have no fever or nausea and am able to keep things down so I just decided to ride it out. So I had my follow up today and they thought the big incision looked great, so much so that they removed the drain, added a few new stitches, re-dressed the incision and sent me on my way. Sort of funny how something so gross to me made them smile.
So if anyone else needs a drain (and you probably will if you have anything else done at the same time) don't worry about it. It was stapled and stitched in place but aside from a minor twinge or two, I would have never known what he was going when he was removing it. I was laying pretty flat on the table so the DD mountain range between him and me kept me from having to actually see what the was working on!
Surgery one week ago today and feeling a bit stronger each day. Getting all hopeful that this wasn't a stupid bad decision after all.