Over a month ago I had severe pain. My surgeon's nurse gave me an appointment for a month later. My regular doc sent me to the ER for a CT in case it was divemetriculousis (sp) or the appendix. Then he sent to for an ultra sound. Everything was negative. He put me on an antibiotic that didn't do anything. Three days later my wound started to seep. Again I called my surgeon but his nurse said since I was coming up on my 2 mo. visit she didn't give me an appointment. My regular doc took a culture swab. My surgeon is 500 miles round trip; I went for the 2 mo. checkup but didn't see the surgeon. I saw the gastroentronogitst (sp), and team coordinator, The gastro wasn't interested in the wound; that's not his thing. The coordinator, who isn't a doc, gave me something to pack the wound. Two days later my regular doc called: the culture came back showing 2 types of bacteria, one with strong growth the other moderate. He put me on 7 days of Cipro which cleared up the wound. I finally saw the surgeon yesterday. It's still warm around the wound; he said give it 2 weeks. I'm glad this has been taken care of; now I can concentrate on loosing weight.

Yikes! Sorry you had that trouble. So glad you went to your PCP and they did something about it!

I am 6 weeks out from surgery and have been admitted back into the hospital twice because of a seroma beneath one of my incisions and stricture so sever I only had a pin prick opening from my stomach pouch into my intestines. I've now had 4 endoscopies with balloon dilation. I am finally keeping down soft foods and seeing a light at the end of this tunnel. Anyone else been down this road?