So I’m not crazy. All the pain I’ve been feeling around the one incision site and the redness that has grown and the hardness in my stomach is indeed an infection. I called my doctor today crying in pain and they suggested i go to the ER to be checked out since he was in surgeries all day. While in the ER he called and said that he would prefer to see me in his office. Once there and in a room, he took one look at my complaint and said yes it is an infection and prescribed an antibiotic and more pain meds because It’s causing so much pain. I have to go back tomorrow to see him and he marked up my stomach to see if the redness has expanded. He doesn’t think anything has to be drained but he wants to watch it. I feel so much better that i am not going crazy and that there was actually something legit wrong.

So I went back to the doctor today for a check up to see if the antibiotics were working and if the tenderness had gone down (it was a rough night). Well the doctor said no and that he needed to drain it right then and there stating that I had an abscess underneath. Once drained he took a culture of it thinking it may be staph (this was the incision site he pulled the stomach out of) and said that piece of my stomach could have had a bacteria on it that led to this infection. I have to continuously change the dressing as he put a drain in to help with it still and go back Monday. I feel like we know our bodies and we need to listen to them. I’ve been talking to them since Monday about this because I knew something wasn’t right. I also feel like everything happens to me and I can’t catch a break ??‍♀️

Oh my! You really have had it rough! Happy thoughts coming your way. Please keep us informed of what happens.


HW: 225
SW: 214 (5/2/2018)
CW: 207
GW: 145

Keep your head up. Hopefully you have gone through the worst of it and you've done great to this point. You are a very strong woman, this thread proves it. Stay positive, everything will work out for you!!!