Surgical Update

Well, I went into surgery thinking I would have port repositioning but woke up with old port out and a scar with 8 stitches and a cavernous hole next to it. The infection was still too involved so he cleaned out the tunnel that the infection made and packed it with up to 1 ft. of gauze.

I am to re-pack it 2x's a day and redress it. Okay, first time I pulled out the huge gauze strip I almost passed out. NOW, I generally can handle these things as I worked in a doctor's office and a nursing home and came upon alot of gross things. Well, since I was dealing with my own body it was a bit different!

I am down to a 2-3 minute packing and dressing change and it doesn't bother me much, I did say "much".

I go in next week to have the stitches removed and 2nd surgery where they will insert a new port (in a different area) and we will go from there!

I am hoping that this will be the last of my issues with this band as I told Dr. Edwards that one more thing like this and it is coming out. I don't want that to happen but this is the third and fourth times to be opened up over this lap band.

And I have researched how many others have had these problems and I am a very special case. I am Dr. Edwards "special" patient!

So wish me luck with this second surgery and prayers are always appreciated.