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Hello everyone,
Sorry for the long post but I will try to mention everything so people don't need to ask questions.
I had a 12cm stricture which was removed by a laporoscopic iliocecal resection. I innictially recovered well, getting out of bed, removal of catheter, coming off morphine, walking etc all in the first day post-op. Recovered flatus on the third day, left hospital on the forth day, bowel movements returned on the fifth day. On day 7 I went to have my dressings replaced, the nurse said everything was fine, advised me to replace dressings myself from then on. Day 9 I went to doctors and was diagnosed with a water infection (from the catheter) was prescribed Trimethoprim for seven days, have now finished them; that is completely ok now.
Here's where the problem starts. Day 12, my larger incision wound (umbilical one) started to weep blood and a yellow fluid (liquid texture, not puss). I went to a drop in centre to get it looked at by a nurse. She said it wasn#t infected, but was more likely to become infected because it was weeping. She prescribed Flucloxacillin as a precaustion and sent me on my way. When I got home it still weeped, I changed the dressing and it stopped.
Until day 14, I flew to Germany. After nearly 48 hours of nothing, it started again and continued in varying amounts for approx 18 hours then once again stopped. To give you an idea of how much it leaked, I went through approx 6 dressings. Then it stopped again for another day an a half.
Then today, day 18, it has started again but seems to have stopped after several hours.
There is no unusual smell or pain in the area. And the colour of the fluid varies from a clear yellow to an orangey blood colour. I suppose I was slightly more active than I should have been in the days after being released from hospital; walking round my town centre etc and being sexually active with my partner, which could explain the slower healing.
I was just wondering whether anyone else has experienced this non-infection type weeping this longer after surgery, after such a long break in time of no weeping? The nurse at the drop in centre said it is common for the umbilical ones to do weep, but this long after the operation?
Forgot to mention I was taking asprin from about day 7 on the say so of the surgeon as a precaustion against dvt as I was due to fly two weeks after my surgery.
I'm not sure I've mentioned everything, and to some extent I have been told not to be concerned by the nurse I saw most recently, but I am just a little confused as the advise/behaviour I have been given/seen of the medical professionals I have been in contact with has been slightly contradictory. And I'm not sure whether everything is normal and can be explained by my body just being slower at healing than others.
Any info, advise, experiences would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Sorry for the long post but I will try to mention everything so people don't need to ask questions.
I had a 12cm stricture which was removed by a laporoscopic iliocecal resection. I innictially recovered well, getting out of bed, removal of catheter, coming off morphine, walking etc all in the first day post-op. Recovered flatus on the third day, left hospital on the forth day, bowel movements returned on the fifth day. On day 7 I went to have my dressings replaced, the nurse said everything was fine, advised me to replace dressings myself from then on. Day 9 I went to doctors and was diagnosed with a water infection (from the catheter) was prescribed Trimethoprim for seven days, have now finished them; that is completely ok now.
Here's where the problem starts. Day 12, my larger incision wound (umbilical one) started to weep blood and a yellow fluid (liquid texture, not puss). I went to a drop in centre to get it looked at by a nurse. She said it wasn#t infected, but was more likely to become infected because it was weeping. She prescribed Flucloxacillin as a precaustion and sent me on my way. When I got home it still weeped, I changed the dressing and it stopped.
Until day 14, I flew to Germany. After nearly 48 hours of nothing, it started again and continued in varying amounts for approx 18 hours then once again stopped. To give you an idea of how much it leaked, I went through approx 6 dressings. Then it stopped again for another day an a half.
Then today, day 18, it has started again but seems to have stopped after several hours.
There is no unusual smell or pain in the area. And the colour of the fluid varies from a clear yellow to an orangey blood colour. I suppose I was slightly more active than I should have been in the days after being released from hospital; walking round my town centre etc and being sexually active with my partner, which could explain the slower healing.
I was just wondering whether anyone else has experienced this non-infection type weeping this longer after surgery, after such a long break in time of no weeping? The nurse at the drop in centre said it is common for the umbilical ones to do weep, but this long after the operation?
Forgot to mention I was taking asprin from about day 7 on the say so of the surgeon as a precaustion against dvt as I was due to fly two weeks after my surgery.
I'm not sure I've mentioned everything, and to some extent I have been told not to be concerned by the nurse I saw most recently, but I am just a little confused as the advise/behaviour I have been given/seen of the medical professionals I have been in contact with has been slightly contradictory. And I'm not sure whether everything is normal and can be explained by my body just being slower at healing than others.
Any info, advise, experiences would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
and have just had my 1st small bowel resection I had mine done at whiston xx
