Incision site not healing

[sararob23]

I have had pain in one of my incision sites since the operation, I put it down to it being the main one used for the operation so left the dressing on for a day or two longer as I could tell it wasn't quite ready. There was no sign of redness around the dressing so I wasn't too worried.
I took the waterproof dressing off yesterday which wasn't pretty and the stitches have just fallen off. The scar is no where near healed, there was quite a bit of pus and the scar doesn't look to be joining. :cry:
One of the other scars hasn't healed well either and is a really bad join, but it has sealed together.
Has this happened to anyone else? Should I get it checked at my GP's tomorrow or am I being over cautious?

 

[Paula Garner]

If there's puss, I'd go to the GP tomorrow and get it checked out.

 

[Caren]

get it checked, do u have a walk in centre where u live? that would be ideal xxx

 

[sararob23]

get it checked, do u have a walk in centre where u live? that would be ideal xxx

No but my Dr's are usually good at giving appointments if I call early enough. I'll call in the morning!

Thanks

 

[Sharonimo]

Has this happened to anyone else?

Yes.

Having had the sleeve where the remainder (80%) of your stomach is pulled out through the largest port hole, I had problems with my largest incision site for nearly 3 weeks (not quite closed up, and oozing/weeping puss etc)

For 2 weeks I went to the nurse at my GP surgery who applied steri strips and re-dressed it a few times .... (I was really hoping she would do a butterfly stitch and stitch the damn thing together properly but apparently that is too much to expect of our surgery nurses these days -- slap a few steri strips on and hope for the best.)

By the 3rd week I had found where to buy steri strips and sterilised spray clean stuff to re-dress it myself.

They WILL heal but for some people the DO take time.

 

[Evenstarr]

My main incision site didn't look healed when I had my staples out, but now 12 days later it's all closed up and looking lots better.
Best to get it checked out though.
Em xxx

 

[sararob23]

Went to see gp. It is infected so I'm on antibiotics for it. no more stitches, though ive just got to keep changing the dressings.