monkey50 (imported) wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:52 am Bruising is healing up nicely, turning funny colors and fading. Most of the ass bruising just has a margin/border of bruise, though there's still a bit of dark discoloration on the left side of the scrotum. Have some green/yellow bruising I didn't notice before (but I guess was there) on my pubic area branching out from that left side, too, but it looks like it's fading as well. Incision is looking okay and not red or infected or anything. Neosporin twice a day, per orders. Small amount of white wound funky stuff that I pick off after I shower. The suture is still there and looks intact, but I expect it to be dissolving/disappearing soon. The right side of my incision, where the drain was, had a slightly larger space between the end of the incision and the last stitch. I guess that's to keep it slightly open for the drain, but that means it has been slightly open. It's not bleeding, but it's still draining. I bought a box of small pads for women and have used those in regular bikini-style briefs. I'm not soaking it, but it leaves a reddish/yellow stain there after a few hours. Feels appropriate to change my pad and keep it clean/dry. Seeing progress in that too.
This sounds a lot like my experience. I bought some underwear shields that I was able to adhere to my underwear for a few weeks to catch the seepage; however there was another thing that came up.
After a while, it looked like a bit of skin or fat that should have been inside the body was on the outside of the body right about where the drain had been. In addition, this piece of skin was secreting some kind of fluid, so I didn't want to just leave it alone. I called Dr A about it and texted him a picture; and he confirmed that it was some subcutaneous skin. He said I could go back and have him cut it off, or he could give me instructions on how to do it myself. I didn't think I wanted to fly back to Michigan, and if I could do it myself, I suppose I could save some money.
I ended up cutting off the little bit of skin off myself. There was very minimal bleeding, and it actually has healed up pretty completely now (about 3 months post). I have pictures if anyone is interested.
