I GOT A DATE!!!! (Finally)

[Paolo]

This is concerning. Please keep us informed.

[Wolf-Pup (imported)]

Seriously, hope they are able to give you a workable solution even if it is just temporary until they figure out what a permanent solution will be.

[WheelyFixed]

Just got home from the ER... I got jabbed at least SEVEN times trying to get blood samples and then put in an IV for contrast in a PET scan...

They put in a new Foley, and said I should leave it in for at least the next few days, until I'm able to go to a follow-up next week. I did get some more supplies w/ this one, including both leg bags and overnight bags

I haven't reviewed the test results yet but the docs said my urine was fine, and blood was mostly OK except for an elevated white blood cell count - which is why they did the CAT scan. They said there was definitely fluid build up, but they said it was 'normal healing' not any sort of infection, As a result they said there wasn't anything they could do about the swelling, which they agreed was the main problem, other than to wait for healing to happen. Aside from the swelling, they said the incision looked fine and appeared to be healing well.

I'm not happy about being back on the Foley, but things could be worse.

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[Wolf-Pup (imported)]

My thinking was that fluid during healing could be pooling in the area in a more concentrated manner due to your limited mobility.

Primary concern though was that you can get the urine out. Now you can focus on healing.

[WheelyFixed]

My thinking was that fluid during healing could be pooling in the area in a more concentrated manner due to your limited mobility.

Primary concern though was that you can get the urine out. Now you can focus on healing.

I agree about getting to pee. I hate having to use a Foley, as it's a major pain to deal w/ the bag and so on - either the big bag with the hose you have to keep track of, or the leg bag that is strapped to your thigh and doesn't hold much... However if that is what it takes I can put up with it for a while...

I was mentioning your thought to the docs that were treating me, and from what they were saying, it sounds like you would have been right about pooling fluid if there had been any infection, but they said I wasn't showing any signs of that. They said that when you get swelling from normal healing w/o infection, it doesn't make pools that can be drained, but instead is mostly distributed through the tissues and you just have to wait for the body to reabsorb it....

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[Wolf-Pup (imported)]

Like I said, not an expert

When I had the implant done in 2002, I don't remember there being an infection, they had a word for the condition, but I don't recall what it was off the top of my head. Quick Google search later, it was a SEROMA. Anyways that was me. Whole story about the last pump that eventually had to come out entirely at the end of 2021 was an ordeal. Not for this thread though.

[WheelyFixed]

Still swollen, not much pain, but definitely not comfortable. Seems like I'm still getting a lot of seepage from the incision, but it seems clean, no sign of pus, just either clear or pinkish fluid....

I hadn't found that Tylenol or Ibuprofen had done much for me, and the docs haven't said anything about meds for the swelling, but it seems to be a definite case of 'inflammation' or so it seems to me... Just for fun the GF wanted to look up what the best OTC drug for swelling was, and Gaaggle came back w/ Alleve / naproxen... I had to do grocery shopping so I picked up a bottle of the grocery store brand knockoff (why pay extra for the real thing?) and it seems to help a little w/ the discomfort - will see if it does anything useful about the swelling...

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[WheelyFixed]

Still somewhat sore, but swelling may be down a little. It's hard to tell, but at least its not worse. I think it may also have stopped oozing, or at least slowed down a lot. Generally looks like it's healing well otherwise.

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[Paolo]

Good to know it's improving.

[Wolf-Pup (imported)]

Improving is good