Sutures Out

I had talked to my Family Doctor before traveling to Mexico about the surgery and that I would need him to remove the sutures from my belly when I got home. I made the appointment for 10 days post-op as I had been told to in Mexico. The doctor was excited to see that I had now lost 40 pounds and was down to 293!

He said my incisions looked good and took out the sutures with little difficulty. Only two of the many he took out were a little deep and smarted just a little as he removed them. The wound that had originally had the drain hanging out of it began to weep a little bit after he took the stitches out. He said it was just "serum" and totally normal. There was a small collection of fluid in my belly behind that incision and it was going to weep out. He dressed that one and made sure it wouldn't soak through my clothes on the way home. Other than that, everything looked great!

I also made sure to have him note in my chart that I could no longer have Penicillin and never again could I take Ibuprofen or NSAIDs. He seemed a little startled by that since I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, but he knew that I had researched this surgery from top to bottom and he seemed to trust that I knew what I was getting into. He kindly wrote me a prescription for liquid Tylenol with Codeine to help me sleep and sent me on my way - healing well and with a big smile on my face from the weigh in.  :)

It felt really good to get those sutures out and I have not had any issues with my wounds or healing at all.