Angry, worried, but mostly scared stiff......

Hi Terri

I am so very sorry to hear this but you must go to A&E not the emergency walk in clinic which we were not overly impressed with.   Daughter and I took my husband recently and although they said they thought he was probably OK said he needed routine tests which they cannot do so go to A&E.  You definitely need a test so go straight there.

Angela

Hi Terri just caught up with this. What a worry for you ! Let us know how you get on at A&E this morning. Fingers crossed all is well xxx

Hi Terri

Just read your posting.  Not surprised that you are worried, I would be to.  I was operated on 3 days before you and this morning one area where one of the staples was is ever so slightly spotting blood I would say.  I am keeping a close eye on it.  I put Vaseline on the scar which the nurse told me to do.

please let us know how you get on.

liz

I just had my eight week check up and I have an area at the bottom of my incision that has been red and hasn't healed as quickly as the rest of the incision.  I would see yellowish stuff around it and the people on here said that it sounded like a stitch working it's way to the surface.  Sure enough, that is what the doctor said as well.  He told me I could put neosporin on it with a bandaid to keep my clothes from rubbing it and not to pick at it.  Yours could be the same but sounds like yours could be infected.  Hopefully they can just give you some medicine or ointment to get rid of it!

oh terri so sorry for you ,of course your worried so would i if it were me , !! reading your story i would go to A&E to put my mind at ease  if its the hospital where you had your op it would be better as they would have your records .either way go there and get it seen and badger them for blood tests for infection just to be sure and to give you ease of mind . i know i often complain about our system here in ireland but one part of our system is being able to see our gp when we need them and the gp you want to see .i wish you the very best terri dont waste anymore time worrying go and check it out xx

UPDATE!!!

Just back from A&E (Emergency Room) and all is well!

It just appears to be a little bit of a dissolvable stitch that's causing some surface irritation, and that's why it was a bit gunky. It was thoroughly examined and there's no evidence of systemic infection, it's not hot, I'm not running a fever, and the inflammation is receding. It's been dressed, and I've got some further dressings so that I can keep checking on it but re-dress it afterwards.

I was told that I did absolutely the right thing in getting it checked out, and I'm to keep an eye on it, but the Dr said she was confident that there was nothing untoward going on.

So PHEW!! What a relief!

I can't thank you all enough, you really helped by being so supportive - I don't think that anyone who hasn't been through this surgery understands how terrifying the prospect of infection is.

And finally, a big shout out and thumbs up to the NHS. From Reception, through to Triage, then through to the Doctor, took half an hour! I know some people are unlucky and have terrible experiences of substandard care, but I can't praise them enough.

Thanks again everyone, I'm off to do some exercises, then I feel a nap coming on 😴

Glad to hear all is well. Don't know about anyone else but every time I start to feel unwell since my knee op I'm always frightened to death that infection has somehow got into my knee and it will all go wrong. Stupid I know, but you just can't help it can you.........well I can't, but maybe that's just me lol!