2 weeks out and having redness and heat at incision

my incision has a hematoma. i went to the surgeon today and he stabbed a long qtip 6 inches into my stomach. i probably lost over a cup of blood. i am actually in too much pain and too upset to say anything else about it. if it doesn't get better, i will have to have surgery again to correct it. i have been crying since yesterday.

Oh sweety, I'm sorry you're going through this =(

Do you have to take antibiotics?

not yet. the surgeon said he wasn't sure it would be neccessary. i guess antibiotics are hard on new pouches and since it isn't really infected, i think he wants to wait and see. the main thing is to make sure all the fluid and blood drains. i am supposed to stick a long wooden qtip into the wound all the way in until it reaches my muscle wall :( eww apparently, wounds like this heal from the back to the front. i am supposed to keep it open, so that the fluid can drain until it gets smaller and smaller and then heals all the way. if the tract closes too early, fluid can collect between the muscle wall and the fat. this will cause a pocket that is really painful and can only be corrected by surgery.

i am very squeamish, but so far i have been able to do what he said to it twice. i hate it. it is so creepy. hopefully it will heal on it's own. the only problem is that i take prednisone daily and it cause healing to be a lot slower