I wondered where you had been!! I am so sorry to hear that you were going though all of this!!! Makes me a little nervous about my plastic surgery....I'm still waiting on my insurance company! I am glad you are feeling better and it sounds like you are finally on the mend!!! Take care of yourself and take it easy!!! Keep in touch! Hugs, Holly

On Wednesday I had a follow-up appointment with my surgeon and I was so worried about it. I had been in pain and discomfort since the day of my surgery and KNEW that I was going to have to go through another surgery to clean out the hematoma in my thigh, which meant more pain and discomfort. Before my plastics, I didn't know how much pain I was going to be in after the surgery, so knowing now what I DIDN'T know then, I was pretty worked up. I was beginning to cry at the drop of a hat from stress and constant pain. Well, when the doctor came in and asked how I was doing, I said "Not that good." He looked at my thigh and sighed. He said he had hoped it would clear up on it's own, but since it wasn't, it needed to be removed. He said he would call the hospital and book an OR for either Thursday or Friday. By the time of my appointment, I think the hematoma had even gotten bigger and on the front of my thigh in the groin area it was getting red and burning. Not a good sign. I also had an area in my crotch that didn't feel right and was constantly pulling and causing pain. He snipped that area and removed 2 stitches that had poked through. I started crying from a combination of EVERYTHING!!! I couldn't stop crying to talk to the doctor. He left to book the OR and I finally was able to pull myself together. I went in on Thursday morning at 5:45am for a 7:30am surgery. Everything went well. He removed the drain on my stomach that was going down into my leg and was causing A LOT of pain. During the surgery, he placed another drain coming out of my thigh. I hope it does it's job quickly because I am sick of not being able to wear anything but sweats and having to hide drains under my clothes. I wanted to be able to go shopping for something cute for my mom's Christmas Party next Saturday. I'm relaxing with my leg up as much as possible this weekend. Now I am home and am feeling SOOOO much better. My drain isn't hurting, my crotch isn't pulling and my thigh is on the mend. I'm feeling so much more upbeat, almost back to my old self. (The percocets help with that...LOL) If I could only get all of my Christmas decorations out and gifts wrapped. This is dragging on a lot longer than I thought. Hope everyone else is doing well. Hugs, Tabby

Good news! I am so glad to hear it. Now, take it easy and let everything heal up!

Great to hear everything is well with you again, Lisa dont forget to take your vitamins! my cure for everything, lol

The labs came back and everything is fine. The lymph nodes were just inflammed. I'm still hurting, but just surgical pain. It's soon to say, but think the other pain I've had for so long is finally gone. The wound is just in a very difficult place...right in the crease where my belly meets my groin, right under that excess skin...I don't know what to do about that! I've had a small fever all week, but the doc isn't worried at this point, just said I should take Tylenol for it. So...doing ok! Lisa