surgeon poked my incision, now I have to pack it!

Waaaaaaaaa!!!! I have never thought of myself as a woosy or a weakling but I confess - I CANNOT DO THIS! And my boyfriend is no help. Poor guy turned white as a ghost when I asked him if he thought he could do it for me! I had a small seroma I guess, the doc poked it, snipped it I believe (too chicken to look, I just know he had scissors LOL). Now it looks like I have a small bullet hole in me. And I have to take a Q-tip and shove this long stringy gauze in there 2 times a day, possibly for weeks?!?! Anyone else have a problem when told to do this? I know I've read where other people had a visiting nurse come twice a day to pack a wound? I feel like such a sissy, it's not a big wound. What's wrong with me? Help! - Anna LAP RNY 7/3/02 -45lbs.

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