Question:
I am 2 weeks post-op and started draining from my incesion?

I called the Dr. he said try to keep it dry and keep gauze on it. Has anyone elsed experienced this? Any suggestions? I makes me a little worried!!!!!!!!!!!    — kim P. (posted on March 31, 2000)

March 31, 2000
Hi Kim, I had my surgery on Jan 12th and sprung a leak in 2nd week also. Your body builds up liquid around the area it thinks is injured and then as it heals it has to get rid of the liquid somehow. Most people have bodies that just absorb the liquid. Yours and mine threw it out at the incisions weakes point. If it wasn't for the information I received from this and other lists I also would have been worried also. The leaking eventually stops and you heal as if nothing had happened.
   — BOB J.

March 31, 2000
Hi Kim, I also had an incision leak at about 2 weeks. My surgeon had open the incision a little, about 1 1/2 inches long, and I had a visiting nurse come twice a day to clean and pack it for a week. After that I just kept it clean and dry and I think that 1 1/2" actually looks better than the rest of the scar! It healed beautifully. My surgery was in Oct. 99. I wouldn't worry, you should be fine in no time.
   — kaydeeb16

March 31, 2000
Kim,my doctor said watch it and smell it. If it gets a nasty odor to it or if you run a fever over 101 call your doctor, your probably infected. The same thing happened to me,I started running a fever and it was infected. Mine happened on day 4 post-op, the day I was supposed to go home from the hospital. I had to stay another 7 days...YUK Anyway keep an eye on it and good luck!
   — Gayle G.