“Tummy Tuck/uplift & Implants in One Hit!”

twiglet, keep your chin up. I'm sure that your infection will clear up with the prescribed antibiotics that your doctor sent you home with. Remember to stay positive, your healing will take time.

oh my goodness... what a nightmare, you poor thing! I hope you have a lot of help- Im finding it difficult to get much done (Im on day 9) and my surgery has good well with no complications. If you ever need to talk or vent girl, you just go on and email me- I am so sorry you are not receiving the support you should from your doc. :( **try to take the least amount of meds possible. Of course the antibiotics for the infection & keep going over those parts with peroxide! All the other stuff is just bs. Take Ibuprofin for swelling & pain but otherwise the other stuff WILL clog you up, which is the WORST! Poor baby- just keep reading this stuff for support and take it easy :(

Yes keep your chin up. I have fluid build up or hematoma on my left breast and wish it would just go down and be normal. I feel down sometimes but I am trying to stay positive and give it time. I stop the meds as well because of constipation, I still cannot sleep all night, toss and turn and back hurts and it has been 5 weeks. I cannot wait for the day I start to feel like myself again. Just take it day by day and stay positive. I have 3 kids to go behind so after one long weekend of rest I was forced to get moving if I wanted to or not.

For you the most important thing is getting your body healed. Which means don't stress yourself out over things you can't control. Make sure your eating, sleeping, taking care of your incisions, and taking your meds. Thats it! You should continue to call the surgeons ofc. and make sure you get an appt. and are seen at least weekly. If you're unable to get an appt. with him go to your GP. Someone should be kept up to date with your infection. Try to find the tape at the chemist if they don't have it you can order online. I also highly suggest a salve called, Manuka wound honey. I used it on my tummy tuck scar and over 3 weeks parts of my scar are invisible and other parts are thinning considerably. You'll have to use it in conjunction with your tape because it's very sticky. I hope you start feeling better soon, but remember you need to give yourself time to heal you're not a robot.

I share your pain i wish i was near to help. The foul odour i had when i did take the bandage off my bellybutton i called my surgeon immed and he told me to put betadine on and i went the foll morning and he took the sutures out and a few days after i was fine so keep the faith , take a lot of rest , drink lot of fluid and try to keep the wound clean. I did use phillips milk of mag at night and i went easy, make sure to get an appointment soon. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress.

thank you everyone, I have only just found these posts! I am learning my way around this site slowly. Today is week 3 I have since been to the hospital and seen a nurse, who said my weeping tummy was fine and should dry up over a few days, she gave me some reassuring words and some lint packing and off I was sent again. I managed to go to the cinema last night.. and I was walking like a cripple (still can't stand properly) and how embarrassed was I, when I got up and had this pus running down my leg! It was everywhere, all over my top.. and I had changed the gauze before the film had started. This was purely through just sitting! Since last night I have had pains on my left side, no where near where it is leaking, I have covered my bed and night clothes in watery yellow pus with blood in. I am at my wits end now. I am using face clothes as padding now. Today is the day I actually see my consultant and he is going to get it. I have his mobile, which I called saturday evening and he said the hospital should never have given me antibiotics for a wound infection!! He says I will be fine. I feel so low, I am either going to kill myself or someone that gets in my way. Please someone tell me this is natural? I am trying to add more pic's

just re read my last post and I meant I have pain on my right side, not left.

Hi Twiglet: I am very concerned about you. Those symptoms you are having cannot be right, i am not a doctor but that certainly does sound right, for me swettie i am a determine person i would have to find that doctor whereever he is and i would have to get answers and medical attention, be more determine and move all blocked from you mind and be barefaced this is your health. GET ANSWERS AND AT THIS POINT MEDICAL ATTENTION IS URGENT. keep me posted i am anxiuos to hear some positive results from you. You are in my prayers.

Thank you Dor I am back from seeing my consultant, he reassured me as always! There has never been any need for antibiotics as it isn't an infection! He showed me how to wipe and clean this pus away and said it can be expected to last another 6 weeks! I have been advised to cut the cost of padding by using kitchen towel. To bath and soak myself including boobs, then moisturise, and then use bio oil. The pain I am receiving on my right side is due to a nerve being damaged whilst being operated on. I am leaking everywhere and cannot wait for it all to be better.. I really would like some replies from people who have been in this situation and came out the other side, because I feel this is never going to end! I also was told that I could stand up straight if I wanted to! And that he could make me stand up straight in seconds! However I am unable to do this without it really hurting my tummy!

Well people, it's the next morning after my last post, I didn't sleep good again, I am crying at the slightest thing, I am so miserable with the pain in my right side, and the oozing of pus that seems to be flooding out, that I cannot enjoy my life now. How the hell are you expected to go out or do anything when you just have this wet patch appearing at no warning on your tummy!!?? Also with the pain from the damaged nerve! Every time I breathe I get a horrible sharp pain, I am going mad with all this, and what I hate the most is that, I paid for this, I asked for this to happen!! So no sympathy for me!

Hi Twiglet how you doing. Yes your doc says not infection, did he tell you what and why. I have seen bloody fliud leaks out but not pus. Try keep the wound dry instead of soaking should think thats better. I do agree with akasha about your health before and if you do smoke those would surly be contributing factors for poor healing. Do post a question for the realself doctors they are willing to help with advise, they had helped me with concerns i had with an issue. Yes swettie... you need sympathy because most of us want to boost our self-esteem and match our dream of inner strength and beauty. Keep me posted on your progress soon. Try to relax a bit i know its hard. Best of luck, always in my prayers.

Hi twiglet its dor again i did not remember to ask you how is the progress with the breast aug so far if thats an issue too let me know as well.

Hi twiglet: It's dor , i am not hearing from you and wondering if you are ok. I am hoping that your situation has changed for the better. Please let me hear what's up with you i am concerned because a lot of us could have been in the same situation. All the best.

thank you so much for writing, I am still in bed and still leaking. I have been here 7 days today, only getting up for the bathroom and hosp. Sorry I have not updated, but I lost the site, and I have just recieved 3 emails, so luckily I feel I am not alone again.. Thank you x The day after my last post, I went to see the resident doctor at the hospital where it all began. The pain was awful and I just cried the whole time. He said it was a Haematona and that is why I was suffering, he said it should go, and thats why I am leaking this pus.. the blood clot is trying to fight it's way out of my body. He told me to go back on the pain killers and to see my surgeon at my next appointment. Over the next few days I developed sinus pain and then a full blown cold erupted, so I sneezed and coughed the entire time! That just put me in more pain.. but after a couple of days of laying in bed refusing to see anyone or do anything, the pain in the side went!! The tummy feels so tender due to the coughing etc.. but the worrying thing now is I cannot see most of my scar due to swelling, I have to use a small mirror in front of me, I am very tender and red between my belly button and scar, and it is rock hard (to be expected I have read) I have just got up to have a bath (recommended by my surgeon to soak the healing wound!) and the pus squirted everywhere! I realise I would be better if I moved about more.. releasing more fluid quicker so it heals quicker, but the main problem is, after being up running a bath and coming out, drying.. I am ready for my bed again, my back hurts so much as I cannot stand straight still after 5 weeks this Tuesday! I feel my back is going to snap and believe me, I am trying so hard to stand straight. I lay in my bed and try and lay flat, but it pulls as its tight, but the worse thing is.. the pain from the 'wound that isn't healing' is unbearable. Any suggestions please I am up for anything! I can manage to walk bent over for about 10-15 steps, then I need to sit urgently. I am going to take some pictures and update you wonderful people for your support again, my heart truly skipped a beat when I saw the emails!! Thank you so very much x

Wow I thought my recovery was crappy. It is 8 days from my surgery...and have a ton of swelling and hardness, but I am not infected. You really need to see someone other then the doctors you have seen. I really don't think they are helping you. Looking at your pictures it looks painful. I got my tummy tuck & Liposuction done in INDIA. It was cheaper and it seems he did a really good job, but the swelling is terrible. I hate the garment because it is so tight, but it does help support my belly. I hope you don't have to suffer any longer...take care.

Hi twiglet nice hearing from you and was hoping for a bit of better news. Twiglet, cant you see a diff BCPSurgeon even though i know how it is in England i live there for a while. Something got to be going on...after 7 wks no improvment UH! As i said i had a little pus from my bb about 3wks after and my PS saw me the day after and took the sutures out and a few after i was fine. Did you post the ? on this forum for the docs they are great, also your pics will be a big help to them too. Girl i feel you pain and suffering...but please get another ps opinion its needed at this point. Dont lie in bed too much it wont help and try not to be so depressed it will make matters worst. Good luck and keep me posted.

An update: I am not doing well and I have been keeping a low profile everywhere. I am back to the consultant this afternoon. My left boob has not healed at all and my tummy tuck healed lovely, but then a hole appeared again just after a week of nothing! So that is weeping like mad and I am sick and tired, so fed up of the oozing of this liquid now in my bed and on my clothes. Last Wednesday I went to a walk in centre because I felt I couldn't breathe, I collapsed and was taken to hosp in an ambulance, it was awful, all blood counts and ECG's showed nothing, I got to see my own GP who was disgusted with the fact I have been just left each time with a "you will be ok" attitude. He also made me an appointment with the nurse to have these wounds dressed each week.. which is what I have never been offered at the private hosp where I paid nearly £10,000 for this mistake! So I am very down, fed up with wearing leggings and t-shirts as my other clothes are getting ruined. I am seeing my consultant this afternoon and I will update again and post some pictures, thanks everyone for listening Twig x

I am so sorry you had a bad experience with your TT, I wish you all the best of health with your recovery.Please keep us updated with your healing.

Hi Twiglet. I'm sorry to hear and see the results of your procedure. It's great that you have been able to vent to this site and gotten responses. Looking at the pictures you posted, I have to be honest: the operative sites don't look good. It might be true that your PS didn't leave the drains long enough, but pus and fever are classic signs for infection. After this long, you should expect the swelling to go down to some extent. I think that this is too long for it to be looking like that if it was really heading to normal healing process. It is true that certain lifestyle practices might prolong the healing, but if you are healing in any way, you should be able to see things getting at least a little better. By the way, that thing he told you to wipe off the drainage with paper towel is very wrong. It is an open wound that is red, swelling, and with pus. The last thing you'd want to put on that is something that is not sterile. Any microorganism that is on things that may be clean could end up infecting an open wound. On top of that you're already stressed out about all these and not sleeping right, which can weaken your immune system as well. It's good to know that your blood work from the hospital you were taken after passing out was good and in some way can tell that there's not any major infection going on, but it doesn't take long for something to spread. I think you should be followed closely, especially if they are looking like that. It's important to splint your incision when coughing and sneezing. Put a pillow over it and press on it when coughing and sneezing. That helps prevent the incision from separating even more and with less pulling to it would be less painful. I think it's important for you to take a pain med because you will not be able to do anything if your pain is not controlled. Don't do too much physically because you don't want to challenge your body especially with the kind of condition you're in. Of course, you shouldn't be bedridden, and it's great that you are moving around. I don't think you should be bending, pulling, or pushing. It's important to keep the incision sites clean, but I don't think you should soak at all. Whatever the water washes off of you will be floating around there while you are soaking, which could easily get in to your open skin. I think washing will be good enough. You have to be very deligent with keeping things and your hands clean. A clean prepacked gauze may be enough to wipe the area clean, but I think that any dressing that is suppose to stay on for a while should be sterile. I really feel for you. I am having a tummy tuck with lipo of my front abdomen, flanks, and inner thighs, and breast augmentation with periareolar lift on 5/4. I am very nervous too, but I'm hoping for good results. Positive attitude counts and I know that's hard for you to even have right now, but mind affects the body too. You have to be assertive and be very upfront to your PS. Don't take "you'll be okay" for a response when it's been like 8 wks and nothing seem to have improved in any way. I am not a surgeon or doctor of any kind, but certain things are obvious even if that's not a big deal yet because if left untreated or if mistreated can lead to something else worse. I am a Registered Nurse, so I know that you should be cared for and dealt with when something doesn't not look good and that's what I can see. I hope that you will get better soon. There's so much things to recover from for you, so I hope that you are heading that way if not now, soon. Take care of yourself. Eat right. Increase your fluid intake. Stay away from salty foods because that makes your body retain fluid and will make you more swollen. Have some citrus juice for Vitamin C. It helps fight off those cold virus, which I know are very easy to get especially if you're already not feeling well. If your pain med doesn't work for you, ask your PS to change it. Not all pain meds work on everybody. Keep us posted.

Hi twiglet how is it going keep us posted on your recovery we want to hear from you.

Well girls its been 11 weeks this Tues coming since being under the dreaded knife! I am still leaking out of my bikini line holes! and it still stinks, along with my belly button, that has a yellow blister on it and 'apparently' a blood clot STILL present behind it, so it is still oozing too. I have been to my hosp daily to get these dressed along with a leaky boob,, but that has now healed!!! Yaaaayyy ONE less thing to worry about! Ok, back to the oozing. I am posting some pic's of me today as I now look. The oozing has become part of my life now, I am seeing my surgeon less and less and it's now monthly, so I am due on the 25th May. The nurse at my surgery and my local hosp say I am not to have it dressed any more as I should go earlier to my surgeon and kick up! (truly not my style but I am very angry now) I am going to send some pic's of myself, and I am afraid without a bra I feel as bad as I did before the Op's. I am sagging and I am very wobbly, I cannot go braless as they bounce and they are sagging!! This is the precise reason I paid a lot of money to stop this, my surgeon said 3 weeks ago, that my breasts are better then they were before, and showed me the pic's of b4. Yes they are, but Shouldnt I be able to go without a bra and feel GOOD!!!??? Please help me out here girls, so I can go armed with amo. Photos nex