Might have an infection... boo :-(

by flowergirl 18th April 2011, 5:34 pm

Still have swollen lump under left armpit, so booked appointment at GP tomorrow.
Spoke to her on the phone and told her about my stubborn scabby bit on my left incision... it looks quite horrible now. Not weeping, but sore to the touch and looks like a holey scab rather than a neat incision scab if that makes sense.
She said I might have an infection so got to go tomorrow to check it out. Please wish me luck that it isn't, am dreading it :-(

by butterfly2 18th April 2011, 5:36 pm

Oh hunny I hope all is well sweety, my thoughts are with you chick xxxxxxxx

by alfie 18th April 2011, 5:38 pm

I hope everything is okay hunni, you're doing the right thing going getting it checked. xx

by Gabby 18th April 2011, 5:59 pm

Oh no!
I hope it's not infected :(
If it is at least they'll be able to sort it Hug

by danni 18th April 2011, 6:08 pm

Aww chick good luck hope everything goes ok xxx

by jen86 18th April 2011, 6:12 pm

Oh hun, try not to worry, u could be worrying for nothing! good luck xxx

by shanny60 18th April 2011, 6:19 pm

Ah no hun i hope everything ok x please keep us up to date xx good luck x

by xokerryxo 18th April 2011, 6:30 pm

Hope everything goes ok flower girl xxx

by flowergirl 18th April 2011, 8:12 pm

Thanks lovelies xx

by tekarma 18th April 2011, 9:01 pm

sorry to hear that hun, wishing you a speedy recovery ;-)

x tek x

by **COOKIE** 18th April 2011, 9:18 pm

If the scab is dry and still healing it will be sore still to touch hunni so don't panic babe, the fact that you have no oozing or any sort of secrection from the scar is good news hun, so stay positive sweetie, I had an infection hun and the wound was horrible and smelt terrible, it just wouldn't scab either, it remained wet and oozing. It's always best to get things checked out though if you're concerned sweetheart.

The lump under your arm could be anything hunni, from a swollen sweat gland, to a raised lymph node that could be related to any number of things hun, so just keep positive sweetie.

Will be thinking of you tommorow and please let us know how you got on. xxx

by POTCHIE123 18th April 2011, 9:36 pm

I hope everything turns out well. Good luck

by misf1 18th April 2011, 10:27 pm

Hopefully it's not an infection hun and it's just taking it's time to heal. All the best hun

by caz 18th April 2011, 10:42 pm

Aww sorry to hear hunni hope it all goes well xxx :flowers:

by pink_jade05 18th April 2011, 10:48 pm

Got my fingers crossed that its nothing!

by flowergirl 19th April 2011, 7:58 pm

Thanks girls. Turns out it is an infection, but just a small one :-(
Am on antibiotics for a week now which sucks.
Cookie, how did your incision heal after the infection went away? Does it look different from the rest? My incisions are beautifully neat apart from the infected bit, which is just like a nasty little hole with a yucky scab over it. I hope it will heal like the rest and look as nice xx

by **COOKIE** 19th April 2011, 8:04 pm

I'm not going to lie hunni, the infection did have an impact on my scarring and it's thicker and woder where the infection was... As soon as I'm well enough I'm scheduled to have scar revision done to fix the scar....

This isn't to say the same will happen to you too though hun, you might heal just fine, it's definately something that's not worth panicking about hun, the antibiotcs will get rid of the infection and if worse does come to the worse and the infection does badly effect your scar, like me, you can just have the scar revision done and it'll be as good as new!

Now you just take care of yourself sweetheart and stop worrying Might have an infection... boo :-( 571992

Might have an infection... boo :-( 571992

you're gonna be just fine. xx

by flowergirl 19th April 2011, 8:15 pm

Thanks hun. What is scar revsion? How do they repair it? x

by **COOKIE** 19th April 2011, 8:23 pm

Well, I can only tell you the surgery plan for 'me' your surgeon might have other plans for you if needed.

I'm to have the thick scar tissue removed, and a fresh scar created from new tissue after the onld scar has been cut away to create a nice new thin scar. It's as simple as that hun. xx

by flowergirl 19th April 2011, 8:31 pm

Sounds good! Good luck with it hun xxx

by misf1 19th April 2011, 8:32 pm

Sorry to hear you have an infection flowergirl, hope it heals up quickly with the antibiotics Hug

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