Ok, so I had an op last Monday, laparoscopic removal of endometriosis and woke up with three holes, one in my belly button, and two further down in my pelvis. My belly button was giving me the most pain from the start which I thought was a but odd as all the work/treatment they did was further down inside iyswim and there was no pain coming from that area at all, but I assumed as they'd had the camera in my belly button and wiggling it about, it was bound to be sore.
So they ushered me out of the hospital fairly sharpish withno instructions on wound care, so next day I asked the nurse who called me at home, and she said leave the dressings on fir a couple of days, and did they not give me any replacement dressings? No, I said. Ok well just leave it open after that, she said.
Fast forward a couple if days and I am still feeling rough. I wake up in suddenly worse pain, so i remove the dressing to have a look more than anything. It looks fine, there is no oozing and it had totally healed on the outside, but it us really hard u derneath the skin above my belly button. Each day I feel a bit worse rather than better (dizzy and light headed) and the pain gets a bit worse rather than better, so I go to ooh dr on saturday night. He confirms I have an infection and prescribes oral antibiotics (clarithromycin) which I start straight away.
Over the last couple of days there hasn't really been any improvement. I have noticed I am now getting pain lower in my pelvis and when I wee (urine was clear on Saturday). Pain around belly button is no better, and I am still feeling weird. Also the hardness seemed to be spreading from just above the belly button to around the side and below it. Btw, ooh dr said this hardness is a collection of pus, but my wound is not leaking as it has healed well on the outside.
This morning I wake up and it has EXPLODED green pus everywhere. I only have to touch the hard areas gently and it SPRAYS out. No I am wondering if this is such a bad thing as I did wonder how the pus was going to get out. So what should I do now? Have I given the antibiotics enough time to work or is it about time I go back? He didn't take any swabs last time and I am guessing because there was nothing coming out, but I suppose now they can swab it and make sure I am on the right antibiotic?
I am also bit concerned as what was fairly well healed skin on the outside has now obviously broken!
Any advice would be appreciated ta, and I apologise if this post doesn't read well, as I am on the iPhone app and can't scroll up to check!