I know this is gross but I'm frustrated.
I've had a few different complications with my top surgery. Namely a hematoma.
I didn't have drains so when it started leaking, I assumed it was okay. It drained some during my 1 week appointment. But the rate at which I was changing bandages was concerning me, three times a day and sometimes fuller than the photos.
I asked my friend, who is a nurse, if it was all okay and she immediately suggested I go to urgent care for antibiotics. My other friend who is a wound nurse said the same thing.
During all this I messaged my clinic nurse to ask what she thought.
She said the site looked angry but didn't think I needed to go. She did ask if I could come in the next day. I told her I couldn't, the clinic is three hours from me. (I didn't think a 6 hour car ride would help anything) but she did tell me she would ask the doctor.
I asked if it was okay to still go to urgent care. She said it wasn't necessary but I could if it would make me feel better.
I got off the phone and was making an appointment when she called back. She said the doctor prescribed me antibiotics and I could pick those up.
I feel bad for not seeming like I trust these people. They are the ones with a degree. But this just doesn't seem normal. I don't feel like I'm overdoing it and I wash with antibacterial soap everyday. It just feels like at every turn, I sound and act like I don't trust what they are doing.
What do you guys think? I have the antibiotics now and are starting those. But am I cooked?
I can't imagine this scare is gonna look pretty lol