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Hi all I had a laparoscopy last Tuesday and I have felt utter rubbish ever since Iā€™ve put a few posts on here as Iā€™ve never had one before and most of you have so itā€™s helped with the advice Iā€™ve been getting but Iā€™ve just found out my bellybutton is infected and itā€™s been hell to get medication as people (pharmacy and a nurse) were saying it wasnā€™t and it was just irritated from the dressing anyways long story short I have antibiotics as of today I I just feel awful in myself dizzy tired and a major headache is this all normal or am I overthinking as I suffer with health anxiety (the joys) and I donā€™t want to keep going back to the doctors

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Stk19

Hello!! The exact same thing happened to me, it took about two months for my belly button to get back to normal, I had antibiotics, antibiotic cream. Neither worked so I won't lie I had a bit of a tantrum and stopped everything. I visited my mum and had a good rant, she insisted on rubbing on sudocrem and covering with a plaster for the day and cleaning at night. After 4 days all was sorted! I hope you're feeling better soon, once you have fully healed you will be feeling great and it'll all be worth it.you can do it šŸ’ŖšŸ»

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Everlast in reply to Stk19

Thankyou so much! Iā€™m glad Iā€™m not alone Iā€™ve felt a little better Iā€™ve had two antibiotics but still so sore Iā€™ve just been so ill I canā€™t deal with it but yeah itā€™s nice to know Iā€™m not going mental or dying lol x

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IndigoMoon1234 in reply to Everlast

Just add two things. Wash it every day with saline solution and my nurse used a silver plaster.

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ali_cupcake

Youā€™re not alone! I had my laparoscopy last Tuesday too! Iā€™m back in hospital with an infection so I totally understand how exhausted youā€™re feeling. Iā€™m glad youā€™ve managed to get antibiotics otherwise you might have had to go to hospital. Youā€™re bound to feel washed out and unwell! You had major surgery a week ago. Iā€™ve been extremely sick and feeling dizzy the past few days however theyā€™ve told me thatā€™s normal after the op and it could be all down to the infection. You shouldnā€™t feel bad about going back to the doctors but I understand how you feel, you donā€™t want to annoy them or piss them off. Trust me you wonā€™t! Itā€™s your health at the end of the day and thatā€™s the most important thing x

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Everlast in reply to ali_cupcake

Thankyou itā€™s just nice to know itā€™s not all in my head and that I actually did feel really unwell due to the infection or the op as I really didnā€™t think itā€™s was going to affect me so bad as the cuts are tiny xx

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ali_cupcake in reply to Everlast

It definitely isnā€™t in your head. Theyā€™re not just tiny cuts though youā€™ve had major surgery! People forget because itā€™s just key hole that itā€™s major but theyā€™ve been moving an awful lot inside of you you might as well have a massive cut across your tummy to represent what theyā€™ve done inside xx

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Everlast in reply to ali_cupcake

Iā€™m just devastated they found nothing and everything looked how it should be at least if they did find anything then at least Iā€™d have answers xx

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Faybee87

I'm so sorry you're going through this, I've had a similar experience and am 6 weeks post op, I'm having to go to the doctors every 2 days at the moment to have it cleaned and dressed as a slough plug had set up home and wasn't budging so prevented healing. I've been referred back to the surgical team but haven't heard anything, one of the nurses at my GP got fed up and managed to cut most of it away herself on Monday! Keep your chin up lovely, in the grand scheme of things it won't be long until you're healed xx

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Everlast

Thankyou so much I hope everything goes okay for you xx

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StefaniaJW

First of all: take a deep breath! It's only been a week and surgery recovery takes 2-6 weeks so it's perfectly normal to still feel like rubbish! Don't beat yourself down already. Take the antibiotics and NOURISH your body. You need to get lots of freshly caught omega-3 rich fish, bone broth (collagen is FUNDAMENTAL after surgery), fresh raw veggies and fruit and that will help. It will take time and lots of work to recover from surgery and get your body to function and work again properly. Keep yourself under control but I'd say sepsis is highly unlikely so don't get down :)

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Everlast in reply to StefaniaJW

Thankyou I will get on with eating healthier to help get better I feel much better today thank god! I just never realised how poorly Iā€™d be

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Everlast

Thankyou I feel much better today antibiotics seem to be working and I feel like the dizziness and feeling genuinely unwell was my anxiety playing up as Iā€™ve been in a lot of pain and stressing my results have just come back that everything looked normal so Iā€™ve been a bit upset today but thankyou for the reply xx

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Hannah0091

Bless you, sorry to hear itā€™s infected! Sending big hugs x

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Everlast in reply to Hannah0091

Thankyou x

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