I went to walk in clinic tonight because of concern about infection. WBC is only slight elevated over my usual numbers but that usually means an infection is starting so I got some Clindamycin antibiotic to take for next week. Lot of swelling in area which they say is normal from bruising from surgery. But pain is slowly decreasing and more intermittent now. It was often painful before the surgery. The surgeon said the worst one had the colon trapped inside the hernia which can be very serious but i hope they fixed it in time so it will heal OK. I will learn more about surgery on next visit on Tuesday. I felt well enough to go out and eat afterward so that is a good sign that I should rejoin the land of living in a few days. Thanks for the well wishes and concern.
PS one fringe benefit of having such a surgery was no one said you "don't look sick". Instead it was the opposite, "Are you sure you should be out of bed walking around cause you look awful."
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