I had an interesting weekend.

[Hank70SS]

About a week and half ago, I was messing around the house and felt something tear in a stomach muscle. It didn't feel good and definitely not right. The next morning the area was a little puffed up and pretty sore. Okay, I have a hernia so make an appointment with a surgeon. Appointment was actually for this morning.

Well the area continued to swell and hurt more. It was hard as a rock and started turning red and felt like it was burning. Well come Saturday morning I decided I wasn't going to make it until today and it's not just a hernia. So off to the er. They did a CT scan, said there is a fluid buildup and we're going to admit you. The surgeons will come see you in the morning.

So Sunday morning the surgeon and a surgical resident take a look. Well we're going to have to open it up said the surgeon and they left. A little later the resident comes back with a bunch of stuff, they neglected to say they were going to do it right there in the hospital room. First she started by injecting a big syringe of lidocaine. Now lidocaine burns when it's first injected, did I mention that the area was swollen, hard as a rock and felt like it was burning?

After I came down off the ceiling she cut it open, not too bad. Now I have to squeeze she said. Did I mention how swollen it was and how much it hurt? So after I came down off the ceiling she starts probing around inside with a long cotton swab. Did I mention how sensitive the area was and how much it hurt? So after I came down off the ceiling she said she had to put some packing material in it. I did mention how painful the area was didn't I? After I came down off the ceiling she covered it with some cotton pads and left.

Monday morning she comes in and informs she has to remove the packing. Not very comfortable but at least bearable. Then she informs me she has to stuff some more in. She made several attempts and after I came down off the ceiling she said maybe we'll just leave it out. I said that sounded like an excellent plan.

So I kept my appointment with the surgeon this morning. I wanted to know what happened. How do you get an infection down inside the muscle when there are no cuts, scrapes, etc. Now this is the interesting part. I had abdominal surgery decades ago. The surgeon said there could have been some bacteria in the incision. The body walled it off and the bacteria lied dormant all this time. Whatever I did tore it open and the bacteria started to grow and spread. Crazy shit, uh?