This was a classic case of calling the surgeon, getting a nurse, the
nurse translated what I said to the doc, and the doc told her it was
nothing to worry about. I knew it was *not* nothing to worry about.
The bulge/lump was not getting smaller and was red and started to feel
warm. I called a 3rd or fourth time and finally the nurse who was on
duty *that* day, after sounding a bit annoyed that I was still
calling, told me to go to the hospital Urgent Care Center. There the
nurse and attending doc clearly saw *immediately* that it had to be
looked at. They called the surgeon and one of his Fellows came to look
at it -- she said it was infected and/or a pocket of fluid and blodd.
She incised it along my surgical incision and drained it -- took a lot
of pads to absorb everything -- now there is a huge hole there about
an inch around and an inch-and-a-1/2 into my abdomen. It's still
oozing somewhat and I have to keep gauze/tape on it. She said to wash
it in the shower and keep gauze on it... it's pretty scary looking ...
and it's supposed to now take weeks to heal. whew...