Boston mom
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I am so glad to have found this site. My husband had TKR surgery on May 23 at Baylor Hospital in downtown Dallas. Boy were there a ton of things no one told us about what to expect. He has had all the issues that people have referred to on this site and is gradually getting that part better. However, his incision was "glued" and his incision is still not well after almost 10 weeks. The surgeon said that for some reason some of the skin died at the incision site and so for many weeks we have had to drive 8 hours 400 miles for the surgeon or his PA to take 2 minutes to look at it and tell how dangerous it would be if it got infected. There is still red raw looking around the incision itself and still bleeds and runs and we are still having to put iodine on it daily and keep it covered with bandages. Now this is going on forever and we are wondering if it would have been better if the surgeon had put staples instead of the glue? Not sure what is going on or when he will ever get this well. Something has to give. He had the problem with pain an the hydrocodone really messed up his diviticulitis and his colon. We finally got past that but are still fighting the incision getting well. Anyone out there have issues with their incision or having it glued and are there any suggestions as to how to get this thing well? We are at our wits end here......