The fun never ends It has been a week since my surgery. I do believe that I am allergic to adhesive...ugh! My husband had to change my bandages every day for the first week and that was torture! We tired a couple different types of bandages. My skin around each incision has been red and itchy. The past couple of days it has gotten so much worse. The itching has been keeping me awake at night and driving me CRAZY This morning it is even worse...I do not have bandages on, only the steri-strips. It is all red and inflamed under the strips (and ITCHY!) on all four incisions. I called and talked to the dr's assistant and she is gonna talk to the dr and call me back. Took some benedryl in the meantime

The surgical pain has eased a lot in three of the incisions, which is great! The front incision still bothers me a lot BUT, the pain I was having from the battery that was there is gone....I noticed a difference in that pain right away I think the nerve damage in my left shoulder/upper back is worse (caused from initial cervical scs implant).

Thanks for listening and for all the well wishes!
Nanc