u/BetSad4273

shouting into the voud maybe but I am going nuts from these hives!!!!!! Three weeks post ops I developed hives with some blisters that started around my incisions and IV wounds then started to just spread all over my body. Nurses keep telling me to take antihistamine and I've been doing that but it's a hit and miss. Allegra helped relieve the itch for two days then stopped working on the third. Zyrtec knocked me out cold for 15 hrs so I'm too scared to keep taking it. went back to Allegra tonight and it's NOT working at all. the result is me lying in bed at midnight screaming into Reddit cuz I'm itching so badly I cannot fall asleep 😭😭😭! how long are these hives gonna last?!? I'm so itchy I'm going insane!!!!!!!!

so I can't post pics here (probably cuz my account's too new), but really need some advice based on experience as my nurse/surgeon don't think there's an issue when this looked nothing like my one previous surgical recovery.

I'm now in the beginning of my fourth week after lap. the skin glue around three of my incisions came off this morning. now I can clearly see the skin around the incisions completely puffed up with a distinct line in between. the skin is swollen dark red. my incisions look like puffy lips. is this normal at week four or does it mean my wound's not closing??

I also developed hives over the last week that started around my incisions but has spread all over my body. this whole process is just so *ugh*