Now I know why:

I returned from the doctor's office just a short while ago. Now I know why I have been feeling more tired these past few days than usual.. It seems that the combination of removing the staples, the irritation from the staples that were not removed and the weight of the excess skin from my weight loss have combined to make a hole in my incision about the size of the top of my thumb. I have to pack it with medicated gauze on a daily basis from now until next week when i see the doc again. Caiti has been my nurse and has done an excellent job of applying betadine and gauze to my incision. However, I am not sure how she will do when she has to start poking some mediciny ( i know.. it is not a word) smelling gauze into a hole in my stomach with a Q-tip. Maybe I can bribe her with something she really wants... ! Oh, wait.. Christmas has just passed as well as her birthday and she now has everything she wants!! I must figure out Plan B quickly!!