It's been almost four weeks. I was in the hospital a week after they put it in because of pain.

I still can't bend at the waist. The tube has had to be repositioned once already because one of the guards (it's not a triangular guard, but a canoe shape) slipped inside. The area around is red. I have a burning pain in my side. My doctor only sees patients weekly and doesn't seem to be listening. Or believing.

So I ask you guys. Are these things normal?

anne (hateful and mean and dispairing)