I am recovering from surgerys i had last month had 5 all together
1.golstones five of them removed
2. galbladder removed
3. umbilical hernia.
the first two i could have been back to work in two weeks time but the hernia somehow got infected an they had to do another surgery an reopen the hernia an leave it open an put foam in it an hook a wound pump up to it.
then two weeks later they again had to reopen the same hernia an when they did cut it deeper an bigger i guess to make sure it would get any infection out. an of course hook the wound pump back up again .they change the foam out every two days an reattach the pump again.of course the dr couldnt prescribe anything for pain but the weak hydrocodene which just makes you sick so i had to find some of my own.
now it is healing an so far no infection im just bored out of my mind as the short term dissability hasnt kicked in yet went through all the red tape of it now just waiting on the company to recieve the email about it.I been off work since sept 10 feels wierd to be off work that long . played alot of movies an also pogo games got all the badges not looking for anything serious just yet just bored an shooting the sh__ has anyone else had a wound pump after infection an how long did you have to have the pump before it completely healed the wound?

No wound pump here but understand how you feel.. The last three Thanksgivings/Christmas holidays I have been laid up with surgerys.. The first was a torn meniscus in my left knee, the 2nd one was a total knee replacement (same knee) and the last one was to repair 2 tears in a tendon on the outside of my rt foot plus a bunion repair and toes straightened on same foot.. I was laid up anywhere from several weeks to 3 months..I've also had lower back surgery (have a titanium brace) and blew out my achilles tendon (left leg). I hated that I couldn't drive, that drove me crazy! lol

What is a wound pump?
And does it go..inside you?

I think a wound pump is an apparatus that injects metered doses of antibiotics into you by a clock-controlled motor-powered pressure movator. The motor in this system may be powered by electricity, ie. batteries or else a steam-engine, or else it could be a wind-up motor, a spring-loaded mechanism which is wound up by hand, and which gives its name too to the motor pump.

I think a wound pump could also be one of these newfangled long pumps, that are housed in a long, bendable tube, and then you wind this tube aroudn your arms, legs, or anything in-between, hence the name, winding tube, which is a wound tube.