Incision - is this a problem?

JJ_
on 1/21/14 4:56 pm

Google - serous fluid.  This may be what you are experiencing.  I had it.  The fluid was mostly clear with a pink tinge to it.  It is the build up inside your abdomen and it needs to come out.  Some doctors use drainage post-surgery.  I am in Ottawa and did not have a drain tube.  It can be a pain as it can leak on your clothes and sometimes even though I put a sterile pad over it, it leaked a lot.  However after about two weeks it calmed down and the seepage stopped.

 

Good luck.

 

Judy

BeckyJ58
on 1/21/14 7:07 pm - Cobourg, Canada

Hi Cindy

I had stitches sticking out and when they got annoying I just cut them back.  But I would call the hospital about the weeping.  I was worried about one of my scars and I took a picture of it and scanned it to the nurse to look at,

Yoyo4life
on 1/22/14 2:29 am - Brampton, Canada
RNY on 01/08/14

Don't kno if this helps but I pulled my steri strips off my incisions a week ago and all of them were healed fine except one was kinna opened a little bit I guess I took the strip off to early so I was worried and went to the doctor and they said its Fine to just put some polysporine  and I did and now it is healed fine 

    

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dragongirl_76
on 1/23/14 9:42 am

Ive had a few surgeries and every time ive had part of my stitches hanging out. One i pulled and it came out really long! Grossed me right out.

others i have trimmed but this time i just left them alone and they went away.

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