Spitting stitch and swelling in tummy questions
Also, the swelling in my tummy seems to be sitting right above my incision to create a kind of ledge sorts. The build up is kindof like a waterbed effect. You can flick my tummy and it kind of waves. Is this something I need to get checked out? It is accross the length of my tummy right above the incision. No swelling below for the most part.
Thanks in advance.
Tammy
SW 201 / GW 134 / LW 129 / CW 137.6
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What ever you do don't pull the stitches. Trust me you'll probably regret it. I had a couple and I pulled them. One came out completely. The other just pulled and really started to hurt. What my Dr. did to the ones in my breast was to take a tweezers and gently pull slightly and then cut it off as close to the skin as possible. By pulling slighly it will go back in and not leave you w/ a little sliver feeling sticking out.
Don't know what to tell you about the swelling, hopefully it goes away soon and is nothing to be concerned with.
Sonya
on 12/27/09 6:41 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
After my TT and Breast Lift I spit 2 stitches...one in the breast one in the TT incision.
The surgeon had to remove them both. DO NOT PULL THEM OUT....
After he removed the stitches I had to put neosporin on the area. It took about 2 weeks for he TT area to fully heal and a little longer for the breast.
I think I might be spitting a stitch today (3.5 weeks after my LBL)....I'm calling the surgeon tomorrow.
Can't help with the tummy wave...sorry. But I can share that my tummy is more swollen now after the lbl and oddly enough it never really got swollen after my TT! Weird huh!
Hope you are feeling better by now....
TTFN
Ruth
SW 201 / GW 134 / LW 129 / CW 137.6
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About the tummy today is the first day I have experienced what you are talking about, and for me it is fluid built up between the tissue. My surgeon's office also warned me of this at my one week followup, letting me know it may happen and to call them and they can drain it. She said that it isn't an emergency thing (we were going out of town for Christmas), but she did say that I would want to get it taken care of within a week of when the fluid build up started. I am hoping mine goes down overnight, if it doesn't I will be calling them in the morning. Hope this helps.
The tummy thing kinda sounds like what I have, either a hematoma or seroma. I went in and had almost a cup and a half of old blood aspirated last Tuesday. I'll be going back in on Thursday for more. My PS said that the body is very inefficient at taking care of it on it's own and a build up can cause the suture line to open.
I'm sure Dr S can advise you on what to do.
Martha
High 250/Consult Weight 245/Surgery 205/Now 109
Height 5'4.5" BMI 18.4
In maintenance since June 2009
The "waterbed" effect may be a seroma on the lower abdomen, and an ultrasound will sort that out quickly. Most docs opt to drain these sooner than later.
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