How many incision sites did you have?

[merlina 0]

I am curious...I am just wondering how many incision sites everyone had after surgery? How long before the port site incision stops hurting? How bad are the scars?

I was just banded last week. I have four incisions and the only one that bothers me still is the port site.

[spoiltmom 44]

I had either 4 or 5 I can't remember. I've had other abdominal surgeries so I have several small scars everywhere on my stomach.

[reverie 49]

Five. 4 small ones, 1 big one (port)

[onthego317 4]

I had five total. The only one thats visible now is the big one where my port is. The others have vanished. My port site hurt for weeks...in fact it still bothers me sometimes but not like in the beginning.

[Cindy C 150]

5 but the port site one is the only one still visible.

[WEESIE 5]

I have six, including the one in the navel. Surgery was May 25, 2011 and the navel incision is now hard to see.

[Morovis88 12]

I have 3, and the one that was uncomfortable was the one were my port was. Unfortunetly my port flipped twice so they had to go back in and open twice, but was right on top of the previous scar so now it is the only one you can see. its been 3 months since the last repositioning and thank God, no pain, no discomfort and am exercising without any problem. 3 seconds and dr. Rehnke was in to fill it no problems. M-

[Rachel412 116]

Five- four littles (maybe 1/4") and one big (1.5" maybe?).

[healthierme72 6]

I have 5, exactly like Rachel412.

[Dave_NW 92]

You guys are all lucky. I have THIRTEEN!

During my band sugery they also did a hiatal hernia and a ventral hernia (umbilical) repair. So in addition to all the band scars I have the rest from where they did what else they had to do. When I was in recovery in the hospital the doctors and night interns kept coming in and opening up my bandages to count my incision sites. It happened like six times with different groups of doctors and interns, like I was some sort of carnival ride...

It's been seven and a half months since surgery, and all of my scars are faded and hard to see. Even the port scar is fading nicely. I don't even think about them anymore. But then, my days of being an underwear model are behind me... LOL!

Dave

[Chela 5]

I have 6 incisions, my port incision is about 2.5 inches, all the others are little and one opened up and healed weird. Looks like a big scab.

I'm almost 3 wks post op and the port site doesn't hurt unless I try to massage it or something.

[hopetolose 192]

I have 3, two that are about a 1/4 inch and one that is about an inch now. I can barely see them anymore.

[JennB33 0]

We were banded on the same day!

I have six, including the one in the navel. Surgery was May 25, 2011 and the navel incision is now hard to see.

[BaileyRose 13]

I will only have two. My doctor does single incision surgery... Which is through your belly button... Then I will have the incision where my port is. My surgery is in two weeks! Got the call this morning... :-)

[slm2007 7]

I have two. A little itty bitty one that is about 1/2 inch long and then a 2 inch where the port was put in. They don't hurt and are purple right now. I was banded on 4/18/11 and they are healing nicely but I'm going to have a nice scar....better than being fat. I think the little one will fade was well as the ones I have from my gallbladder surgery.