Hi there!

I just hit my 3 week post-op from the sleeve (June 7). I have been doing "meh," a lot of nausea and having to be on liquids a lot longer than I expected, it is what it is. Today I was trying on some clothes and noticed some very large bruising on one of my legs (I have some varicose veins anyway but this one was a doozy) and immediately the first thing I thought was "OMG I have a blood clot!!!" I have been doing a lot of walking and may have worn myself out a bit over the weekend as I was in my bro's wedding and had lots of family "fun time," but this bruise is weirding me out. My mom, who's been banded, talked with me about the bruise and looked at it... she said blood clots cause your whole leg (body part) to swell up and they get hot. This doesn't feel like that, but I don't remember hitting that part of my leg... it's red, purple, blue... mostly red, but very large. Has anyone else had weird bruising since surgery? Maybe I just notice being more bruised because of the anti-clot shots and the bruises they gave me all over my stomach leaving me black and blue

~S~

If you had heparin shots after surgery it will only take a very small bump (maybe just brushing a countertop or something) to make a very big bruise. And your mom is right about the symptoms of a blood clot--you don't have one if all you have is a bruise.

Funny I get bruises on my legs also. Yet I never remember how they get there. One just cleared up three days ago but i'm 3 months out and it has been happening before I was sleeved.

I have a two small and mysterious bruises. One on my right leg and one on my left arm. I have no idea where they came from. They don't even hurt, but I hope the bruises stop happening all the same.

Thanks for the advice... I was flipping out a bit but the info on the heparin makes total sense. My stomach looks like someone has been beating me from the Lovenox injections I gave myself for 2 weeks, and the pics I saw online of someone with a blood clot, and one leg was about twice the size of the other. I guess I'm ok for now... lol