I'm 4 days post op & one of my incisions is hard, painful, swollen, & bruised. Is this normal?

Mine were painful and bruised too mine are still alil hard n I'm 3 wks out so no worries it's the red and discharge u should worry about

Ok. Thank you

Ladies when in doubt call the doc, especially if its bruised, painfully, oozing etc. I had the same thing happen I took pics of my incision and e mailed them to my doc. I felt so much better when he said its ok, but he made me come in just to b sure. U don't want to get infections and I have read of people having to get them re-opened not sure why... Just check better safe than sorry. Best Wishes Ladies

Mine are raised and three of the six have lumps. They seem to be going down as they heal. Occasionally I get sharp little twinges of pain in those areas. My wls manual says this is due to nerves healing. If I wear slacks that are too tight near my incisions I get mildly painful twinges. I am four weeks, there days post op.

Ladies when in doubt call the doc' date=' especially if its bruised, painfully, oozing etc. I had the same thing happen I took pics of my incision and e mailed them to my doc. I felt so much better when he said its ok, but he made me come in just to b sure. U don't want to get infections and I have read of people having to get them re-opened not sure why... Just check better safe than sorry. Best Wishes Ladies [/quote']

ElleG is right. Your doctor should be your first source of information. And worsening pain, swelling, oozing, or discoloration should never be ignored.

Hi... I just got back out of the hospital. My bulge near incision is actually a hematoma. It should go away by itself in a couple weeks. It's very painful. I'm glad I went to the doctors & had it checked.