Ok, ok... so let's forego the, 'Josh is an idiot comments'.... Keep in mind I'm 18 days post surgery. I was working on my car today and as I was laying on the ground stretching to reach the oil plug I felt a pop. Turns out I popped one of my incisions wide open.

Let this be a warning to all who think they don't need to take it easy after surgery!!

Truth be known, working on your car probably didn't cost this. It evidently was not healing from the inside like it should have been.

In my job, I take care of Wounds like this and a whole lot worse all the time. Be very careful with it, you don't want to have a big staff infection.

Your incision heals from the inside out...You have layers in there and that is how it really works so even if it looks healed on the outside it takes time for the tissue to heal on the inside......

Please look after that incision....when it is healed finally use caster oil on it and it will soften the scar and make it less red....I had open incisions for 11 months because of tubes....It gets better...Take it easy eh......

Please be more careful also anytime you are not sure about something or have something or some kind of pain always call your doc to make sure or have them take a look , they are the ones you trusted with your life when they did the surgery and you are doing this to be healthy , how healthy are you going to be if you don't get advice from your band surgeon.

Yes sir, no more over extension!! Time to teach your princess how to help dad change the oil...start em young!! Thanks for letting me know now that my normal super woman attitude just won't cut it this time..lol, I will just spew orders to the fam all day long like they do me, lol... Get better!!

Went back to the Dr, they said it was tunneling so they dug out all the yucky stuff.... which is really strange. The doc was pushing really hard and digging out that crap and I couldn't feel it. Kind of like a numb mouth when you're at the dentist. I guess there's no nerve endings that far down, it was just a weird feeling!

Also, SandyM was correct, it was infected and going to open up... oil change or not. Better it opened up sooner than later!

We need to get MsKeeKee a bell to call for her butler during recovery

Hope you heal up fast.

It's called dehiscing and I doubt you did it just changing the oil in your car. I am sure it was infected and opened up. That is what happens when wounds are infected they open up and that is what is causing the tunneling. No one's incision should just break open like that from changing oil.

jcrosland

My incision popped open yesterday for no reason I can see. I had surgery on the 18th Nov. All the others look pretty healed. I had noticed a kind of large lump under the skin, I guess was fuild and it drained some when it popped open I think the super glue gave way, it's been coming off the other incisions. So I go to ER at Hospital, what a night mare.

6 hour later I get a Doctor who puts a gauze over it and said to call my surgion. Now reading all this it scares me.

All I can say is ouch! Good healing to all of you! Take care!

jcrosland

My incision popped open yesterday for no reason I can see. I had surgery on the 18th Nov. All the others look pretty healed. I had noticed a kind of large lump under the skin, I guess was fuild and it drained some when it popped open I think the super glue gave way, it's been coming off the other incisions. So I go to ER at Hospital, what a night mare.

6 hour later I get a Doctor who puts a gauze over it and said to call my surgion. Now reading all this it scares me.

As stated earlier, when an incision pops open its not for no reason at all. Most of the time there is an infection process that has stopped the healing. ER told you to see your surgeon and you should asap. These incisions can tunnel. I've actually taken care of a lapband pt that all of her incisions tunneled to one another. She ended up with a giant wound all across her abd. This is definitely meant to scare you. I even had to pause before having my surgery after treating her wounds for over a month daily. So, as stated, see your doctor asap.

I had a similar situation, for me it was because of the placement of the incision. It's right along my waist line, where my pants sit, my seat belts hits and when I'm sitting at my desk it's right there as well. (Yes I’m short ) All of those impingements on the wound caused it to block up and a small nodule formed under the skin which worked its way up and opened at the incision site and drained. All clear Fluid nothing infected but still opened up and stayed that way till it drained. I went right to the doctor when it happened. After it was all said and done that wound took the longest to heal and when it finally did it has left the most obvious scar, not that all of them aren’t this one is just more so.

Well, good news! It finally healed closed this past weekend... I didn't realize how serious an infected incision could be until I went into the Dr's office. They actually told me I was very lucky because it could have been much much worse!

In a situation like this, it's definately better to be safe than sorry!!

Glad you are healed up now -- you know you are kind of famous now......can I have your autograph? Do you work on Saabs?

Hope your band journey is going well!

Can someone please inform us banders what is tunneling and make sure to let us know if we or not sure what to do if we, they think their incision is opening, thankyou, and to you jcrosland I for one am glad you took the suggestion and went to see your Doc or surgeon and they took care of you as you should also take care of yourself.