Had my sleeve surgery done on Thursday (May 1st) I have 5 incisions. A friend of mine had the same surgery done by a different doctor and had 3 incisions. I was wondering if this is normal just different techniques surgeons use

I had mine done 4/30 and have 7 incisions

Curious to see what the norm is

I had my surgery on 4/14 and have 4 incisions.

I have five.

Hmmm so I guess it depends on the surgeon doing it

I had mine done 4/30 and have 7 incisions Curious to see what the norm is

My Dr said pre surgery that I would have 5 - but had to do six as my liver was still fatty so a very small sixth incision was required to help hold the liver up and out of the way.

6 for me.

I had four incisions for the actual surgery and the one incision for the drain.

12/23/2013.....I have 4.

5 here!

My Doc said I would have 5.

Ok I'm glad to see more had 5. My friend had 3 for some reason I don't know.

Interesting! I have never heard of 3

4 - surgeon often congratulates patient on having had a "tiny" liver, only requiring that he make 4 incisions

5 - number of incisions that I most often hear people have been told to expect

6- the number someone gets if she gets her gallbladder out during surgery since that requires a small extra little hole for the drain to come out of. (I think some people get six incisions, too, if the surgeon is struggling with certain aspects of moving & holding the liver in the right spot during the procedure.)

Is anyone having any problem with their incisions? Mine are sore like I did a million sit ups and a little itchy. Also wondering if anyone had showered with the tape still on or do you take the tape off first? I've heard of doing both but just wanted some opinions

Is anyone having any problem with their incisions? Mine are sore like I did a million sit ups and a little itchy. Also wondering if anyone had showered with the tape still on or do you take the tape off first? I've heard of doing both but just wanted some opinions

The incision where they took my stomach out really hurts and itches and had a big hard lump under it (all totally normal). I had five and they were glued shut.

Only my big incision (where they took my stomach out) hurt intermittantly for about a month. It would be fine most of the day, but every once in a while it would give me a reminder that there were tools moving all around inside my belly. At one month the doctor let go back to strength training with a limit of five pound weights. I was allowed to shower after the third day with the tapes exposed. They finally peeled off around week three. It took the scabs a while longer to finish up.