How many cuts?

[califmoonchild 0]

For some reason I thought I would only be getting three cuts but I woke up with five. Of course I didn't notice this till after I was home so I didn't ask the nurses or my doctor. Is five cuts normal?

[Debbs27 0]

Hi,

I was banded on Monday October 22 - and I have 5 as well. I was told I would have 5 - so it's normal.

[califmoonchild 0]

Thank you very much for your reply. I was worried that they had problems.

[new_me_2008 1]

I have 4 cuts, 3 very small (less than an inch) and 1 for the port which is about 3 inches long.

[Arria 0]

I woke up with five as well, but all of them are tiny except for the port incision.

[kacee 3]

Five cuts is generally the norm. Sometimes they can hide one in your belly button (as is mine) so you really see only four incisions. I know he made an incision in my belly button, but I swear I could hardly see anything.

[anitak33 0]

I havent had mine surgery yet but my mom has and she only has 1 cut about 3 inches

[pincham2brn 0]

Is there any scarring?!?!?

[Dave01 0]

I have 7 of them. They had a hard time since I have had many abdominal surgeries in the past, so they needed a few more access points.

[stefgray 0]

I have 6 - 5 of them are really small and the port is about 1 1/4 inches long.

[Moopymom 0]

Hmmm, I had my gallbladder removed at the same time and ended up with 9 incisions. Felt a bit like a Ginsu knife commercial gone wrong!!

[califmoonchild 0]

Moopymom your post actually made me chuckle... and my incisions didn't even hurt!! Thanks!

[M Taylor 0]

I've got 5 - four of them are so small they could easily be mistaken for being part of my stretch marks and my port incision is about one inch long. I already had a freaky belly button scar courtesy of an emergency appendectomy earlier this year, so I'm glad they didn't go through that scar and make it any worse.

[pincham2brn 0]

Thanks

I really look forward to wearing a two pice bathing suit by next summer. Just wanted to know my options.