Hi All, So I am 10 months PO and I have a small bump/ball like item in my abdomen, maybe a little up and to the side of the large incision area. I had a CT scan a couple of weeks ago and everything showed up fine. Has anyone else had this? I asked to be put back on Protonix, as I think this started happening a little after the 3 months I was on it right after surgery... and my doctor just put me on Hyoscyamine to see if that would help as well. I dont have pain... it's just a annoyance as if I am leaning to the right side too long it's like HELLO! I'M HERE!... and then I readjust and it goes away. Thank you!

After my gastric bypass surgery, I had several incision point. I think it was 7. Over the first year or so they all disappeared. There was one in particular that produced a large bump. This was the last one to disappear. I asked my surgeons office about this. They said this is the point where most of the surgery was performed within my body. That is the reason why there was a hard bump.

3 hours ago, StarGazerKelly said:

Hi All, So I am 10 months PO and I have a small bump/ball like item in my abdomen, maybe a little up and to the side of the large incision area. I had a CT scan a couple of weeks ago and everything showed up fine. Has anyone else had this? I asked to be put back on Protonix, as I think this started happening a little after the 3 months I was on it right after surgery... and my doctor just put me on Hyoscyamine to see if that would help as well. I dont have pain... it's just a annoyance as if I am leaning to the right side too long it's like HELLO! I'M HERE!... and then I readjust and it goes away. Thank you!

Did it show up more recently? IE was it not there for the last 10 months?

3 hours ago, James Marusek said:

After my gastric bypass surgery, I had several incision point. I think it was 7. Over the first year or so they all disappeared. There was one in particular that produced a large bump. This was the last one to disappear. I asked my surgeons office about this. They said this is the point where most of the surgery was performed within my body. That is the reason why there was a hard bump.

Thank you!! It is above that incision point. Hopefully that is the reasoning. Thanks!!

9 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Did it show up more recently? IE was it not there for the last 10 months?

It's been noticeable for the past 5-6 months, but since it doesn't hurt I had her feel and that's when she said it was the thing to prevent hernias. Since It as happening more recently that's why I requested a test and had a CT done. It seems though when I bring it up that no one has had this before, I can't be the only one.

1 hour ago, StarGazerKelly said:

It's been noticeable for the past 5-6 months, but since it doesn't hurt I had her feel and that's when she said it was the thing to prevent hernias. Since It as happening more recently that's why I requested a test and had a CT done. It seems though when I bring it up that no one has had this before, I can't be the only one.

More than likely the tissue healing, I had a bump or 2 on the internal portion of the incisions for a tick, they've gone away at this point. When they stitch inside, the tissue can "Bind" a bit, they are called Suture Granuloma's
https://www.sanovadermatology.com/skin-lesions/suture-granuloma-new-bump-on-an-incision-line/