Hi all. I became banded yesterday. I've done pretty good up recovering, able to keep everything (liquids) down. I am sore at my incisions and at my port sight (upper left chest/bra area). The gas hasn't been too bad - although my stomach is really poochy (weird feeling) and there is pressure (I am assuming from the gas) on my chest when I lay down.

I got up from a nap earlier and noticed that I had a couple of spots on my shirt from bleeding at the incision area. My navel is the worse - there is a quarter size blood spot there. The problem is, I can't see it - my skin folds there.

I called my Dr. and they told me as long as it isn't free bleeding or bleeding away from the derma stuff they used, I should be okay. Just make sure I don't have a fever.

Is this common? Did any of you have problems with bleeding?

I think there is a difference between bleeding and spotting. I had some spotting on a blouse of mine day 2 from surgery. It was just a small area from one of my insisions. But IT STOPPED. Its NOT ONGOING. I think that would be the differnce. Are your surgery strips still on? I would think if you pull at these(like maybe what happened when you napped) they might pull at the scabs that are forming on top of the incisions.

Edited April 11, 200818 yr by Bunkey1965

I had some minor bleeding.... I put a gauze pad over spots and in a few days it was fine.

I had a little blood, but if you think it is more then normal I would contact the Dr.