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Nykee    13

Nykee
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Here is a pic of one of my small scars and of my big scar.. its been a year.

The big scar is wrinkling.. it used to be smooth, but as I lost weight it wrinkled up like my stretchmarks are doing.

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skbishop78    0

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OK GALS AND Guys.... I don't know if I have a weak stomach or not, but I am so scared of this. They look like they hurt sooooo bad. Some of them are so bruised...geez I guess I just pictured some slits...boy was I wrong. I am really getting nervous...does it hurt as bad as it looks?

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Dragonwillow    0

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Stacey...I didn't think it was that bad pain wise. The worst part for me was when I FIRST woke up from surgery...before they gave me anything in recovery. I was cold and thought, oh my gawd, what have I done. Once I got a little pain medicine, I was fine. I still have MOST of the bottle they sent me home from the hospital with. After a day or so the only site that really hurt was the port site. I'm not sure if it was because it was the biggest or if it was because of the port itself. And on a scale of 1-10 it might of been a 3-4. Not too bad considering the benifits of the band. You will do fine, and the pain is only a few days for most of us.

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TraumaNurse    1

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I never got a picture of the incisions without the bandaids. I had steri-strips under the band-aids they were off within 10 days.

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excuse the dirty mirror self portrait in the second picture:o

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FunnyDuddies    6

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LOL Even DH saw and was trying to check out the scars. he looked at me and said "OMG it just hit me you might be that small." LOL

Tonight's gonna be fun. WOOHOO Thanks Jenna! hahahaha

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princess_n_thep    2

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Oh my gosh! Thanks!!! I know that some of you don't agree, but I don't really see a "fat" difference. I don't see much of a difference in look or size since the first picture. Other than my tummy isn't as "round".

Thanks Janet for doing this!!!

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JanetC    2

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I see a big difference... especially in the amount & visibility of muscle. Now when you suck it in you can tell you're sucking! :confused:

You've always been a hottie though. :confused: With great underwear!

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Wheetsin    714

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These are from my surgery day. I'm 4 days post-op and still have no bruising at all (from the incisions... the Heparin shot - different story).

The first one is the largest, it's almost centered on my stomach, about an inch below where my bra is. It seeped a little blood for 2 days but dried up afterward.

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This is the lower level of staples, closest to the center of my belly.

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The next cut to the left:

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And the next (this may be my port, but I'm not sure):

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This is the left-most:

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HarleyNana    10

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Ouch!!!! Staples, that looks like it hurts really bad, and fresh too. Nice shots, hope it doesn't hurt as much as it looks like it would. Hugs!

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