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I was banded on Tues July 28th. Everything seemed to go perfectly smoothly. Waking up in recovery was a very painful experience, and my tummy still hurts. I am hoping the pain will subside soon. My big question is this: I have huge bruises all over my stomach were my incisions are. there at least a 4 inch radius of a circle, if not bigger. On my side by my hip I have a HUGE 6 inch long by 3-4 inch wide bruise. This is just a random weird spot for bruising I would think... unless the doc during surgery threw a breif case at me. Is bruising this much normal.., when my DH saw the bruise on my hip he flipped. Has anyone else had this experience?

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no... i had no bruising... but here is a guess... could it be the extra heparin (blood thinner) that everyone gets during surgery???

there are a few nurses on this forum...Restless Monkey and Unforgettable... you should get some firm feedback on this question. Good luck

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I would check with your doctor with this concern.

I had bruising around the incisions only. You had me laughing, imagining the doc throwing a brief case at you while you were knocked out :crying:

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I had really bad bruising all around my incisions. Big purple bruises, pretty much my whole stomach was a bruise, and they were a little scarry looking. I didn't have any bruises on my hip though. I did have bruises everywhere they poked me though. Took weeks for it all to go away.

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I was banded the same day as you and I have a lot of bruising too. They are around the incisions, but I have a mystery bruise too! It is on the lower part of my stomach a little bit under my belly button. It is funny, but I wondered the same thing - if something wierd happened during surgery that gave it to me haha! They are already starting to yellow, though. I think it is just how our body responds to the trauma of the laprasopic tools.

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Ya' know they are digging inside your belly with BIG STICKS! The bigger your belly, the bigger the sticks. I'm a Nurse and I cant stand to see liposuction on TV, all that jabbing and poking. If you have ever seen how the doctor's jiggle your insides, NO WONDER WE HURT.

I can hardly wait untill mine is done.

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I too had a strange bruise on my left hip. It was about 3 inches in diameter and purple. I have no idea what that would of been from either. I have small bruises around my incisions.

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Ya' know they are digging inside your belly with BIG STICKS! The bigger your belly, the bigger the sticks. I'm a Nurse and I cant stand to see liposuction on TV, all that jabbing and poking. If you have ever seen how the doctor's jiggle your insides, NO WONDER WE HURT.

I can hardly wait untill mine is done.

I HATE HATE HATE watching liposuction on t.v. I'm also a nurse and that, and a nose job, are the two things that absolutely gross me out!!

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Maybe it was where the doc used his knee so that he could get better leverage to pull the tools back out! Only joking.

I remember reading another post where someone said she was so bruised she was convinced she had fallen off the table.

So what they really do when we're in surgery is anyones guess!

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I too had a strange bruise on my left hip. It was about 3 inches in diameter and purple. I have no idea what that would of been from either. I have small bruises around my incisions.

i have a similar bruise in the same spot! (i was banded 7/27) it's right above my hip bone/joint.

i also have some bruises where i received heparin (sp?) shots. and i imagine it's where my port is - there's a large bandage still covering it but there's a bruise working its way out from under it.

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I only had a single incision, but my entire belly was black & blue. After surgery I noticed a burning, tingling sensation in my right thigh. I asked the NP about it when I went for my post op check-up & he said its probably a pinched nerve, which may be due to the position my leg was in during surgery. Hmmmm....

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I had very minor bruising at each incision. I didn't have any other unusual bruises, but I was fully awake when I went into the OR and I remember just before they put me to sleep the nurses were strapping me to the table, there was a buckle going over my left hip, maybe something like that happened and you bruised because of it.

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I have HUGE bruises all over my stomach!! I have the mystery bruise as well. I thought it was just me. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

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I think I know what caused the bruising on the side of your leg. I had my surgery yesterday and I remember yelping in pain as they took an extremely sticky something off the side of my leg. It was about 6" long and 3-4" wide. When I cried out the anesthesiologist said, "oops, I guess I brought her out a little too early" He also asked the nurse to show me the sticky thing then said, "she probably won't remember anyway, but please show her." Well I did remember and it hurt like hell. I didn't bruise but I definitely can see how someone would. It felt like I was getting waxed but it was 20x worse pain. I'm happy I shaved my legs before or it would have hurt even more :confused:

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How very interesting,,, I bet there is some weird mystery sticky thing they put on us all,,, but since were under no one remembers.. I am now 10 days post op and I still have the glimmer of the bruise. I showed my doc at my 1 wk apt and he said some people look more banged up then others. That was his only comment. I do think its like cooking something, they put all sorts of things in us and stir us up. At least the Gas part is mostly over,:confused:

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