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So I was banded on 4/8/10 and have been puttering along quite well. The scars are there but I've started kelo-cote and have hope that the scars will be minimized!

I have a scaly spot on the very end of my port site that I thought was scaly skin and I thought well 4 weeks post lets gently peel it off. To my amazement, it wasn't scaly skin... it was the very little end tip of a permanent suture! ICK!

So, gotta call the surgeon in the morning. It doesn't hurt at all but when I tug on it I can feel it pull a little. Just have to remember not to mess with it until doc snips it. I am really hoping he doesn't want to reopen that spot to stuff it inside or snip it!

Darn it!! This is irritating!

Hugs,

Heather

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:laugh:Hi Heather:

I have something similar but it is one of the incision sites, I still have a stitch poking out. :smile2: Where did you find Kelo cote?? By the way I am in Tampa as well

Thanks

Sandee

General Meeting 2/23

1st Appointment 3/22

NO 6 months prep

Banded 4/7/10

Dr. Jessee

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I had the same thing. My doctor's solution..he told ME to pull it out with a tweezer. So my sister did. Issue gone.

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