Totally Grossed Out

[latisanava 12]

ok so i had my surgery 4.24.12 and im petty sure they told me to take my bandages off friday the 27th but i am so grossed out at the thought of taking them off,i feel like when i take the bandage off where the port is ill b able to see it under the skin and that creeps me out so bad. anyone else feel like that? everytime i go to take them off i literally cant because its freaking me out,i can feel my port so why cudnt i see it? whew ok i think im done being a lunatic

[Dee29 5]

My doctor told me not take them off. He took them off at my follow up a few days later. It's not an open wound. You won't see anything but the scar that's healing. If your doctor told you to remove the bandage then you should do it. Just do it slowly or have someone do it for you.

[Cocoabean 430]

Just get 'er done. You should only see a healing up line where the port is. You might have a lump underneath, sort of like ... well, took me a while to come up with something...(thanks to my DH!!) it's sort of like that little bottom rib, but generally has a bit more fat over it.

Now that I've lost my weight, my port is barely visible when I stand up. When I was losing, it could not be seen at all. I could always feel it if I pressed on it.

If you have true bandages on, take them off, you want to be sure you are healing ok underneath. If they are steri-strips, they will come off as you shower and wash over them.

[SashaWLS 412]

Seriously the gross bandages are MUCH worse than what's under them!!! Three tiny little lines with glue on them. The bloody gauze is terrifying, but the wound is nothing... And you can't see the port.

[hopetolose 192]

I didnt have bandages. Just this glue stuff holding it together that peeled iff after about two weeks. It was hard to resist not picking it off, but I kinda like that kind of stuff. I take my kids stiches out myself. Love it

[Kerra 4]

I was banded on 4/23. I was told to take my bandages off on 4/25. When i did, I found that there were steri strips under. They fall off on their own. They have been starting to peel, so I assume they will be gone when i go back Tuesday for my follow up.

[latisanava 12]

i have steri strips under my bandages and ive managed to take 1 off but the port 1 has me scared,lol

[Kerra 4]

Are you sure it's the port one? If it is the biggest, most painful one, my nurse at the hospital assured me that is not the port. It is the one the surgeon worked through; the one they put the band in through.

[latisanava 12]

im pretty sure it is,its the one that hurts the most

[Cocoabean 430]

Did you do it yet??? If you want to shower you need the bandages off, you don't want wet bandages staying on the incisions. THAT is a recipe for infection. Be brave, you can do it!

[shakey88 37]

Removing the strips were the worst for me...and that was after two weeks...I remember I almost passed out! But I was fine once it was done!

[vlp1968 83]

You probably won't see your port, but will feel it a bit if you press on it. My port didn't stick out until I lost quite a bit of weight.

[latisanava 12]

well i finally took off the top bandages and just left the steri strips,it wasnt so bad i dont guess,lol