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I have mostly gas pain and one of my incisions (I had 7) is giving me greif. I have been on Clear Liquids since surgery am taking it all very slow but i got in ebough liquid today so I had some yogurt and it has been sitting well so tomorrow I am going to focus on Protein.< /p>

I had five incision wonder why its differnt

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I had six all under a inch long ( one actually under 1/2 inch) two of those were puncture wounds for both my drains.

HW 358 SW 344 CW 324 GOAL 200 surgery 4/11/13

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I have 6 ...4 of them are about 1/2 inch 2 are about 1 1/2 inches ....one of the larger ones is where my port was removed and the other larger one is where they did all the "work" for the bypass,put the stapler in etc....all my pain is where the larger one where they did everything i also am sunken in right there and the dr said its a dissolvable stitch....when i first had surgery i didnt look but my mom said when i stood it almost looked like u could put a fist there now its maybe the size of a golf ball does anyone else have this?

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I have 6 ...4 of them are about 1/2 inch 2 are about 1 1/2 inches ....one of the larger ones is where my port was removed and the other larger one is where they did all the "work" for the bypass' date='put the stapler in etc....all my pain is where the larger one where they did everything i also am sunken in right there and the dr said its a dissolvable stitch....when i first had surgery i didnt look but my mom said when i stood it almost looked like u could put a fist there now its maybe the size of a golf ball does anyone else have this?[/quote']

There is a significant indent where my incision over my port is.

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I have 6 ...4 of them are about 1/2 inch 2 are about 1 1/2 inches ....one of the larger ones is where my port was removed and the other larger one is where they did all the "work" for the bypass' date='put the stapler in etc....all my pain is where the larger one where they did everything i also am sunken in right there and the dr said its a dissolvable stitch....when i first had surgery i didnt look but my mom said when i stood it almost looked like u could put a fist there now its maybe the size of a golf ball does anyone else have this?[/quote']

Nope was not sunken in at all

HW 358 SW 344 CW 324 GOAL 200 surgery 4/11/13

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I have 6 incisions two larger ones (less than 1 in and

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I have 6 incisions 2 less than 1 in and the rest less than 1/2 in. I had no drains or ports and I'm not even sure if they stitched or glued mine. I have steri strips over them that haven't fallen off yet.

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I had five incision wonder why its differnt

Surgeon said he added an extra hole because of my size he usually does 6. And the one tgat is giving me greif is indented also

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There is a significant indent where my incision over my port is.

Me as well. Was very concave right after surgery, but not as noticeable now that I am losing weight.

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I have 6 ...4 of them are about 1/2 inch 2 are about 1 1/2 inches ....one of the larger ones is where my port was removed and the other larger one is where they did all the "work" for the bypass' date='put the stapler in etc....all my pain is where the larger one where they did everything i also am sunken in right there and the dr said its a dissolvable stitch....when i first had surgery i didnt look but my mom said when i stood it almost looked like u could put a fist there now its maybe the size of a golf ball does anyone else have this?[/quote']

I do! It the only pain I have over the indented hole

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Yay! 57 pounds down since my highest weight. 14 lbs since the day of surgery. That makes the pain a little easier to take. Lol.

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I had 4 incisions. Biggest one about one inch on my right side. It is the slowest to heal as the others have been healed for at least a week or two. Mine was done with the DaVinci robot, might be why I only had 4 total. ???

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I also only have 4 incisions. All around an inch. Not sure the difference but maybe people with more incisions had other stuff done too like hernia repairs and gallbladder removal, or scar tissue from previous surgeries. I didn't have to have and of that so maybe that is why just four. Just glad we have all made it through and are on the road to recovery.

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My doc says he always does 6 on his patients. 4 about an inch long, and two about 1/2 an inch. Sub dermal sutures and steri strips. My steri strips all came off this week

HW 296 - SW 266.3 (4/1/13) - CW 253.5

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Doing pretty good today. Ate a scrambled egg, drank a Protein Drink plus a bottle of Water so far. Went for a good walk and in very little pain. I was really worried about being able to take in enough Protein and water but I think I'm doing pretty good. Been writing everything down so I stay on top of it and it helps with accountability. I am so excited and I'm looking forward to the future.

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