Bruising Post Surgery

[Rae Vinson 1]

Hi, I was sleeved on 2/26. I had a small bruise on my left side that wasn't an incision site. Today I noticed this bruise has grown very large, 6 x 3 inches. Is this normal?

Thanks,

Rae

[apinkus 0]

Funny you mentioned the left side bruise, Just had my surgery Monday and I've got the same mystery bruise. At this time it's only about a inch and half. No pain and not growing larger. Good luck Alex

[wilkimay78 1]

I also have that bruise, close to the belly button on the left side, I had my surg on 2/6 and the bruise is still there. I think it was where they gave me a blood thinner shot after surgery

[marbelvsg 132]

I had my surgery on February 16 and I have the same bruise. It looks like one of their tools were leaning there. It has not gotten any worse. Maybe you should check with your surgeon?

[jenbaby75 283]

I think your belly is likely to bruise just from the trauma of it being dug around in. I large, ugly bruise is probably the heparin injection. Mine was on my thigh. It was huge, like 7 inches long, 3 inches wide, freaked my husband out.

[MoosieGirl 25]

I have big bruises like that at the heparin shot sites.

[Jason In Houston 93]

Same here... Heparin / Lovenox injection caused two huge bruises that lasted about 3 1/2 weeks.

[laurenella82 625]

I have like 4 bruises on my ARM from the hep shots. I also have bruised where they tried and failed to draw blood. The bruises where the 3 IVs were put in just went away.

[Rae Vinson 1]

Thanks for the input. I realized it is around an incision but doesn't seem to be growing any more. I see the dr on Wed so I'll bring it up then. It has become a tad painful and I have to hold that side when I move. Otherwise, I'm feeling a little bit better each day. :-)

[hco7416 25]

Yep 1 giant bruise. Surgeon said it was the site where the stomache was removed.

[CE24 23]

The bruises no where near incisions are where they most likely gave you heparin which is the blood thinner. My surgeon explained that they must have immediately hit a blood vessel when they injected it and because it's whole purpose is to thin the blood it immediately causes a bruise. It will go away with time and should cause you any pain.