Hematoma after band to sleeve revision

[camkids 11]

Hi everybody. New here. I had a band to sleeve revision on May 5, and have had a lemon size "hematoma" under the incision where my port was removed since. It has started draining, at random times since May 12. I saw the PA, who went to grab the surgeon...he said "to be expected" and not a problem. Well, except that when it decides to drain, it's a pretty big amount...ruins my clothes, sheets, etc. Anybody else had this problem? What did you do about it? I see the surgeon for my 2 week post-op visit on Wed. My husband is worried, thinks we need to call.

[LSF 264]

It doesn't sound normal to me. I didn't have any problems with my incisions

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

I did not experience this bit that port site was weird and unpleasant for quite some time after band removal. First there was a "gap" where it used to sit and then it filled with Fluid. Luckily it is.now j us t a distant bad memory.

As unpleasant as it sounds. ..guessing it is not serious

[oceanswaves60@gmail.com 0]

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Yyyeses6yeyes i had the sames, i

[nurseforlapband 11]

I had lap band removal 11 days ago and went through the exact samething. I had to change dresses twice in one day, but the next day it stopped. I also had to place gauze and tape to help with drainage. Let me know how it goes

[Bndtoslv 292]

I had no swelling or redness or drainage at port site. It is my largest scar and the only one with steri strips instead of glue.

[camkids 11]

So far I still have some drainage, but much less than last week. My surgeon said my body had made a pocket around my port (it had) and my body wants to fill it, so until tissue is there, it fills with Fluid,

[camkids 11]

I'm pleased to report that I have been without any drainage for 48 hours, and my surgeon says I can consider it "done". I still have some swelling at the port site (well, former port site). It is going down fairly quickly.

[ASLEEVE4ME2015 23]

I did not have a drainage tube & I'm fine. Revised 5/27/15.

[camkids 11]

I didn't have a drain either. But I had plenty of drainage. Thankfully that's done.

[TrillTX 9]

Hello I experienced the same thing. I had a huge hematoma after surgery and they would not let me leave until it reduced in size. It was still pretty big and hard. About a week after surgery it started bleeding when I was in the shower. I freaked out because it was a lot of blood.

I called my doctor and we talked about it. It doesn't happen to everyone but it does happen often with any type of surgery. He said it would be a nuisance more than anything. He told me it could take anywhere from 4-6 weeks to heal.

Basically it is a pocket of blood in between your skin/incision and the abdomen. Let me be clear that it is not beneath the abdomen or that would be a bigger problem.

Over time that pocket can fill back up with blood until the pressure is so great it leaks or spurts out. It's a pain in the ass as I have to keep changing bandages.

I'm three weeks post op now and still dealing with it although it's not bleeding as bad.

[JK90 4]

I had my revision on 6/30/15 and they put a pressure dressing over my former port site to prevent this. It's just a clear tagaderm dressing over sterile cotton balls that keep pressure on the site so no Fluid will form in that pocket that your port was in. I was told to leave it on until my two week checkup but if it fell off before that was ok. I showered every day and it didnt fall off until my appointment day and only because that was the first time I'd worn jeans since my surgery. I don't know if I could have handled what you guys went. Happy to hear that a lot of you have stopped having drainage.