hematoma

[sadavis52111 20]

I am 15 days out and saw Dr today apparently I have a hematoma that is the size of a small grapefruit, it's mildly painful. Anyone else have this issue?

[LoseItKacy 347]

Where is it? If you don't mind me asking

[mommy319 31]

Sorry to hear that. I have not had that issue.

[sadavis52111 20]

Where is it? If you don't mind me asking

next to my belly button

[LoseItKacy 347]

That's normal. I had one too. I actually had 2. One internal and one under the skin near my belly button.

I'm three weeks out and it's starting to go away. I saw my surgeon last week and said its pretty common from the instruments and it should go away. It doesn't hurt anymore for me but it was pretty sensitive. My internal one on the other hand really hurt for awhile.

[BigViffer 3,544]

I had one at the largest incision (where they actually pull the stomach out). It was about the size you are describing. They said that it would either be re-absorbed into the body or it would rupture and leak out dark dead blood. Literally the next day it popped and dribbled dark red ichor. While it was gross, it was not really a big deal. After the majority of it drained, I pressed around the edges to get the rest out and kept a bandage over it. The next time I went in for my appointment, they stuffed wadding in it that I had to change after each shower.

My surgeon did not like it, but only from a perfectionist POV. The scar is a little wider than he wanted it to be because of the wadding, but it is by no means the largest of all my scars. At 8 months post surgery, it has already started fading and I expect it to be unnoticeable to a casual glance by 1 year.