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hi all

i have an incision very high up, which is the one that has caused the most discomfort over the last week, however now i have my dressings off i can see that it is bruised, this isnt bothering me as i bruise easily. what is bothering me is that the actual incision is completly black and shiny. im not due to see the nurse again for 2 weeks, however i was wondering if any one else has experienced this yet?

sarah

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my bandages havent come off yet. but i would suggest you call the nurse in the morning and ask her if it is normal. i do know that the insion where i have my port is the one that seeped some, the others nothing really.

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thank you

i have asked the nurse just now and she says it is fine and not to worry about it as its bruising. and just to keep it clean and dry. it is not from the port site, it is from one of the small incisions.

hope you are feeling ok

sarah

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I am a mass of bruises! LOL and my steri strips look awful where I bled. I'll be glad to go to my post op on Friday so they come off and i can clean up!:thumbup:

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i cant see under bandaids if i am brused up, but nothing around the bandaid. my right arm is brused a bit from the bloodpressure cuff, but i have big arms so was expecting it.

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i thought i was going to bruise alot more then i have, but apart from the one right at the top, none of them are bruised and they are quite hard to see in the picture i took of them last night!

the first shower i got after the stitiches came out was the best one i have ever had!!!!!!

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I am going to say to my surgeon (If I am still with it enough) in the theatre just before I go under, please be gentle with me, I don't know if it will have an effect but I figure hey if I say to him right before the surgery he won't hopefully forget it in a hurry :wink2: Some are a little rougher than others!

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i have put up a couple of pics to show the bruised incision and my fantastically healing port incision!! when do you think you can go swimming?

thats a good idea about the surgeon thing, shoudl have thought of that!!

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