How many cuts?

For some reason I thought I would only be getting three cuts but I woke up with five. Of course I didn't notice this till after I was home so I didn't ask the nurses or my doctor. Is five cuts normal?

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Banded 10/26/07 :clap2:

Hi,

I was banded on Monday October 22 - and I have 5 as well. I was told I would have 5 - so it's normal.

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Thank you very much for your reply. I was worried that they had problems.

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Banded 10/26/07 :clap2:

I have 4 cuts, 3 very small (less than an inch) and 1 for the port which is about 3 inches long.

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Banded 10/08/07
Starting Weight 222
Weight loss goal is 75 pounds -lost 50 pounds and then gained back 15...here we go again.

I woke up with five as well, but all of them are tiny except for the port incision.

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Banded 9/20/2007 by Drs. Robert and Garth Davis in Houston, TX (Best day of my life!)
265/250/225/130

Five cuts is generally the norm. Sometimes they can hide one in your belly button (as is mine) so you really see only four incisions. I know he made an incision in my belly button, but I swear I could hardly see anything.

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Kacee


Dr. Hadar Spivak, Houston
Banding: 05-23-07, High225/Surgery218/135/140
1st Fill 06/21/07 - Total 1.8cc, 2nd Fill 06/27/07 - Total ~2.2cc
3rd Fill 07/31/07 - Total 2.8cc, 4th Fill 09/06/07 - Total 3.1cc
5th Fill 12/05/07 - Total 3.3cc, 6th Unfill 03/20/08 - (1.3 out) Total 2.0 cc
7th Fill 04/03/08 - Total 2.5 cc, 12/30/08 Unfill to 1.5

I havent had mine surgery yet but my mom has and she only has 1 cut about 3 inches

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Is there any scarring?!?!?

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I have 7 of them. They had a hard time since I have had many abdominal surgeries in the past, so they needed a few more access points.

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Banded 8/30 Dr Tiffany Jesse
First fill 10/15 6cc's in a 14cc band
Second fill 11/12 2 more added
Third fill 12/17 1 more for 9 1/08 upped to 9.6cc
4TH FILL 3/4 9.9cc 5th fill 4/29 10.1cc

I have 6 - 5 of them are really small and the port is about 1 1/4 inches long.

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Hmmm, I had my gallbladder removed at the same time and ended up with 9 incisions. Felt a bit like a Ginsu knife commercial gone wrong!!

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Moopymom your post actually made me chuckle... and my incisions didn't even hurt!! Thanks!

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Banded 10/26/07 :clap2:

I've got 5 - four of them are so small they could easily be mistaken for being part of my stretch marks and my port incision is about one inch long. I already had a freaky belly button scar courtesy of an emergency appendectomy earlier this year, so I'm glad they didn't go through that scar and make it any worse.

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Banded with the LAP-BAND® APS October 12, 2007

Thanks
I really look forward to wearing a two pice bathing suit by next summer. Just wanted to know my options.

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