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10-28-2007, 05:33 PM
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#1 | | Registered User Thread Starter
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State: california | 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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10-28-2007, 05:42 PM
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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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10-28-2007, 05:45 PM
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#3 | | Registered User Thread Starter
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Thank you very much for your reply. I was worried that they had problems.
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10-29-2007, 06:28 PM
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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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10-29-2007, 06:37 PM
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I woke up with five as well, but all of them are tiny except for the port incision.
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10-29-2007, 09:29 PM
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#6 | | Registered User
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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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10-30-2007, 12:48 AM
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#7 | | Surgery Date: Nov 17
Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 24
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I havent had mine surgery yet but my mom has and she only has 1 cut about 3 inches
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10-30-2007, 06:17 AM
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City: Charlotte State: NC | Scar
Is there any scarring?!?!?
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10-30-2007, 07:18 AM
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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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10-30-2007, 03:15 PM
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I have 6 - 5 of them are really small and the port is about 1 1/4 inches long.
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10-30-2007, 03:56 PM
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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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10-30-2007, 05:04 PM
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#12 | | Registered User Thread Starter
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Moopymom your post actually made me chuckle... and my incisions didn't even hurt!! Thanks!
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10-30-2007, 09:33 PM
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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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10-31-2007, 04:32 AM
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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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