Today I woke up and I noticed that at the top of my incision it looked more red and was like it was bleeding. I took a picture and sent it to the NP at the surgeons' office. She got back to me told me that’s my suture knot.
In addition to gluing the outside of my skin, they stitched up the inside from the bottom to the top and the suture knot at the top is where they tied it off.
She said it may poke through the skin and keep bleeding from time to time, but that it looked OK. I can put a piece of gauze or a bandage over it.
I could actually feel something sticking out when I was washing it in the shower, and I asked if it would dissolve and she said yes, but not for another few months.
This is the kind of thing I kind of wish I knew in advance. Because they told me I was glued shut. Nobody said anything about a suture knot.
I’m guessing the suture knot is why there’s the lump at the top of the incision. I know they told me that that’s why they closed it off. I’m also wondering if as the swelling of the lump is going down, it’s somehow impacting the suture knot?
**WARNING** Gross photo of suture knot bleeding.
Do not scroll down if you do not want to see this photo. It is gross.
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You can see it is bleeding at the top, and there is a hard plastic piece I can feel there, too,
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