Incisions

I just thought I'd post a quick picture here for anyone who's curious to see what my incisions look like now! I really wish I'd taken a picture when I first took off the dressings, but oh well. As you can see, my tummy is still a little puffy (still on prednisone after all, and it's a bit swollen from surgery still too). I had three incisions- the main one (on my bellybutton) is where they pulled out the diseased intestine, so it was really bruised because the skin got stretched a lot. The bruising is still fading now.

The second incision visible, on the right, was one of the two little incisions where Dr. Buie inserted laparoscopic tools. I have another one that's only a couple cm long in a spot too low to post pictures of, and it's barely even visible now.

It really is a testament to Dr. Buie's skill that these incisions are all I came out of surgery with- I've looked around Crohn's online communities and found all these horrible pictures of giant open surgery incisions and laparoscopic surgeries with way, way bigger incisions, and I have to say, I think mine are possibly the best I've seen compared to other people who have had similar surgeries. My family doctor and Dr. Kaplan were all really excited about it, and I'm sure they've seen lots of scars and stuff, so yay for Dr. Buie! I'm sure in a couple of months you won't be able to tell I had surgery (although my belly button will be a little wonkier than before)!