knot /bubble inside my incision?????

hi ladies....i posted earlier this evening telling everyone how wonderful i feel being 8 days post-op for TAH...i still feel wonderful..absolutly no pain at all...well,tonight some of my steri-strips are starting to come off,so i did what any curious sister would do..i felt the insicion...theres a great big ol knot on the right side ..its very very hard,and feels like it bubbles out..im calling my doc in the morning,but for tonight,can anyone give me any idea what this cold possibly be???thanks....sonie

Hi Sonie,
If you are feeling hardness, lump directly behind any portion of your incision then you are most likey feeling the "healing ridge". This is very normal. However, if you have any pain, tenderness or redness to your incision or beside it then this could be an infection. I am hopeful you are just feeling your healing ridge. It is kind of strange feeling. I am an RN and used to work for surgeons. Blessings!

I had tiny incisions for LAVH but underneath felt hard for some weeks- there's still a small amount of hardness now at nearly 12 weeks. I had this before with lap surgery so i was expecting it. if it feel really tender or sore, I would get it checked for infection.

I have that too and the doctor told me its from the stitches and being sewn back up inside.

My doc said they were internal sutures healing. they would eventually disapear.

Nancy

Hi, Not to worry...Its the incision line and its pefectly normal. Take care! Melanie

Yes, I had a knot or two under my incision for a while, about the size of a beebee. Not painful or red. They went away after a while, can't recall just how long that took. My incision is totally flat now. I'm still doing the Curad scar therapy tape every day, and it is now less red than before, not too bad considering I had a TAH.