My five year old incision scar

[Paleowoman]

To get this forum going again as per Angie's request to make it active, here's a piccie of my five year old incision scar which I took just now - with a shirt so I look decent ! There's a couple of very sensitive bumps at the top of the scar which must be wires - I suspect my body has covered them with bone ? They don't show on this photo which my iphone took.

 

[Duffey]

To get this forum going again as per Angie's request to make it active, here's a piccie of my five year old incision scar which I took just now - with a shirt so I look decent ! There's a couple of very sensitive bumps at the top of the scar which must be wires - I suspect my body has covered them with bone ? They don't show on this photo which my iphone took.
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[Duffey]

Hey Ann, I guess we decided to post about the same time to reactivate the thread. Your scar looks good, but It would look even better with a tawdry shirt as its background!

 

[Eva]

Good looking scar. Yes, at the top are the wires. They hurt me a lot after 6 months of surgery. Surgeon offered to remove them. I declined. Now , I barely feel them! I can hardly see my scar now, 11 years later!

 

[Paleowoman]

Your scar looks good, but It would look even better with a tawdry shirt as its background!

Hi @Duffey What is a tawdry shirt ?

 

[ottagal]

Wow...your incision looks really good. I have some bumps on mine along with a nice keloid to finish off the look at the top of the incision. Makes for a conversation piece.

 

[Duffey]

Hi @Duffey What is a tawdry shirt ?

To the best of my recollection, here are two silk shirts from google images that might qualify.

 

[Paleowoman]

Well I was very cheeky this morning: I and DH went to a clothes shop for him to buy some new summer shirts. There was as near a tawdry shirt as I could find so I went into the changing room with DH and put it on over my top and quickly took a photo of my incision scar in a “tawdry” shirt - didn't get the full length of the scar though. That is a man’s tawdry shirt, though no palm trees on it ! DH did not buy it !

 

[Duffey]

Well I was very cheeky this morning: I and DH went to a clothes shop for him to buy some new summer shirts. There was as near a tawdry shirt as I could find so I went into the changing room with DH and put it on over my top and quickly took a photo of my incision scar in a “tawdry” shirt - didn't get the full length of the scar though. That is a man’s tawdry shirt, though no palm trees on it ! DH did not buy it !

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Good job!

 

[Allison Leder Lemon]

I think this is my first time posting but interested to know if anyone still has pain on the right side of their incision. I am 6 years post op and the right side of my chest still hurts quite a bit. Drs can’t find anything wrong so I am guessing it is just the way I got put back together!!! Pic of my scar since everyone else is doing it!!

 

[Duffey]

Nice pic! I’m fourteen years post avr and occasionally the top “keyhole “ portion gets tender, but whatever the cause of the discomfort, it goes away in a day or two.

 

[Paleowoman]

Hi Allison - yes I get pain on the right side of my sternum and some pain generally in my sternum. Cardiologist says it's costochondritis. It's not bad enough that I need to do anything about it. My sternum also makes clonking noises sometimes. Bumps at the top of my sternum where the wires are give sharp pain if I touch the skin there, but I'm not doing anything about that.

I think this is my first time posting but interested to know if anyone still has pain on the right side of their incision. I am 6 years post op and the right side of my chest still hurts quite a bit. Drs can’t find anything wrong so I am guessing it is just the way I got put back together!!! Pic of my scar since everyone else is doing it!!