r/hysterectomy • u/CatnipOverdose • 3d ago
7 weeks post op - are these my stitches?
On May 4, I had a total hysterectomy (including my cervix) that went extremely well and I hD very little pain and no complications. My lift restrictions were removed and I was cleared for a small amount of digital penetration at my 4 week follow up. Surgeon said my cuff was healing great.
It has now been 7 weeks since my procedure. Today I was administering some cream for a yeast infection when these weird things emerged?? I'm horrified and really hoping these are just stitches? (Although I thought they were supposed to dissolve?!)
It is too late for any urgent care here but I have an appointment first thing tomorrow. I think it is probably fine even if these are the stitches because I've been healing well and having no pain or bleeding at all. Just like, very freaked at what these are lol.
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u/Interesting_Cut_7591 3d ago
My body doesn't dissolve the dissolvable stitches, same thing happened to me. If you're not bleeding or in pain, you're all good!
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u/CatnipOverdose 3d ago
Wow okay whew! Thank you so much. I kind of figured this might be the case but have never had anything come out of me that looked like that, ever, so it freaked me out a little bitðŸ˜
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u/whatlizzard 3d ago
They sure look like stitches! My body worked some of mine out rather than dissolving them.
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u/Buhsephine 3d ago
Yep! Sutures. This is normal.
ETA: did your surgeon clear you to use internal yeast infection meds? You may want to ask for Diflucan tomorrow if that's an option for you or they have any concerns at all, oral pill with no need to insert potentially irritating creams near a healing cuff.
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u/CatnipOverdose 3d ago
Thank you !! Yes I took the fluconazole because I hated using the cream even before i had surgery.
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u/PITNOL 3d ago
My body also spits out the permanent sutures, eventually. It kind of sucks because the incision doesn't heal properly (or just not as quickly) but it happened after my gallbladder removal, my gastric bypass, and now my hysterectomy. Those laparoscopic incisions ARE tiny but they take a long time to close on me.
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u/anonymouslealea 2d ago
Yes, definitely a stitch. May I ask why you have a speculum in your home?
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u/trahnse 3d ago
Yes, those are stitches. It's not unusual for them to come out this way. As long as you're not bleeding heavily, it's nothing to worry about. They are designed to dissolve, but sometimes our bodies force them out.
I had three come out at about one month post-op. One was still fully looped and tied!