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Could I Have Tore my Internal Sutures 8 Days After my Tummy Tuck?

luvinmy3kids
I had to go have a scan at the ER to check for a blood clot 8 days after surgery. I told the radiologist I could not lay flat but he insisted I had to. I asked him to slowly lay me back and I would try..He layer my halfway back then dropped me flat on the table. It felt as though all my sutures ripped apart. I screamed!!!! The pain afterwards were herendous and I had to have my stomach drained days later and it was dark red blood. I'm so scared my sutures have ripped a part. I am now 10 wks out.

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