HELP

can anyone help with a panic i have? i had my second pacemaker implanted three weks ago and the wound has healed but at one end i have a small white plastic looking thing appeared it looks like a loop across the end part of the scar from underneath and over the surface and back in again ipanicked that it might be part of a lead ( i dont know what a lead looks like ) or maybe a stitch that hasnt dissolved it feels like plastic not a very good explanation im sorry but i paniced a bit.

4 Comments

I bet it's a stitch

by tjkirk - 2008-09-04 06:09:36

Hi belly321,

Don't panic, I bet anything that it's a stitch, I had a similar thing at the end of my healed scar and the doctor said it's a knot from an undissolved stitch. I'd think if it were a lead that it would be extremely painful and you didn't mention pain. At any rate, I'd call your doctor or nurse line to confirm and put your mind at ease. Relax!

Tim

stitch

by aldeer - 2008-09-04 07:09:24

I agree with Tim. I had one just like it at the bottom of my scar. No redness, no pain, and after just watching it for a few days and not pulling on it, when I brushed my finger across it, it fell off! If it were red in that are, I would be concerned. al

thanks

by belly321 - 2008-09-04 07:09:58

thanks for replys i will see doctor tomorrow to check but wont panic anymore

Same here

by Snoviper - 2008-09-05 12:09:57

I think it is a stitch also, I had a couple incisions and had them sticking out of both at the ends. I would like you said ask the doctor, I am seeing mine next week and was going to ask him about it. I am 5 weeks post op.

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