Has anyone had a stitch show up years after your surgery?

Angie2U
Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
in Breast Cancer #1
I have what looks like a stitch coming out. It's not on my lumpectomy incision, but, on another small one where I had my breast surgeon take out a lump 2 years ago that was bothering me as I was afraid it might be the bc back. 2 years? This seems bizarre. Anyone else have stitches start coming out years after your surgery? Or, am I just strange! lol

Angie

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  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia Member Posts: 4,014 Member
    #2
    It can happen. My brother
    It can happen. My brother had thyroid cancer and surgery when he was in his twenties. When he was in his thirties, lumps appeared in his neck and the physcians were very concerned that it might not be the "benign" type of thyroid cancer that they had originally diagnosed.

    Long story short, the lumps turned out to be absorbable sutures that his body, instead of absorbing, encapulated. He is fine and now in his sixties.
  • Rague
    Rague Member Posts: 3,653 Member
    #3
    Not unusual
    I had a couple of pieces of the so called 'absorbable' stitches come out. The last on was probably about 2 yrs post surgery. They were like a pimple and when they popped themselves the piece of suture was there. Surgeon and PA both said it's not unusual and we are all unique.

    Winyan - The Power Within

    Susan
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    #4
    Rague said:

    Not unusual
    I had a couple of pieces of the so called 'absorbable' stitches come out. The last on was probably about 2 yrs post surgery. They were like a pimple and when they popped themselves the piece of suture was there. Surgeon and PA both said it's not unusual and we are all unique.

    Winyan - The Power Within

    Susan

    I didn't know this could
    I didn't know this could happen, so if it ever does for me, at least I will know that is normal. And Cynthia, 10 years later for your Brother? Wow! I guess all of these dissolveable stitches, don't always dissolve.

    Interesting topic! What are you going to do Angie? Are you seeing your surgeon?

    Hugs, Debby
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #5
    DebbyM said:

    I didn't know this could
    I didn't know this could happen, so if it ever does for me, at least I will know that is normal. And Cynthia, 10 years later for your Brother? Wow! I guess all of these dissolveable stitches, don't always dissolve.

    Interesting topic! What are you going to do Angie? Are you seeing your surgeon?

    Hugs, Debby

    Yes Debby, I have an
    Yes Debby, I have an appointment with my surgeon next week. He's on vacation until then, and, I got the first appointment with him. Just kind of scared what he will do. Will he pull it out? OUCH! I am just scared of an infection or something from it.


    Thanks everyone!
  • Kristin N
    Kristin N Member Posts: 1,968 Member
    #6
    Angie2U said:

    Yes Debby, I have an
    Yes Debby, I have an appointment with my surgeon next week. He's on vacation until then, and, I got the first appointment with him. Just kind of scared what he will do. Will he pull it out? OUCH! I am just scared of an infection or something from it.


    Thanks everyone!

    I know that this can happen
    I know that this can happen Angie. Good luck with your appt. Let us know what your surgeon does. You will be fine!
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #7
    Kristin N said:

    I know that this can happen
    I know that this can happen Angie. Good luck with your appt. Let us know what your surgeon does. You will be fine!

    My breast surgeon got back
    My breast surgeon got back today to work after vacation, so, I had him take a look at what I thought were 2 stitches, and, YES, they were. How after all of this time it can happen is astonishing to me. LOL

    He just pulled them out and it really didn't hurt, which surprised me. Unless he deadened me and I didn't know it. hmmm LOL


    Angie
  • mzl0ve
    mzl0ve Member Posts: 62
    #8
    im glad all worked out, on
    im glad all worked out, on the topic I can not use the dissolveable stitches do to the fact they never dissolve. last year when i had my surgery they removed the stiches from my c-section 18 years ago lol. we knew they were in there but desided to leave them till i had to have surgey or they became a problem yucky lol. oh well they are gone now
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #9
    mzl0ve said:

    im glad all worked out, on
    im glad all worked out, on the topic I can not use the dissolveable stitches do to the fact they never dissolve. last year when i had my surgery they removed the stiches from my c-section 18 years ago lol. we knew they were in there but desided to leave them till i had to have surgey or they became a problem yucky lol. oh well they are gone now

    Interesting .... subject
    Glad to here all is well -- amazing that an indissoluble stitches can create
    such health issues.




    Vicki Sam
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #10
    mzl0ve said:

    im glad all worked out, on
    im glad all worked out, on the topic I can not use the dissolveable stitches do to the fact they never dissolve. last year when i had my surgery they removed the stiches from my c-section 18 years ago lol. we knew they were in there but desided to leave them till i had to have surgey or they became a problem yucky lol. oh well they are gone now

    18 years? OMG! Mine were
    18 years? OMG! Mine were only in there 2! lol That's why I wanted them out and didn't want to wait and see if they'd just come out and go away on their own. I worried about an infection of something.
  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
    #11
    mzl0ve said:

    im glad all worked out, on
    im glad all worked out, on the topic I can not use the dissolveable stitches do to the fact they never dissolve. last year when i had my surgery they removed the stiches from my c-section 18 years ago lol. we knew they were in there but desided to leave them till i had to have surgey or they became a problem yucky lol. oh well they are gone now

    Very glad that you got in to
    Very glad that you got in to see your surgeon and that he got the stitches out. I didn't know they could come out years later either. I learned something new! lol


    Sue :)
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
    #12
    Ritzy said:

    Very glad that you got in to
    Very glad that you got in to see your surgeon and that he got the stitches out. I didn't know they could come out years later either. I learned something new! lol


    Sue :)

    Really happy that you got in to see your surgeon and got your stiches out. This is new to me too.
  • lsb007
    lsb007 Member Posts: 1
    #13
    Stitches still coming out after surgery in 2001

    Hi - I just had a stitch come out from a 2001 breat cancer lumpectomy.  Unbelieveable.

  • Apaugh
    Apaugh Member Posts: 850 Member
    #14
    elbow stitch

    7 yrs after an elbow surgery, a stick came poking through.  My GP pulled it out gently as he could.  It smarted a litte. 

    Stuff happens.

    Hugs,

    Annie

  • George21
    George21 Member Posts: 1
    #15
    Stitches after 2years coming out

    I had testicle cancer surgery and already been 6 times to get my stitches removed it's normal and they keep coming out

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