I explain to the nurses that I just had a breast reduction and have not lifted my arms for a few weeks now. I know that I will have to do so for the scan, but can we please wait until the last dying second to do so and can we do this as quickly as possible. We do the best that we can and I raise my arms above my head and try to not think about the pain. It is finally over and we take it easy getting me back off the bed and back into my normal clothes. Just glad that it is over. Home to rest and take more pain killers.
August 4 I have to change the tape on my incisions and since last week I almost fainted doing so, I get a nurse friend to come over and change it for me. Everything goes well and I am sure that next week I will be able to do it on my own. I again think that it was just all the med's and such that made me so woozy but I wanted to make sure that this week went smoothly with the tape changes. And of course the next week when I did it by myself, everything went just fine.
August 18th, I am changing my tape and realize that my stomach is wet. I look at my incision and I have a hole that is leaking fluid in my right breast. Luckily my sister in law was over and I had her look at it to see what she thought. She confirmed that it was a hole and that I was leaking but that it was small. I clean up, tape up and call my surgeon's office. They tell me that this can happen sometimes but not to worry, just to keep it clean and all should be okay. I am scheduled to see Dr. Moysa in just a few days for another follow-up so I will leave it until then.
August 22nd I see Dr. Moysa. Everything is going well except for this little hole that is leaking. Dr. Moysa looks at it and confirms that it is normal and then he shocks it with some silver treatment to help it heal. I am to keep that part of the incision open (no tape) and to keep a loose gauze over the hole to catch the leaking.
A couple of days later, I am really leaking from this hole and I think that the hole is bigger. My nursing friend comes back over and yes, that hole has gotten a bit bigger and I should probably go back and have them check it out. I mean I just am unsure! I don't want anything to go wrong!
So the next day I go back to the surgical suite and they check it out. Even though it has gotten a little bigger, it still looks normal to them and I am just to be patient as it needs to heal from the inside out. Nothing to do but wait. I leave reassured and pray that this thing will seal over very quickly! They tell me it could be weeks before it heals and I just am not very patient at waiting for things like that. So I will have to wait. Keep it clean and all should be good.
I have now passed the 4 week mark since the surgery and I am so curious to know what size I am. I know that I shouldn't even begin to think of shopping for new bras for at least 3 months after the surgery as there is much swelling and you don't know what you will be until then. But I can't wait, I have to know a ball park figure as to where I am. So I go to Victoria Secret. A store that I have never been able to shop in before. I tell them my story and say that I am not here to buy a bra (yet!) but would like a measurement. They do this for me. And I am so HAPPY!! Can you guess what I am after the surgery??? Remember I was a 36G before the surgery. Maybe this picture can help you out. It is bra before surgery and bra post surgery:
I am now measured at a 36B! A B!!!!! That is what I wanted and that is what I got! So super excited. I will never get rid of that one 36G bra...it is a reminder of where I have come from. The scars and pain are well worth it. I would do this all over again in a heart beat. Best thing I have ever done!!!
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