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on July 2, 2008 9:01 am
Wow, time sure flies!!! I am one month out from having my plastic surgery done. On May 28th I had Brachioplasty and Breast lift w/ augmentation. I am feeling pretty good. It is strange that it has taken so long for recovery this time around, I normally bounce back from surgeries and this time it seems like it is taking forever. I am so glad I have had this done and can't wait till January 2009 to have the bottom half done.
I went to Dr Carver for my plastics. I feel like he really knows what he is doing, very experienced but has no personality. I was scheduled for surgery at 11:00am on the 28th and was supposed to check in at 9:00am. I was just getting ready to take a show when they called and said to come in right away (around 8:00) because they can get me in early. I took a fast shower and we left getting there about 8:20. The people there were very nice and things went very quick, they started my IV, the anestisiologist came in and chatted with me, he was such a friendly person, made me feel really comfortable and was very caring, the doctor came in and marked me then they walked me to the operating room, there they had me lay down, started putting the air compression things on my legs and I was told to just close my eyes so the meds they were giving me didn't make me too dizzy, next thing I know I was being asked if I wanted some toast and 7up and was sitting in a recliner fully dressed. That was a wierd feeling, they told me that they just had to say my name once and I had my eyes open and was all smiles. I don't remember any of it. I know my arms felt really tight and the left one hurt alot. I couldn't feel my chest at all, there was not pain or anything which was great since my left arm was feeling terrible, the nurse gave me some oral pain meds right away and it eased up a lot after about 20 minutes. I ate my toast and drank some 7up, then she asked me if I wanted to use the bathroom. I walked over to the bathroom and couldn't go. When I went back to the room, she said that I had to pee before I could go home and if I couldn't do it on my own I would have to have a cathiter, needless to say, I said to take me back to the restroom and turn on the water. That was all it took. I got to go home. The ride home was fine, my sister-in-law had brought me a huge teddy bear and that really helped to rest my arms on. After I got home, I was still pretty numb and just rested, ate supper and then went to bed. I only had to take my pain meds for the first day after surgery, then went to just extra strength tylenol after that except at night, I took my pain meds so I could get some good sleep at night. My husband stayed with me the first couple of days, then had to run to town on the third day, so I stayed home for an hour and a half. While I was home, my little dog decided that since dad was not home to keep her off of me, she would enjoy the time with me and jumped from the floor, up over the ottoman, up over my knees which were bent up and landed right on my chest.........OMG...........talk about pain. My husband called right at that time to hear me crying, I told him what happend and he came right home. I ended up taking more of the pain meds and everything else seemed to be alright.
My first post-op appointment was in 1 week after having surgery, I was not supposed to shower that whole time..........yuck...........on Sunday, Kyndra helped me wash my hair and Cliff helped me get in the shower and wash up my bottom half with the hand held shower head. I felt so much better. I then did the same thing on Wednesday before my appointment. The appointment went good, they unwrapped my arms and took out all the staples from them which was painful. Cliff had to hold up my arms as they pulled them out, there was about 30 staples in each arm, the only part of my arms that were numb was close to my elbows, the arm pits were the worse!!!, they got done with that and then changed all the tapes on my breasts and arms and I was good to go for another week. When they were changing the tapes the nurse commented on a blood blister I had under my right breast, I didn't think anything about it since it had been covered with gauze, when I got home, Kyndra wanted to see my new boobs, so I opened my bra and she about freeked out, she said Mom, you are bleeding really bad, I looked down and seen all the blood on my bra and went to have Cliff look at it, he said the bra has scrapped all the skin off the blister which was 3 inches long and 2 inches wide. We got it cleaned up and put some neosporine on it and put more gauze on it.
Each week going back was the same thing, doctor undid the tapes, checked thing over and the nurse came in and taped me back up. I started developing a rash under my breasts, doctor said it was normal from the paper tape they used. On Sunday after the 3rd post op visit, I went in to take a shower and as I washed under my right breast, I had a horrible pain, I finished showering and looked under my breast and there was a hole about the size of a pencil eraser. I had Cliff look at it and he said, yes it is a hole, need to get that taken care of. I called the doctor's office on Monday to get an appointment to get the hole checked and went in on Tuesday. The doctor and nurse came in and the doctor started digging in it with tweezers and scisors and started cutting out stitches. He said it was normal for this to happen in this area since there are so many stiches in there all fighting for room and they were trying to push each other out. After what felt like 10 minutes of digging and cutting, he got the ones out that were causing the problems and said it will take a long time for the hole to close on its own. It was a horrible thing to go through and the pain was the worse from all the digging. I asked about the rash which is now extended from around my ribs on each side, down my ribs and up and over my breasts. It itched like no other, they just said to put cortaid on it and sent me home. After 2 night of no sleep, I started washing the area with liquid dial soad 3x a day, putting a prescription anti-itch ointment that my friend had given me on it and taking benedryl (50mg) at night and finally got some relief. The rash is now pretty much cleared up and the hole is closing nicely. I keep neosporin on a gauze and use my bra to hold it in place so I don't have to put any more tape on me. I have no clue what is going to be like when I have my lower body lift and thigh lift done when they tape me for that. I might have to ask that they use something else.
I will get pictures posted of my surgery as soon as I can figure it out.
That is about it for now and will try and update more later.
Be the first to leave a comment.I went to Dr Carver for my plastics. I feel like he really knows what he is doing, very experienced but has no personality. I was scheduled for surgery at 11:00am on the 28th and was supposed to check in at 9:00am. I was just getting ready to take a show when they called and said to come in right away (around 8:00) because they can get me in early. I took a fast shower and we left getting there about 8:20. The people there were very nice and things went very quick, they started my IV, the anestisiologist came in and chatted with me, he was such a friendly person, made me feel really comfortable and was very caring, the doctor came in and marked me then they walked me to the operating room, there they had me lay down, started putting the air compression things on my legs and I was told to just close my eyes so the meds they were giving me didn't make me too dizzy, next thing I know I was being asked if I wanted some toast and 7up and was sitting in a recliner fully dressed. That was a wierd feeling, they told me that they just had to say my name once and I had my eyes open and was all smiles. I don't remember any of it. I know my arms felt really tight and the left one hurt alot. I couldn't feel my chest at all, there was not pain or anything which was great since my left arm was feeling terrible, the nurse gave me some oral pain meds right away and it eased up a lot after about 20 minutes. I ate my toast and drank some 7up, then she asked me if I wanted to use the bathroom. I walked over to the bathroom and couldn't go. When I went back to the room, she said that I had to pee before I could go home and if I couldn't do it on my own I would have to have a cathiter, needless to say, I said to take me back to the restroom and turn on the water. That was all it took. I got to go home. The ride home was fine, my sister-in-law had brought me a huge teddy bear and that really helped to rest my arms on. After I got home, I was still pretty numb and just rested, ate supper and then went to bed. I only had to take my pain meds for the first day after surgery, then went to just extra strength tylenol after that except at night, I took my pain meds so I could get some good sleep at night. My husband stayed with me the first couple of days, then had to run to town on the third day, so I stayed home for an hour and a half. While I was home, my little dog decided that since dad was not home to keep her off of me, she would enjoy the time with me and jumped from the floor, up over the ottoman, up over my knees which were bent up and landed right on my chest.........OMG...........talk about pain. My husband called right at that time to hear me crying, I told him what happend and he came right home. I ended up taking more of the pain meds and everything else seemed to be alright.
My first post-op appointment was in 1 week after having surgery, I was not supposed to shower that whole time..........yuck...........on Sunday, Kyndra helped me wash my hair and Cliff helped me get in the shower and wash up my bottom half with the hand held shower head. I felt so much better. I then did the same thing on Wednesday before my appointment. The appointment went good, they unwrapped my arms and took out all the staples from them which was painful. Cliff had to hold up my arms as they pulled them out, there was about 30 staples in each arm, the only part of my arms that were numb was close to my elbows, the arm pits were the worse!!!, they got done with that and then changed all the tapes on my breasts and arms and I was good to go for another week. When they were changing the tapes the nurse commented on a blood blister I had under my right breast, I didn't think anything about it since it had been covered with gauze, when I got home, Kyndra wanted to see my new boobs, so I opened my bra and she about freeked out, she said Mom, you are bleeding really bad, I looked down and seen all the blood on my bra and went to have Cliff look at it, he said the bra has scrapped all the skin off the blister which was 3 inches long and 2 inches wide. We got it cleaned up and put some neosporine on it and put more gauze on it.
Each week going back was the same thing, doctor undid the tapes, checked thing over and the nurse came in and taped me back up. I started developing a rash under my breasts, doctor said it was normal from the paper tape they used. On Sunday after the 3rd post op visit, I went in to take a shower and as I washed under my right breast, I had a horrible pain, I finished showering and looked under my breast and there was a hole about the size of a pencil eraser. I had Cliff look at it and he said, yes it is a hole, need to get that taken care of. I called the doctor's office on Monday to get an appointment to get the hole checked and went in on Tuesday. The doctor and nurse came in and the doctor started digging in it with tweezers and scisors and started cutting out stitches. He said it was normal for this to happen in this area since there are so many stiches in there all fighting for room and they were trying to push each other out. After what felt like 10 minutes of digging and cutting, he got the ones out that were causing the problems and said it will take a long time for the hole to close on its own. It was a horrible thing to go through and the pain was the worse from all the digging. I asked about the rash which is now extended from around my ribs on each side, down my ribs and up and over my breasts. It itched like no other, they just said to put cortaid on it and sent me home. After 2 night of no sleep, I started washing the area with liquid dial soad 3x a day, putting a prescription anti-itch ointment that my friend had given me on it and taking benedryl (50mg) at night and finally got some relief. The rash is now pretty much cleared up and the hole is closing nicely. I keep neosporin on a gauze and use my bra to hold it in place so I don't have to put any more tape on me. I have no clue what is going to be like when I have my lower body lift and thigh lift done when they tape me for that. I might have to ask that they use something else.
I will get pictures posted of my surgery as soon as I can figure it out.
That is about it for now and will try and update more later.
