I was also told to elevate my arms, but that did not mean to raise them above my head. When I was sitting, I kept them raised horizontally with pillows. In bed. I slept on my back and rested my arms on pillows on either side. I think I did that for about 2 weeks. I returned to work 17 days after my bracioplasty. I felt well enough to return after about 10 days but it was Christmas break and I had another week of vacation left.

I did my due diligence, deposit to save the date & now to get my surgery survival basket together. My surgeon nearly died of laughter when I told him I'd be happy with 34AA's-cofounder of the itty-bitty club?

Pressing question of the moment-I don't have a recliner, but I do have one of those adjustable beds. For the arm lift, how long did you sleep in recliner? I'm trying to visualize sleeping with arms over my head.

Sheesh, my computer was awful-the spelling and sticking of the keys.

Surgeon found, booked, cardiology clearance and now to get my "comfy basket" prepared.

So yesterday I went to see my surgeon after another 2 week post-op. He feels the open wound is beginning to heal nicely. I can see it has gotten a bit small, so I am more hopeful. He said to continue to do what I'm doing, which is to change the dressing with bacitracin 2x daily. I've turned the pain corner of the incisions down the thigh.

We discussed the fixing of the extra skin, and I am much more hopeful with that issue as well. He believed I did not want a scar all the way down my thigh, which is true. But I believed he was doing it another way: pulling everything up. He said that would not have been possible, so he went down as far as he could go with the idea that the scar would not show in shorts or skirts higher than the knee. We are now on the same page, and he is going to go down to the knee to fix it. It is clear that I heal down the thigh very well and you can barely see the scar. He does not have to start anywhere near the groin, where the open wound is, but about 4 inches down, and said that the fix will be maybe 1/2 hour in the operating room, and will not be tight enough to pull at all while still getting my desired effect. He also said that the pain where he will be cutting will be much less painful than where the cutting was before. He said we can do it any time by October and beyond. I am SOOOOO relieved. He will also fix the breast at the same time, which is not staying put but moving to the side. He said that will be easy as well. So my stress level is way down, knowing that I'm not really going through all of this again. And I don't need my wallet.

Thank you everyone *****plied to my initial posting about this. It was much appreciated!!!!

Marla

Thank you. I will see what I can do about that. Surgery has been delayed a few weeks, so I have some time. My feet are huge. Even after surgery, I wear a size 15 5 E boot.