new to surgery

Congrats on what will become beautiful new boobies over the next few weeks. Tell your mom your color will come back in a couple more days. I had the same pale sickly look too.

I also had anesthesia nausea. That was the first two words I said to my nurse as I was waking up. Sick and pain. My brain was fuzzy as i woke up and i couldnt think of anything else to say. My incisions were lollipop and the first few minutes felt like lit cigarettes on my skin until she gave me my pain meds in my IV and my nausea meds. My nurse anesthetist came by and had to hold a vomit bag for me but othing ever came up just dry heaves. After a little while she had me to take oral meds and some sprite, but getting up and to the bathroom the first time brought time nausea back. Move slowly. Take several pillows to put under your arms for the ride home and it will be more comfy. I lived a little over an hour away from my surgery center and was already feeling awake by the time we got home. For the first few days love your meds and sleep a lot if possible.

Make your surgery recovery easier by gettingnyourmhouse as clean as possible, do all your laundry, have frozen meals that are easy for the first couple days. Get ice packs or frozen peas to help with swelling and pain. Lots of pillows are helpful for sleeping. I needed to prop up on them and used one under each arm the first couple days. Buy a stool softener over the counter like docusate sodium and take one with each pain pill. You do not want to be constipated after using narcotics. Drink plenty of water and avoid trying to recover too fast. Take it slow,and let your body heal. Have non adherent dressings to put on your incisions and supportive bras if your PS doesn't give you more than one as part of your package. Non scented lotion to rub on skin to make stretching less itchy. It gets bad after a couple days.

I had a Wednesday surgery and took pain meds every six hours until Saturday. Night time is when you need them the most to sleep comfortably because it is so hard to sleep sitting up and get used to the pressure. Mine was not too bad on pain because I went over muscle, but the incisions and your nipples will be sore to any pressure. Size is also a factor. My implants are 500cc but smaller will cause less pain. My prescription was for 1-2 pain pills at a time and I only used one every six hours. Good recovery considering the extent of surgery with a lift. If you are going under the muscle since you chose saline, muscle relaxers should be a part of your prescription package. The one they use at my surgeons office is Soma. Good luck.

Your breasts are so similar to mine in shape and size. I had a lift and silicone implants over the muscle. I am so glad I did the lift. I am heavier than you and went with 500cc over the muscle. I wish I was a little larger, but they stand up great. Changes the way I look and feel.