After seeing 3 surgeons I have to say that Dr. Fowler took the most time with me, and was extremely calming during such a stressful time. Also, his coordinator Courtney is incredible! If you are searching for a surgeon definitely add him to your list of consults before making a decision….5 stars for taking your time and explaining everything and providing me with many options! Wonderful practice and staff!
I absolutely love this Dr. He cares about his patients and treats us with respect, he does a really good job. always puts his patients first. He always made me feel like I was good only patient as I'm sure he makes all feel the same.
I found out I had breast cancer in September, 2016. I have a strong family history and wasn't really surprised when I got it but was nonetheless, scared of what was to come. The doctors in Knoxville have all been wonderful but when it comes to having a bi-lateral mastectomy and all the anxiety & fear that comes along with that, it can be overwhelming. In my opinion, because of the idea of losing what sometimes identifies us as women, the plastic surgeon for reconstruction is probably the most important person in the entire process. I feel blessed to have been referred to Dr. Fowler. Not only has his work been amazing but he and his staff have been so sweet, understanding and patient. I'm a very impatient person and Dr. Fowler and his staff have done their best to accommodate my wishes when it comes to getting all this done as soon as possible. The results have been all I could ever ask for. Thank God there are special people like this group available to help people through these traumatic life experiences. Thank you all for everything! I will always be grateful. Sue K.
Eight years ago I had 9 hours of throat surgery for cancer which caused me to have terrible neck pain. My orthopedic and family doctor recommended a reduction 2 years ago to help my neck and back pain. I thought about it a lot but I was too scared to go through with it. This year the pain in my neck had become horrible so I went for a consultation. I had the surgery on October 30, 2015. I was a 42 H and I'm now probably a B or C cup. Seven weeks out and I'm healing great everywhere except one place at the bottom of right breast. Other than that spot, the scars are barely noticeable. I woke up from surgery with NO neck, shoulder, or back pain. What a relief this has been! It is the best thing I've ever done for myself and I wished I had done it years earlier. If anyone out there needs this surgery, please don't wait. The results will change your life for the better.
I had my procedure done by Dr. Daniel Fowler at Gallaher plastic surgery in Knoxville, TN. Everything was great and Fowler did an amazing job. He spent 5 hours in he OR with me and I have had no pain (ibuprofen level) since the day of the procedure. No drains, stitches that need to be removed, nothin! Even though I'm a rainbow of colors now I already love my new boobs! I highly recommend him!
Horrible bedside manner and I am not a picky person at all. He did not smile once in the 5 minutes he spent with me after I waited 2 hours for him to enter the exam room for my Consultation. Needless to say, first impression will cost him my business and I am telling as many people in the community as possible to avoid him at Gallaher Plastic Surgery!
So I have finally made the decision to get a breast reduction! Not sure why I did not consider this sooner! I have been on this site for about a month now. I have had one consultation which was a nightmare! The surgeon told me I needed to be 107 pounds and that he won't do surgery if I am over 137 pounds, I was in tears as I have been working hard to lose weight and that seemed next to impossible to do(i have not weighed that much since I was 12!) I did not let that change my decision though, I called me insurance and they recommended a second opinion, I do have to drive almost 2 hours since he was only surgeon in my area, but I am super excited, as the new place has wonderful reviews. Anyways, I am a size 38 k and I am 5 foot, I spoke to the PS office and they said my BMI needs to be 35 or below, so I have been dieting, working out and taking phentermine. I have lost 16 pounds so far and have 14 to go until my BMI is 35. My consultation is scheduled for January12. I am so nervous! I am almost positive I will be good candidate, I am just worried insurance will not approve me, or take forever to approve me! I want this so bad! I will post pictures of me now, hopefully I will be able to post afters! What questions should I ask during my consultation? Updated on 14 Jan 2016: I can not contain my excitement right now! I had my consultation on Tuesday 1/12/16. I was very pleased with everything, everyone was so friendly and nice and helpful, it was a MUCH more pleasant experience than the first place I went to. I have lost 25 pounds! I was at my goal weight for BMI (my insurance requires BMI of 35 or less) The surgeon estimated about 800 grams of tissue removal from each breast! (1600 total!) They told me insurance approval takes about 3-6 weeks. I drove 1 1/2 hours to get there, and it was well worth the drive. My boyfriend was with me. He was very excited to hear that my surgeon does not use drains(he was prepared to change them) Now he is relieved of that duty lol. I was very nervous about getting approval from my insurance. I am on Blue care (medicaid) and when they send out re-certification paperwork, i will not be approved because of my income. I was worried that I would lose my insurance before i was approved for surgery. But here I am 2 DAYS LATER, I just received the call that I was APPROVED! Surgery is scheduled for feb 4th. I am so excited! My boyfriend was a little bummed because it will possible interfere with our valentines day plans. I am hoping 10 days will be a good amount of time to at least be able to enjoy dinner and a movie. Updated on 24 Jan 2016: I have been counting down the days and it is getting so close! I am so excited about this. My preop appointment is on Tuesday. I can't wait! I get my yearly bonus on Wednesday and I am going to use it to get some things to help in my recovery. My fiance is very supportive about it and he helped me pick out the most comfy recliner for me to sleep in, he even rearranged the room to where he can put it close to his side of the bed so he can kinda snuggle me lol. I love him and I am so glad to have someone to help me through this! I deep cleaned my house today and got all the laundry caught up. Got all the dishes washed and put away(this is rare moment lol) I am wanting to get some paper plates and what nots. I don't like when dishes pile up in sink and will he agreed to wash dishes, I know him well enough to know that he will wait until the sink and counter are full before he picks up a sponge lol. I am so ready for this!!! I don't know why is didn't do this sooner. I will forever thank the girl at Victoria's secret for inspiring me. I was shopping for some pajamas one night and there was a sale on some night shirts. She was helping me find the correct sizes when I expressed my frustration of having to buy xlarge just because of my chest. She then told me all about her BR and listening to her talk about everything just made the gears in my head start turning. Up until that moment I only knew of my granny getting one, I was about 13 years old when she decided to show me her scars and her nipples, seeing that and on my granny scarred me lol. So whenever someone would mention a BR I quickly shot it down and shuddered thinking about my grannies nipples. But now I am ready and now that I have started the process and see what a huge and happy moment this is, I can now understand why my granny was more than eager to show me hers lol. My daughter's both know what I am having done, my youngest thought they would be cutting off my head as well, once I told her about it she told my mom "mommy is getting her boobies cut off! But NOT her head, JUST her boobies!" lol she is just to funny. Now I am ready for Tuesday and then just another 8 days. Updated on 27 Jan 2016: So I had my pre op yesterday. Everything went well, I got my prescriptions for next week. He told me he will get me as small as he can without sacrificing blood supply to my nipples, and he would not estimate a ball park cup size lol but he did say if he is able to remove what he has estimated that we are looking at around 5-6 cup sizes. So I am hoping for a DD. But it will probably be closer to DDD :( We shall see. I found out they supply 1 bra and I can purchase extras for 15 bucks. I am so ready for this!!! He uses dissolvable stiches, anchor incision, no drains. I left my questions at home lol so I forgot everything I was going to ask so he told me to bring it with me to the surgery lol. I have hotel room booked for 2 nights, my surgery is on the 4th and my first follow up is on the 5th then I get to come home. I am super excited!! Updated on 4 Feb 2016: I had my surgery today! 5 hours and 10 minutes. Had a total of 2400 grams removed, 1200 each breast! I am so happy, haven't seen anything yet, I am wrapped up in ace bandage until tommorow. I am so excited! I am in quite a bit of pain. He said it should ease up after getting ace wrap taken off. I am loopy on meds. Will update more later! Updated on 5 Feb 2016: I finally got to see my new babies today. I am so happy. The left one is really swollen on the side. My Ps said they look great. They gave me 3 new bras to wear, they are just sports bras no compression. Still sleepy, about to eat food and go back to sleep. Will update more soon. Updated on 5 Feb 2016: I am so over the moon about this thought I would post more pics before going back to sleep. Is heat or ice better? I am really swollen on left side and the cold pack does not stay cold long. Any suggestions? Updated on 5 Feb 2016: I guess they didn't upload in last post Updated on 5 Feb 2016: So sorry pics are not uploading, I am trying from my computer this time! Updated on 7 Feb 2016: I am falling in love with my new breasts more and more each day! I am still very sore! I am having a hard time resting! My Fiance does everything for me and gets onto me when I try to do something on my own. I hate feeling selfless. I am used to always doing something. Yesterday He took me to the store to go buy some sports bras, the ones provided by plastic surgeon were very uncomfortable, they were 4 dollar sports bras, and the band was super short and was rubbing my incisions. I know it is far to early to go shopping, but I just couldn't deal. I feel SO much better now that I have some better bras to fit. I could not for the life of me find any that were front closure ones. I am not sure on what size I am, but all the bras where size XL. I am guessing around a 36/38 d/dd, but its really hard to tell. Either way I am over the moon! My next appointment is for Wednesday :) I ended up filing for short term disability for my job. Wish me luck! Updated on 8 Feb 2016: I am so sore! Mostly my side's, at the end of insicions. I have been in my recliner and I am looking forward to sleeping in my bed again. I miss being close to my fiance. I haven't changed tape or anything. The tape around my nipples is peeling off. My post op appointment is in Wednesday. I would have thought the pain would have subsided by now. I may be overdoing things since I have a hard time staying still.my fiance keeps getting on to me like a kid. I hate feeling helpless. Updated on 9 Feb 2016: Things are going great so far. A little sore on my left boob, more bruising and swelling on that one. I have found a few different great bras. My favorite is the compression bra from walmart with front zipper. I haven't had any oozing or bleeding so far, my post op appointment is tomorrow. I am concerned that my nipples are too high up. What are you ladies opinions or thoughts? They are still pretty big looking to me, but I know he went as small as he could due to starting size. I was a K before and one of my sports bras says 42 D and one 40 D, I know I wont know what size I will be but I still feel pretty big lol. But small at the same time haha. I love them still so far! Updated on 9 Feb 2016: Today I was in a car accident. Had a fender bender at stop light due to slippery icy roads. I am sooooo sore. I am out of pain meds since yesterday. I am hoping he will give me some more at my appointment in a few hours. I can't sleep it hurts so bad :( luckily no one was injured and it doesn't look like I have any bleeding or anything. But good God it hurts. And on another note I got my ring sized today???? Updated on 14 Feb 2016: So after my second shower the rest of steri strips came off...ok I may have helped a few lol. I put some bacatricin on my incisions. I don't have any leakage of drainage yet. I am absolutely in love with my new boobs. The left one looks worse than the right one and is a bit more sore. Updated on 16 Feb 2016: Went in today. Got stitches trimmed, the rest will dissolve he said. I went and bought arnica cream for bruises. I did some comparason pics today. Pretty crazy picture to look at. Still loving my new girls. Left boob is really sore on side still. Updated on 19 Feb 2016: Ok so my bruising is starting to turn that ugly color lol, using arnica cream ready for them to go away. I have some more pics of course! I hate how the left one looks compared to right one, at the t incision it looks like several cuts vs. 1 clean cut in right breast. Just everything is worse about this one breast. I am worried on healing and results in this on. Makes me wonder if that is the one the assisting surgeon did or something. I really hope it starts to look better soon. I am still pretty sore, I accidently ran into door frame in middle of the night jamming my right side and it hurts so bad. I thought the pain would be easing away by now , but it hasnt. Also, I can't stand when it's cold outside, my nipples get hard and start pulling. Ouch! Anyways I am still super happy with my results so far Updated on 24 Feb 2016: I am now 20 days Post op, I still have swelling and bruising. My left boob still looks bad imo. I know it's not really, it's just in comparison I worry about the difference in them. I am really sore in the mornings when I wake up and my nipples drive me bonkers all day! Other than that things are great I am just waiting for next appointment to clear me for excersice! Updated on 9 Apr 2016: So I haven't been on much. Been enjoying my new pair of boobies lol. I went from a 38 know to a 36ddd. I am so happy I got this done! Everything is healing great. My nipples itch a lot but that is about it. I can sleep on my books without pain. My fiance can play with and squeeze them lol. Safe to say we are both happy.
Thank you for your question. I typically tell my patients to not lift anything (or anyone) over the weight of 10 pounds for about 6 weeks. This is to ensure proper healing post augmentation. The best thing to do is to consult with your Plastic Surgeon and ask he or she when you can resume activities and when you are released to carry your baby around again. Thank you.
