I have had a breast reduction and I did great with the anethesia but for some reason I'm scared, now like my anxiety level is high!!! I am 26 no significant medical history, one child birth, I am an APRN, so I know a lot of medical Information, it's just now I'm nervous like I will not wake up. Is this a normal feeling, with my breast surgery I felt like this but not as much. I've researched my plastic surgeon she is board certified and I love her, I just want to shake this nervousness
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December 23, 2018
Answer: My tummy tuck is tomorrow, is it normal to have so much anxiety and fear?
All open wounds are infected. The infection and organism is not important unless it becomes invasive causing cellulitis and abscesses. The serratia may have colonized the wound but is not likely the entire cause of the wound not healing. In this area blood supply is a real...
It is normal to be reluctant to have another procedure so soon after having had a tummy tuck and liposuction. However, 3 1/2 months is a long time to still be battling with complications. Ask your plastic surgeon specifically why he/she thinks surgery is the best approach and what...
When a patient has an infection, a plastic surgeon will often:Take a culture of the wound.Put the patient on a course of antibiotics for a sufficiently long period of time to control the infection. The number of days varies by antibiotic and by infection.Have the patient do dressing changes of...