Excited and Scared - Belleville, IL

I'm 29 years old. Size 10 US. I am 5'5" and I fluctuate between 160 and 170 lbs. Last time I was measured I was a 28G or H. My waist size probably isn't as small anymore.

I get tension headaches, neck and shoulder pain, lower back knots up. I haven't run since I was about 16 because I can't do it comfortably. Dress and bathing suit shopping is nearly impossible for me and it almost always nearly ends in tears.

Scheduled BR for January 26th with Dr. Vidya Shankaran. She was very sweet and reassuring. She's going to use the anchor method. I'm so scared and excited. Is anyone post op from her that can give me feedback about the results?

So my surgery is tomorrow morning. I took my first shower with the special stuff from the hospital. My hand is super red and dry from it.

Just read an experience one poor woman had last fall with hematoma and skin infections. I'm feeling really anxious now. Doesn't help that I've had no responses on here yet. I'm one of those people that the worst usually happens too.

Someone please respond and tell me how you handled sleeping if, like me, you prefer to sleep on your side.

Yesterday was interesting. The staff that prepped me and worked for doctor Shankaran were amazing. I was scared and they gave me a Xanax and joked with me to make me feel comfortable. My husband was super supportive. The IV in my hand hurt. The staff was extremely attentive and knew that the cocktail stuff would have me out of it. So they would help me in and out of bed when I had to pee and stuff.
I remember being rolled away into the operating room and all the bright lights and machines and I remember them scooting me onto the table and putting my arms out. Then a mask over my face and nothing after that.

Woke up feeling really disoriented. I couldn't remember why I was there. Thought I had passed out on my trainees at work lol. I was going in and out of sleep and I remember just really wanting my husband or someone to hold my hand. One of the RNs outside the surgery room was named Tom and I remember making a Tom-tom joke. I vaguely remember being rolled into my hospital room and them bringing in my husband.

After that my staff must have switched out because they sucked. I still kept going in and out of sleep and my breasts and throat were hurting. Plus I hadn't peed yet and one of the nurses kept pressuring me to go home. To the point where I actually got irritated with her even in my doped up condition. When I finally did have to go pee, they helped me up and had my husband take me then unceremoniously dumped me back on the bed without fixing my blankets or pillows around me. I had to ask for medicine for the pain in my chest before this and the one pushy nurse said that I would have to stay longer if i took one. I understand that a lot of people are probably eager to go home. But I made it clear that I didn't want to leave until I was comfortable.

Surgery was at 9:00 a.m. and they finished around 1:00 p.m. It didn't take them as long as they thought and they said it went really well. We left the hospital around 5:00 p.m. I was fairly sore. But after laying down for a bit and getting food, the most pain I felt was in my throat for my throat from the breathing tube. I am taking ibuprofen regularly and I took more Vicodin last night. But I'm holding off this morning until I feel pain. Right now my breasts only hurt a little when I get up.