Breast Augmentation, Sientra, Silicone, 385cc & 415cc

My surgery was scheduled for 1015 with an arrival of 0845. Due to COVID, my husband wasn’t allowed which caused my situational
anxiety to increase. I showered the night prior, changed my sheets, showered the day of and did not apply a single moisturizer as I followed all of the pre-op instructions. No deodorant! Eeek!

The staff’s energy and the kindness they poured had exceeded my expectation. The front desk lady that checked me in talked me through everything, taking her time.

My nurse was thorough, kind and even found out that she was my professor many moons ago. Having her there made my tears stopped, my fears de-escalated, tremendously.

Dr. Nathan Leigh then came, went over the procedure, marked me up and so far my only regret is that I should have listened to him! He suggested 470cc and that number shocked me and said I’ll stick to the original plan which was 385cc and 415cc. I didn’t want boob greed, especially coming from a 34A. He was attentive to my wants so we stuck to the original plan. He held my hand, very personable and he just seemed relaxed - different from the initial consult. I haven’t had a post op visit lol yet but so far, I highly recommended Dr. Nathan Leigh and listen to him because I didn’t ;(

The Nurse Anesthetist followed and was again, kind and informative. As I was sent to the OR, it was intimidating but they removed my glasses which helped because my vision is poor, otherwise, and couldn’t see how nervous I should be! I focused on staying under that warm blankets! I made the sign of the cross, laid down, she asked me what kind of my patients are my favorite and next thing I know, I was waking up with an Ace bandage across my chest.

The nurse dressed me and fed me juice, crackers and water which I devoured. The front desk lady even came to my room to check in on me as I was crying and filled with many questions when we first met. Questions such as; am I really this vain, selfish, is this the right decision, what if I get capsular contracture, BII and so forth…

Anyway, I was wheeled to my husband and the ride home was uneventful (thank goodness). He said I was in and out of sleep.

The pain.
I was home by 1:30pm, stayed in bed, again in and out of sleep but I was able to eat dinner with the family (we had dinner in my room) and the pain was tolerable to the point that I asked my husband to give me my pain meds every 5 hours instead of 4. But
Learn from me and take when they’re due. I promise, the pain came shooting up and I am currently going back to every 4 hours of meds.

I still can’t roll off the bed independently. My husband helps me out of bed and I can do the rest. It’s hard wiping my back but it’s manageable, the process is just really slow.

My pain is muscular tenderness to my chest and bilateral arms. I hope this gets better tomorrow.

Dr Leigh called me last night to checkup on me. The nurse called this morning to also check my progress and indicated that I can shower tomorrow before my post op appointment. Elkkkk! I’m scared to remove the bandage but I’ll cross that bridge tomorrow.