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Long time no Update
Hello ladies.
Back again after almost a month. It's been a long month.
Started doing HBO, and am expecting about 40 treatments. It's $398/treatment. I will end up with a little over $15,000 in debt after this process. It's a bummer, but I'm still saying it was worth it. And it's refining me in ways I didn't even know existed.
So. Went in for an ultrasound of the boob to look for pockets of infection. They saw nothing on the ultrasound. I was convinced that was a good sign. But it was still SMELLY, and I mean SMELLY. I would practically throw up after changing my bandage. I decided to consult a general surgeon to see if they thought I needed a surgical debridement. I met with him two days after the ultrasound. He immediately said he was feeling hardness that could be scar tissue but most likely was infected breast tissue. They would need to go in, widen the incision and clean out whatever necrosis and infected tissue there was. It was pretty good news in my opinion.
On the 21st, I went in for surgery and they cleaned out a LARGE infected abscess with almost a cup of puss inside. It was rancid, according to the surgeon. They cleaned out thoroughly and it was hiding closer to my chest cavity. It was a miracle they went in for surgery and I pushed that something wasn't right. It could have burst and leaked into my chest cavity and stopped my heart. It was all a little much to take in. Overall, pretty painless and they obviously gave me some pretty sweet meds.
I am now packing daily and taking a STRONG antibiotic that makes me so nauseous. It must be working though because my boob is less tender and has NO SMELL! YES! It's the little things ;) I'm still doing M-F Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments. They are waiting to see if the infection clears out to put on the wound vac.
They got my results from the lab back a couple days after surgery and it was a Staph and Strep infection.....
All in all, I'm holding up. Keep the faith ladies. You are worth more than your boobs and any complication modern technology throws your way
Back again after almost a month. It's been a long month.
Started doing HBO, and am expecting about 40 treatments. It's $398/treatment. I will end up with a little over $15,000 in debt after this process. It's a bummer, but I'm still saying it was worth it. And it's refining me in ways I didn't even know existed.
So. Went in for an ultrasound of the boob to look for pockets of infection. They saw nothing on the ultrasound. I was convinced that was a good sign. But it was still SMELLY, and I mean SMELLY. I would practically throw up after changing my bandage. I decided to consult a general surgeon to see if they thought I needed a surgical debridement. I met with him two days after the ultrasound. He immediately said he was feeling hardness that could be scar tissue but most likely was infected breast tissue. They would need to go in, widen the incision and clean out whatever necrosis and infected tissue there was. It was pretty good news in my opinion.
On the 21st, I went in for surgery and they cleaned out a LARGE infected abscess with almost a cup of puss inside. It was rancid, according to the surgeon. They cleaned out thoroughly and it was hiding closer to my chest cavity. It was a miracle they went in for surgery and I pushed that something wasn't right. It could have burst and leaked into my chest cavity and stopped my heart. It was all a little much to take in. Overall, pretty painless and they obviously gave me some pretty sweet meds.
I am now packing daily and taking a STRONG antibiotic that makes me so nauseous. It must be working though because my boob is less tender and has NO SMELL! YES! It's the little things ;) I'm still doing M-F Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments. They are waiting to see if the infection clears out to put on the wound vac.
They got my results from the lab back a couple days after surgery and it was a Staph and Strep infection.....
All in all, I'm holding up. Keep the faith ladies. You are worth more than your boobs and any complication modern technology throws your way
HBO and Wound Care update
Ladies. Long week. Woof.
So I am officially 2/30 dives into Hyperbarics. It's been a piece of cake. Just lay there for 2 hours and watch TV. Get out, go home. Hardest part is no lotions, no hairspray, or hair products. Sad day.
Overall, in the last week. There has been little to no improvement on the hole. The underneath pink park of the areola is healing phenomenally. It's starting to scar over. And for most people that would freak them out or they would start looking at Scar revision or reconstruction. For me, scars are great. They mean you've been through something hard. You've fought off adversity and won. So I'm going to keep it. It might not be pretty to look at, but I am. So, it's not a big deal.
The wound is about 2 inches deep and slowly getting deeper each week. There is still yellows drainage and the boob is tender. They are thinking there could be an abscess that's filling and draining.They told me this week there is a chance they will have to put me under to clean out ALL the necrotic tissue. They are looking for beefy red tissue, and they haven't hit it yet. It may be a while yet.... hoping if I need to have another quick surgery, it can happen around Christmas when my family is here.
Wound Regimen (currently)
1. Cleanse with saline
2. Cleanse with Vashe (hospital pharmacy) leave on 2 minutes
3. Pack wound with Mesalt ribbon
4. Apply Santyl to bottom half of areola tissue
5. Cover with gauze
6. Paper tape around the gauze
Change every 12 hours.
Hyperbarics everyday M-F two hours in the tube for 6 weeks. So 30 dives total.
More updates when I have em.
We are warriors. Front lines of healing.
So I am officially 2/30 dives into Hyperbarics. It's been a piece of cake. Just lay there for 2 hours and watch TV. Get out, go home. Hardest part is no lotions, no hairspray, or hair products. Sad day.
Overall, in the last week. There has been little to no improvement on the hole. The underneath pink park of the areola is healing phenomenally. It's starting to scar over. And for most people that would freak them out or they would start looking at Scar revision or reconstruction. For me, scars are great. They mean you've been through something hard. You've fought off adversity and won. So I'm going to keep it. It might not be pretty to look at, but I am. So, it's not a big deal.
The wound is about 2 inches deep and slowly getting deeper each week. There is still yellows drainage and the boob is tender. They are thinking there could be an abscess that's filling and draining.They told me this week there is a chance they will have to put me under to clean out ALL the necrotic tissue. They are looking for beefy red tissue, and they haven't hit it yet. It may be a while yet.... hoping if I need to have another quick surgery, it can happen around Christmas when my family is here.
Wound Regimen (currently)
1. Cleanse with saline
2. Cleanse with Vashe (hospital pharmacy) leave on 2 minutes
3. Pack wound with Mesalt ribbon
4. Apply Santyl to bottom half of areola tissue
5. Cover with gauze
6. Paper tape around the gauze
Change every 12 hours.
Hyperbarics everyday M-F two hours in the tube for 6 weeks. So 30 dives total.
More updates when I have em.
We are warriors. Front lines of healing.
Forgot to add
They put me on another round of antibiotics because of the fluid that was coming out of the wound. It was ice tea colored but thicker than water. So better safe than sorry. Another 7 days on the doxycycline.
Provider Review
Loved Dr. Krummen for my consultation. She was no nonsense, 100% informed about complications, risk, emotional stress and trauma. As well as all he positives. I was ready to pay out of pocket for this procedure in fear it was going to be such a long complicated process with my insurance company and she urged me to submit and see what happened. 6 days later, my insurance company (CIGNA) approved 100% coverage of this procedure. At this point, I'm really pleased with my decision with my surgeon.