Reigning in the Beasts! - Landstuhl, Germany

Hi :-). Will there be anyone to help you for the first 3-4 days ? You will need that . I am almost 8 weeks postop and my Dr here in California insisted that someone be with me . I am sure you're used to being independent being a wife of a soldier:-) . (Please thank your husband for his service and sacrifice ... I'm the proud mom of a son who served in Iraq and Afghanistan) Because you will be taking pain meds you will need help moving around (you might have dizziness or weakness ) As far as sleeping aides ,I took a Valium the night before to rest before surgery . The muscle relaxers are to help your lower back which may start to hurt because for a few weeks you have to sleep in a somewhat reclined position. Which isn't a problem if you are a back sleeper . But if you're not , you might start to have back aches .,I slept like that for 3 weeks . I hope this helps answer a couple of questions . Best of luck with your surgery and I hope all goes well.

Hi I'm going to Dr jost too. Is there anything that concerns you about your treatment? Please rate him as I have surgery with him for a tummy tuck. Thanks! I ve had two c-sections and hope this is the lady surgery ever. Please let me know as I'm a bit nervous. ...

Hello! Going in for my consult on the 15th, I hope it's as easy as yours. I wear an E, I'm also about 5 lbs over weight, but my doctor didn't seem too concerned. So, hopefully I'm approved without much of a problem!

Well...I am very late to this post but I can assure anyone who has surgery with Dr. Jost, that you will LOVE your results as he and his wife are a great, experienced team and I had the best care and absolutely fantastic results from my breast reduction surgery...I show other plastic surgeons in America, my results and they are amazed and want to know his techniques.

I have to disagree with the poster above. I would have spent far less and likely gotten better results with a doctor in Miami or LA. I had to have surgery twice, and several mini-revisions in between. Those were actually more painful than the major surgeries. I had a one-sided breast lift that resulted in the nipple practically crawling out of my top, going from too low to way too high. When that was somewhat corrected (as it's still much higher than it should be), I went from having larger areola (which I loved) to 2 areola of completely different sizes. The last time we spoke I was advised to tattoo it back on. After all that time, money, and pain...tattoo my areola back on. I am a science project. To say that I get angry when I think about it, doesn't fully explain how I feel. I ask myself: there were 2 plastic surgeons in the room at the same time....did they both agree the work looks good? Do they not actually know what good work looks like? I just can't understand how one areola ended up being half the size of the other. Anyway, if you are paying out of pocket, do yourself a favor and see surgeons that appreciate the art along with the science. I have no doubt they are competent doctors. I never thought I'd be seriously injured or contract some crazy infection. But I don't think they have a strong sense of what actually LOOKS good. Maybe it's a regional thing. I can't help but think a doctor in a larger city that deals with women in certain industries would understand that better.