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Breast Reduction Gone Awry and I Am Ready to Give Up
Phantom Nipple Pain?
September of 2016. I seem to be having "phantom nipple pain." Has anyone
else ever experienced this?
I have an abscess that is now about 4 cm deep, which I have been treating twice daily with Santyl and packing. I've been doing this process for about 6 weeks.
In
the past week I've been having what I call "phantom nipple pain." It's
like a sexual nipple feeling, but it is so strong that it's actually
painful. Not a terrible pain... it reminds me of sour candy that makes
me squinch my face up.
Has anybody ever had anything like this?
Found a new doc
I really liked the new doc! He gave me a lot of choices - choices for wound care, choices for surgery. He explained everything really clearly. He took his time. He had read my chart notes and we discussed them, he had lots of questions and made room for any of mine. And he was nice. So I
plan to move forward with him.
He said I could go the patient route and do wound care for about 2 more months, or I could decide I am done with this and have him surgically remove the fat necrosis and close up the wound. He explained each choice thoroughly. He gave me some choices for wound care that would make things heal faster, or have fewer dressing changes. I really like having choices.
If he does the surgery now, he might have to take a lot out and I'll be uneven. Then I'll probably want reconstruction later. Maybe even an implant. Can you imagine, getting an implant after wanting smaller breasts for your entire adult life? I sure as heck can't.
So for now I'll do wound care with an enzyme cream that should help the necrotic fat slough off faster, two dressing changes a day.
I am grateful for a new doctor who seems to be much more attentive and helpful in dealing with my complications.
Provider Review
I don't know what to say. He was my doctor for my complications and for that I give him five stars. But for my surgery he really messed up. I feel like instead of fixing my problems, he took away my opportunity to have them fixed. He forgot what we discussed and did not do what we agreed upon. At our last appointment he was dismissive. It was unfortunate, he was rushed but that was in part because I had been late for my appointment - I had been stuck at a train crossing one minute from their office for a half hour. I had good experiences with this doctor for a year but he really blew it with my surgery and at our last appointment. Also, his office policies are a nightmare for a working person like myself. Every appointment rescheduled for him to do surgery I could understand, but then they made a mistake with my billing and cancelled my appointment at the last minute when I'd been waiting literally for months..... my three month checkup took me five months to get to, basically because they would not let me in!! His office is a hot mess don't get me started.