Six Months Post Op!

Post Op Day 1: Everthing went really well yesterday and I have experienced only minimal pain (mostly just feel tight and uncomfortable). I attribute this to staying on my pain meds around the clock (even at night). My PS does not use drains for his specific technique so I do not have to worry about that at all. I did have enough oozing yesterday after the car ride home that I needed to add some more padded gauze around those areas, but he assured me this was normal. I slept in my bed, but just had pillows to keep me inclined and pillows under my arms for support. I slept very well in between medication dosing.

The PS said the only concern during surgery was that he had a more difficult time getting good blood flow back to my nipple/areoloa on the rt side but that he was able to remedy that and he placed a specialized, medicated dressing on that area. I have to go back today for him to look and make sure all is well.

I do have a lot of swelling today (even around my back/ribcage, but nothing that is too worrisome. I have not had any nausea and actually have a great appetite. I am trying to keep it healthy for good healing! So far I have to say that I am very pleased with my pain level and this hurt far less than I thought it would!

I will post post op as I take them!

Went to my follow up with PS. He took the old bandages off and I am so swollen! Thanks to this site, I was already prepared that they would look tight, bruised, swollen and possible uneven. However, my right areola/nipple was purple and flat compared to my left nipple/areola that was normal, pink and raised. He did say it looked better than yesterday (must have been black at that point) and he put some more "special" dressing on it and re-bandaged it. I asked him if he expected it to improve and he said that he thinks it will be okay. It is hard to hear "I think" when it comes to a purple nipple, but I am going to remain optimistic. I will have my next follow up in 1 week. Until then........