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Day after photos
Day after BR Surgery
My mission for the day after surgery was to wash the surgical bra and change the gauze dressings. The draining diminished. I experimented with placing ice packs across the upper breasts to the armpits. Eh. It altered sensation, but since it was manageable, I didn’t ice again. I started with just one Tylenol early morning, took half doses of Norco (hydrocodone/acetaminophen) at long intervals throughout the day always with food. Total Norco 1.5 for the day.
Dr. Evangelisti applies a yellow gauze impregnated with Vaseline on to the incisions/stitches to remain until the first post-op appointment. In the photo you’ll notice the asymmetrical swelling. I was challenged to take in what I saw in the mirror, trying to assimilate the loss of breast tissue. Since I clearly was swollen, I knew I would eventually be even smaller. I watched my disoriented and fearful thoughts and feelings arise and was able to not water them. I remembered that I anticipated having a reaction. My personal mindfulness and the Naparstek guided affirmations helped me to just be present with what was arising and let go of worrying about the future.
I was grateful for help with the mission of washing the surgical bra and changing dressings. (Hydrogen peroxide helps get blood out.) The process was physically and emotionally tiring.
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Provider Review
Dr. Evangelisti is patient, engaged, kind, and interested in answering numerous specific questions. He has 30 years of experience, performed over 3500 breast reductions and was highly recommended by women I trust. He was open to my friend audio recording our first consultation (which she later transcribed). Dr. Evangelisti and the nurses and anesthesiologist he works with during surgery were wonderful, supporting my idiosynchratic inquiries and requests. Since it is too soon to evaluate and rate aftercare, follow-up, and results, I will comment in updates. I expect them to be 5 stars. I had some minor administrative/human issues, which would not dissuade me from this practice. When I arrived with my friend to my first appointment, they did not have it on their calendar. I would have liked the staff to bend over backwards in response to this inconvenience, but we were sent us home. We scheduled a meeting with PS weeks later. It was a satisfying consultation and staff was warm and on top of things. When I called to see if the mammogram and PCP's recommendation letter had received, after I thought they had been sent, they couldn't find them or my file, not sure which. (My PCP needed to rewrite his notes, but I am not reviewing him.) This process took a little longer with more calls, but not significant. No one, but me, noticed that my insurance approval began 2 days after my scheduled surgery.