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Finally! -Round Rock, TX

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30 days post

If there was ever a reason for depression...

COglesJuly 14, 2013
$5,000
So I have an appt on Monday to get debrided. No problem. HOWEVER Friday night the lower half of my vertical incision split. Not too bad, just decided to take it easy until I saw PS. Saturday night rolls around, changing out gauze and there's a HUGE hole in my breast now! Several layers of tissue exposed, and all ER days is to do wet to dry gauze and have my PS deal with it. Ugh I just want to be able to play withy son without my breast ripping open!

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Mahlon Kerr, MD, FACS

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natalierw
July 14, 2013
Hang in there .! Try to keep your arms by your side as much as possible and keep those girls covered with the bacitracin and gauze changing a couple times a day wear that cotton sports bra and try to focus on your son like reading books watching movies whatever it takes to give your mind a break ... I learned to do that and it got easier for the healing time to pass .. This recovery is not easy for everyone ! But you will get to your end result .! I hate to hear you upset and I don't blame you so you should give. Call to your ps and get in to see him sooner and get your peace of mind . Good luck xoxoxo
Andie2013
July 14, 2013
I'm sorry you're going thru this. I had to do the dressing too. It is still healing but much better. Just make sure your PS explains options for you. Mine did something similar to a wet/dry dressing but I felt like it was taking forever.He never really offered any other option. I then went to a wound center. They recommened a wound vac which I could have done but with working it would have been pretty public with what was going on. They gave me puracol, a sheet of collagen, that goes over area. It turns almost like a gel and typically you change every 3 days. The only thing is the moist environment is an idea environment for healing but also bacteria Mine seemed to respond more quicky BUT... I ended up with staph. Im doing ok now still healing. There are pics on my profile if you want to see. Ill update later today as well. Thoughts and prayers for you!
Navywife10
July 28, 2013
Hey I'm going through the same thing at the moment and it is extremely depressing. As you can see in my pics it's horrible and is actually better than it was. My ps sees me twice a week and I use silver sulfadiazine cream 2times a day and keep it covered with gauze. Although mine looks like raw burnt skin I am seeing improvement. If you are not using the cream already I would ask your ps about it because using it because it helps keep infection out. Hope things are looking up for you. And feel free to contact me. I've been looking everywhere with someone going through the same thing.
COgles
July 29, 2013
I got restitched on Thursday so I get to go through all that swollen and soreness again. And I'm on the cream, but be careful bc even when I was putting it on 3 x a day I still got an infection, which is why I split in the first place. So happy you're seeing improvement through, keep me posted! We'll heal eventually, guess we just need to have patience and take it easy! I know that's the hardest part.
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22 days post

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COglesJuly 5, 2013
Besides the horrible look, my left side under the incisions feels bruised and when I stretch my arm up, these tendons? pop up and that's what feels bruised when I put pressure on it or stretch.

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tamjoy
July 6, 2013
Do you have an appt to see your PS? It sounds like maybe some scar tissue that you are feeling popping up? I'd definitely try and go see him...
Andie2013
July 7, 2013
Ive had challenges as well so I know how disheartening it can be. Hang in there!
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Barbi13
July 9, 2013
Do not do anything that will make you sore. The best thing you can do is eat healthy, get rest and change your bandages whenever they feel congested. These summer months are hard, so use cotton bras. I have one boob that healing slower than the other and has not completely healed yet. Everyone's story here is different. I'm sure you will be doing better soon hun!!
COgles
July 10, 2013
Thank you so much, I'll definitely go look for some lighter weight bras. They'll probably be way more comfortable then these sports bras.
Excited4Sure
July 10, 2013
I have some necrosis, too. This is so emotionally taxing! Wish I could just take a vacation from worrying about my recovery for a few days. Hang in there!
COgles
July 10, 2013
Oh no, I'm sorry! Hopefully yours is minor too. At least it's not completely dead, right? I just keep telling myself that eventually it'll get better. Like you said, we just gotta hang in there!
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22 days post

Disheartening

COglesJuly 5, 2013
3 weeks post op and it looks....terrible. Went to ER last bc it looked like part of my skin had just fallen off and the scab on my nipple greatly expanded to cover what was healthy nipple. Prescribed me an antibiotic, recommended I try to see my PS if possible.
It's hard seeing how others who had surgery around the time I did and my healing rate isn't even close. Was told that I have marginally necrosis and its going take months before the healthy skin under the dead can make its way up.
It's becoming a bit more difficult to be optimistic during this.

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