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15 days post op - with picture!
Despite the minor irritation of the seroma (which despite drainage, still remains in part), I'm very happy with the progress of my surgery to date.
As I mentioned yesterday, Mr Vesely advised me to leave the dressings of the main wound now, and to just moisturise it after showering. As with all the other instructions given to me, I'm following this to the letter.
I thought at this point, it might be worth showing you a photo of the wound, so it's attached.
Whilst it'd be difficult to be 'happy' with any wound (it's an injury, right?) I'm very happy with the way mine looks. There's no sign of keloid scarring (which was a concern as I'm diabetic), and everything looks tidy and neat. Obviously a little scary and frankenstein-esque, but I've never seen an abdominoplasty scar that doesn't! :)
I showered as normal this morning, and it was lovely to be able to have a little itch, and rub all of the areas I couldn't get to before. :)
It's quite unnerving that I have such a large area of my skin surface that is more or less devoid of any sensation. Despite this being normal for the procedure, having only a 'one way' touch sensation (feeling it with your finger, but not your torso skin), is pretty weird to say the least. As I understand it, it can take quite a while for this sensation to return, so if you're about to undergo the same surgery, be aware of that.
Other than that, not much else to report. I'm getting a bit sick of wearing the binder round my waist, despite having to wear it for another month at least, but I guess these are the things you commit to when you undertake such a procedure.
Service from Mr Vesely as good as ever - seriously, if you're in the UK (and within reasonable travelling distance - you NEED to be able to get to your surgeon!), you could do a lot worse than Mr Vesely for your surgery - he's been absolutely faultless.
Until next time, plastic surgery fans! :)
As I mentioned yesterday, Mr Vesely advised me to leave the dressings of the main wound now, and to just moisturise it after showering. As with all the other instructions given to me, I'm following this to the letter.
I thought at this point, it might be worth showing you a photo of the wound, so it's attached.
Whilst it'd be difficult to be 'happy' with any wound (it's an injury, right?) I'm very happy with the way mine looks. There's no sign of keloid scarring (which was a concern as I'm diabetic), and everything looks tidy and neat. Obviously a little scary and frankenstein-esque, but I've never seen an abdominoplasty scar that doesn't! :)
I showered as normal this morning, and it was lovely to be able to have a little itch, and rub all of the areas I couldn't get to before. :)
It's quite unnerving that I have such a large area of my skin surface that is more or less devoid of any sensation. Despite this being normal for the procedure, having only a 'one way' touch sensation (feeling it with your finger, but not your torso skin), is pretty weird to say the least. As I understand it, it can take quite a while for this sensation to return, so if you're about to undergo the same surgery, be aware of that.
Other than that, not much else to report. I'm getting a bit sick of wearing the binder round my waist, despite having to wear it for another month at least, but I guess these are the things you commit to when you undertake such a procedure.
Service from Mr Vesely as good as ever - seriously, if you're in the UK (and within reasonable travelling distance - you NEED to be able to get to your surgeon!), you could do a lot worse than Mr Vesely for your surgery - he's been absolutely faultless.
Until next time, plastic surgery fans! :)
I feel... *drained* :-P
My checkup with Dr Vesely was at 4.30 this afternoon, and as I expected, due to the size of the seroma, he decided to drain it. Thankfully I'm still fairly numb around my stomach, so there was a little discomfort, but no 'pain' as such. What was startling was the fact that Mr Vesely managed to evacuate over 300ml of bloody fluid from the area it had been collecting.
He was as reassuring and friendly as ever, and other than the minor 'shock' of having to have the fluid drained, everything was fine. :)
So - back to my previous slinky self - and now without dressings on the wound!
The wound itself is healing VERY well, and as such, I now just have to look after it with some moisturiser. Yay!
Nice, straight line which will do for me. :D
He was as reassuring and friendly as ever, and other than the minor 'shock' of having to have the fluid drained, everything was fine. :)
So - back to my previous slinky self - and now without dressings on the wound!
The wound itself is healing VERY well, and as such, I now just have to look after it with some moisturiser. Yay!
Nice, straight line which will do for me. :D
Gaaaaah! The itching is driving me creaaaazy!!!
Please make it stop!!!
That is all.
Actually, no. I'm off to see Mr Vesely again today. The seroma hasn't improved, despite my best efforts to walk around with a hot water bottle attached to me all the time. I don't know what my opinion is about this - Mr Vesely has told me it's better not to drain it, but I have to think that having the liquid separate my skin from my perineum can't be a good thing for speed of healing...
Will update when I'm back.
But O.M.G. the itching. THE ITCHING!!! :(
That is all.
Actually, no. I'm off to see Mr Vesely again today. The seroma hasn't improved, despite my best efforts to walk around with a hot water bottle attached to me all the time. I don't know what my opinion is about this - Mr Vesely has told me it's better not to drain it, but I have to think that having the liquid separate my skin from my perineum can't be a good thing for speed of healing...
Will update when I'm back.
But O.M.G. the itching. THE ITCHING!!! :(
Provider Review
Mr Martin Vesely is a brilliant plastic surgeon and an amazingly caring human being - exactly what you want from someone performing such a major procedure. He is polite, affable and attentive, following up with phone-calls post discharge to ensure his patients are getting along OK. At this point in time, I cannot see how his performance could be improved - a genuine medical superstar in my personal opinion.