gauze, lots and lots of gauze
So I had surgery on Tuesday morning. Everything went pretty well. There was a little bit of mind-screwy-ness going on with me because the prep room and the recovery room looked identical to me and even though I knew I had the procedure done afterward, it didn't feel like they had moved me anywhere. Apparently I also nodded off mid-conversation, was moving my hands with my eyes closed, woke back up and was all "oh my god, I was just folding laundry."
Brian and my mom have been awesome. Since anesthesia made me sick, I kept throwing up my pain pills, so they had to keep me over night. Even so, I was getting up and using the regular toilet on my own (which was a lot since my body was desperately trying to flush the drugs out of my system) and generally felt ok. It was strange, I didn't even feel nauseous, in fact, I was super hungry, but I could not keep anything down until morning.
So Wednesday afternoon I came home. I took it easy, though I think I did some housework, laundry, dishes and was generally on my feet a little. Thursday morning I felt fine and was desperate to wash my hair, however, the act of tipping my head upside down to wash my hair in the sink proved to be a stupid, stupid move. I got incredibly dizzy, a side effect of the tramadol, and puked up my breakfast. That was the last time I've thrown up now though.
Saturday I got to take the bra and dressings off and see what I had. It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be, but removing the gauze was a pain in the ass and took both me and Brian. I got to take a shower, YES! and then we redressed the incisions, put a more comfortable sport bra on and then I noticed I was breaking out in hives, similar, but not as severely as I had after my back surgery.
Apparently, tramadol is a less powerful relative of norco, which I am extremely allergic to. So the tramadol built up in my system enough to really start messing with me. Since Sunday morning, I've been on only tylenol and have been just fine. Hives are way down today, dizziness is still there, but only in waves right now, and I'm finally sleeping more than twenty minutes at a time before snapping awake in a panic. I got several good chunks last night and a solid two and a half hour nap this morning.
If I had to guess, I think I'm a B cup now, maybe a C. The swelling has just started to go down. I can feel both nipples (which is something we weren't sure about). Won't know if I'll ever be able to breast feed, it's about a 50-50 chance.
They removed 4.4 pounds of breast tissue. I do not know if that includes the axillary breast tissue that was growing up into my armpit or not. Incidentally, the incision in my armpit is the most uncomfortable.
My weight: pre-surgery Tues: 176, Wed: 175 (must have been the swelling and all the fluids they were giving me), Fri: 171.8, Sat: 171.2, Sun: 170.6, Today: 169.6 - This is the first time I've been sub-170 in a long time. I know some of it is my light eating while on the painkillers and obviously almost 5 pounds was surgically removed, but wow! Thirty pounds to go. Shouldn't be too hard once I start exercising regularly. I'm already eating a lot better.
I have my follow-up with Dr. Mishra Wednesday morning.
Brian and my mom have been awesome. Since anesthesia made me sick, I kept throwing up my pain pills, so they had to keep me over night. Even so, I was getting up and using the regular toilet on my own (which was a lot since my body was desperately trying to flush the drugs out of my system) and generally felt ok. It was strange, I didn't even feel nauseous, in fact, I was super hungry, but I could not keep anything down until morning.
So Wednesday afternoon I came home. I took it easy, though I think I did some housework, laundry, dishes and was generally on my feet a little. Thursday morning I felt fine and was desperate to wash my hair, however, the act of tipping my head upside down to wash my hair in the sink proved to be a stupid, stupid move. I got incredibly dizzy, a side effect of the tramadol, and puked up my breakfast. That was the last time I've thrown up now though.
Saturday I got to take the bra and dressings off and see what I had. It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be, but removing the gauze was a pain in the ass and took both me and Brian. I got to take a shower, YES! and then we redressed the incisions, put a more comfortable sport bra on and then I noticed I was breaking out in hives, similar, but not as severely as I had after my back surgery.
Apparently, tramadol is a less powerful relative of norco, which I am extremely allergic to. So the tramadol built up in my system enough to really start messing with me. Since Sunday morning, I've been on only tylenol and have been just fine. Hives are way down today, dizziness is still there, but only in waves right now, and I'm finally sleeping more than twenty minutes at a time before snapping awake in a panic. I got several good chunks last night and a solid two and a half hour nap this morning.
If I had to guess, I think I'm a B cup now, maybe a C. The swelling has just started to go down. I can feel both nipples (which is something we weren't sure about). Won't know if I'll ever be able to breast feed, it's about a 50-50 chance.
They removed 4.4 pounds of breast tissue. I do not know if that includes the axillary breast tissue that was growing up into my armpit or not. Incidentally, the incision in my armpit is the most uncomfortable.
My weight: pre-surgery Tues: 176, Wed: 175 (must have been the swelling and all the fluids they were giving me), Fri: 171.8, Sat: 171.2, Sun: 170.6, Today: 169.6 - This is the first time I've been sub-170 in a long time. I know some of it is my light eating while on the painkillers and obviously almost 5 pounds was surgically removed, but wow! Thirty pounds to go. Shouldn't be too hard once I start exercising regularly. I'm already eating a lot better.
I have my follow-up with Dr. Mishra Wednesday morning.