Tomorrow will be 1 week after my Breast Reduction Surgery. I was schedule for the OR at 8:45 AM on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. The Hospital told me I needed to be there at 7:oo am.
I love being the first for surgery, because then I don't have to wait longer if the Dr. gets behind. Once, I checked in, the nurse (names aren't going to happen, you all know how I am with names) took me back to get a urine sample, my temperature, and weight, gave me an anti-inflammatory and started an IV. The IV was just to get fluids in me. To bad those IV’s don’t make your hunger pains go away. Yahoo, I've maintained my 17 lost lbs. I lost 17 pounds and then slowed a few things down prior to the surgery.......anther story.
Then the nurse put these ugly white stockings on my legs. The stockings are used to help prevent blood clotting.
The medicine man then came to visit and tell me his story about what he'll do to put me out and then of course asked me to sign the waiver. Yep, the waiver that say's be can't be held accountable if I die.
Dr. Hunter came in and talked to me and then drew on my chest. The drawings he made on my chest are where we would be making his incisions.
The medicine man came back and took me to the OR, seriously, I walked down the hall and read a sign that said, "Hair Caps must be worn from this point on". HUM, pretty sure that includes patients, but maybe I'm wrong, maybe it was just meant for the Doctors. The medicine man and I finally, after a five-minute walk thought the OR, and hearing two nurses argue over who was going to do what during their surgery's, we arrived at my cot. Maybe OR'S are more and more like Grey’s Anatomy.
YEP, needed one of those caps, because as soon as we walked up to my cot, a nurse freaked out......WHERE'S HER CAP........WHERE'S HER CAP, Get a Cap on Her NOW! Kinda funny how sterile a hospital is supposed to be.....but sometimes people must forget, because the medicine man was pretty upset at himself. I told him not to worry because being back here for 5 minutes isnt's that big of a catastrophe and the OR will survive. He laughed and said I heard you were pretty funny. You heard that…who said, I asked? The Dr. he said.
I did make Dr. Hunter laugh a lot during my consultation in February and then made him laugh again as he was drawing my chest. After I received a beautiful blue cap, I lifted my Big 'O Body up onto my cot.
Dr. Hunter came in, checked with the medicine man and told me I'd be sleeping in no time. Dr. Hunter asked, "If you have a choice what size do you want to be?" I replied a "C" just like I said a few hours ago....He replied, just double checking, some people change their mind at the last minute. I'm good with a "C" don't want the torpedoes but want something bigger than an apple. Then, I said. "While, you're in there, just jab that stick thing in my stomach and suck some fat out of there too.....nobody will have to know." The Dr. laughed and said, “I do that too”. Yeah, I know but I’m not a Beverly Hills kid that can just spend mommy and daddy’s money. Everyone in the OR laughed at that one. (A Breast Reduction does include some liposuction to get the fatty tissue out.)
The next thing I remember is..talking to the nurse about the bright OR lights......then BAM, some other crazy nurse was shoving Saltine Crackers, Medicine and Juice down my throat. I then remember waking up again in the recovery room with my mom sitting next to me. The more and more I woke up the more and more light my chest felt. I really couldn’t see much because the Dr. had wrapped my entire chest with gauze and cotton then placed a strange looking bra on me. The bra was strange because the cups were reversed and pointing out like boob covers…..just like what Janet Jackson wore during the Super Bowl where she had her “Wardrobe Malfunction”. They were meat to allow swelling.
After a few hours in the recovery room they let me go. Before, you can leave a hospital after surgery, you have to be taken off the oxygen you are on and maintain 93% oxygen intake before they will discharge you.
Dr. Hunter said the surgery went very well and he was impressed with my hart rate, blood pressure and my breathing as they were prefect during the procedure.
I went home and slept Wednesday on and off.
On Thursday, I was still pretty out of it and took it easy. Of course I was curious as to what was under the bra so I took a couple of peeks. Really couldn’t see much but from what I could see was crazy!! The sister’s were not torpedoes anymore they were “lil babies.
Friday, I received a delivery from my team and boss from Marriott. They sent me a cookie arrangement. The cookies were in shapes of sports balls. One of the balls said “Bounce Back Soon”. The card from my team was pretty funny too, all of my associates had wished me well and a fast recovery. My team at Marriott ROCKS the House. They are the best. Thanks Team.
From the time I got home until Monday, March 30, 2009 I had drains coming out of me, draining the extra fluids. My mom had to change the drains a few times a day.
Monday, I went back to Dr. Hunter’s office and his nurse Peggy took everything off of me, took the drains out and put me into the bra I purchased. After getting dressed, I laughed so hard it hurt, because OMG I have NO BOOBS. How strange, I could see my feet and I could breath a lot better. BUT, when you fix something, there always seems to be something else that comes up. As I looked down, I noticed.... Dude, you now look pregnant!!!!! JC I have a HUGH stomach no chest but a big stomach. Really, I wonder how many times I’m goona be asked, “when is the baby due?” Now, I have to work on the “Santa Clause” belly. Really there is so much space between the babies and my stomach, looking down I’d say I was about 6 months along!!
All in all, I am pretty happy with the babies; it is a completely different feeling. Things are were they are supposed to be and when I bend over to try and pick things up the babies stay in place, the anchors don’t come out anymore.
Now, I am pretty sore and can feel all the swelling. I’m slow at getting around and doing things make be tired. Today, I got in the tub just to shave my legs……..WOW….that wore me out. Going to the store, makes me tired, so I just take it easy. I will be returning back to work on Thursday, April 2, 2009. Here is a picture of the new babies. I’ll post more, once I get some cloths that fit!!
Right now with some feeling and mirror examinations, my guesstamation on size would be a nice plump “C” but there is a lot of swelling. I have to wear this bra for the next 6 weeks and cannot wear any bra with wire or plastic supports for 6 months. But, I will tell you that at that 6-week mark I will go out and buy a new bra. So stay tuned for what size the babies will be in six weeks.
PS this has not been edited yet, to tired.
Look at the space between the babies!!
