Two days post-op here, double incision with nipple graft. Had it on Thursday, 23 April, at 7.30am. Dr Farzad Nahai did it. He's in Atlanta and is much less expensive than Dr Lincenberg. Dr Nahai took photos of my body after the surgery and showed them to my friend Faerycake, who has been my biggest cheerleader. Faerycake assures me that it looks great.
So far the only problems I had were just before surgery and right after. They were putting a mask over my face in the operating theatre and I lost it. Three people had to hold me down, I was freaking out so bad. Everything went black after that and I had weird dreams, then I remember hearing my name being called. A nurse asked if I was in pain. Oh yes, I was. I pointed to my left pectoral, which hurt like a mofo. Took two injections of Dilaudid to get rid of it. Since then, I've had hardly any pain.
I actually feel really good. The drains are cumbersome, annoying, and a little uncomfortable. The Percocet makes me itchy. If I move the wrong way I feel the incisions sting. But otherwise...this is a bloody cake walk compared to my gallbladder surgery back in 2010!
And the nurses were just...wonderful! There were a couple of missed pronouns, but they were fine referring to me as 'he' and 'him'. My pre-op nurse actually looked a little upset that she had misgendered me, so of course I felt bad and I told her, "Look, it's all right. Until these are gone [prodded mannaries] I'm not making a huge fuss." But my friends did gently correct everyone for me before and after surgery.
But the coolest part...Northside Hospital is fully staffed. No joke! I stayed overnight and there was one nurse per patient in that recovery ward. She and I got on really well, she answered all my questions, just made me feel really good. Said I was her "A+ patient". Le blush. The food was even decent. And before I left, the pre-op nurse came to check on me, wished me luck. I've never felt so loved in a hospital!
So if you're in Atlanta and want top surgery, I definitely recommend Dr Nahai and Northside Hospital. Whenever I have my hysterectomy I'm going to see if I can have it up there as well, it was just that great.
