Hi all,
Thank you all for you kind messages. I'm already back at the hotel and in far better shape than I imaged I would be at this stage. I have had no bleeding at all being able to sit, stand, lie and walk without any particular difficulty The only thing that is bothering me is a rash I got on my back which is very, itchy.
I think it is just a consequence of my thorax being enclosed in very tight bandages for 3 days plus rubbing, between my sweaty skin and sheets which ended out being quite damp from my sweat too, all the more so as they have rubber bed liners below the sheet.
Anyway, since the bandages came off last night and I am no longer in contact with anything sweaty, I can reasonably hope to see the itching subside over the next couple of days.
Since yesterday evening I can see my breasts completely and am very glad that I insisted on staying with 250cc implants. To me they already look huge compared to before, more like C cups than B, but apparently they will lose some forward projection if I do my massage exercises correctly. Needless to say, I'll be looking after them to get the best result possible.
I also got to see down under, not a pretty sight for now , but it looks like all the planned bits are there. Tomorrow the vaginal packing will be removed which will no doubt give me a better feel for appearances. Based on what I have been able to see, I don't think a skin graft was used but I'll check up on that tomorrow with the nurse who comes around.
As for the surgery itself, I was picked up at 11h00, put to bed in the recovery room beside the operating theatre, shaved and told that the intervention would probably begin sometime between 15h00 and 16h00 when the anesthesiologist arrived.
Believing I was in for a long wait, I started to read a book on my Kindle but had only just read a couple of pages when I was told it was time to go. I guess it must have been 13h00 at the latest. Dr Chett was in the room along with the anesthesiologist and a couple of the nurses. They asked me to lie down on the very narrow operating bed and they next thing I was conscious of was coming around about 01h00 the following morning, feeling much better than I did after my FFS surgeries.
I got through Thursday fine but slept very badly on Thursday night, awake pretty well all through the night which got me watching the only fare available on the TV, films like Alien, Predator etc.. all lightness and goodwill towards man.
A bit oppressive to be frank, especially in a smallish room, with no window and with my thorax very constrained by the bandaging. Friday was better though and I guess you could say I caught up on the lost sleep. I did however throw up a couple of times but again, nowhere nearly as bad as the vomiting I experienced after FFS, when it felt like I was throwing up my intestines along with everything else.
Getting out of bed and ready this morning was also a delicate moment with some dizziness and nausea but, end of the day, there were no problems and my condition has improved almost by the hour over the course of the day. I have no difficulty at all looking after myself and it was really nice to get back to a place where I can do everything my own way.
It is of course very early in the day to make any definitive judgments but I can certainly say, so far so good!"
Hugs
Donna
