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Started by MuddyFrog, April 30, 2010, 03:05:07 PM

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A bit of back story before I hit on today updated and why the title says what it does. I posted a while back asking questions about anyone who had dealt with not great results after surgery. Or even having a doctor change the game plan once the patient (you) were out.

So I had surgery supposedly DI in December, during my recovery I noticed that the swelling was much much more then it should have been. Calling the doctor only had her stating that I was still early in and much of the current would look better in a couple of months time. This did not happen, along with wrinkles and saggy boxed lower flaps not breasts but fat and skin left over remained. Originally I was told during recovery that if I lost more weight this would all go away. That tune changed once the doctor looked at my chest four months post op. She winced apologized and stated that she had thought because of the muscle I had on my chest and the elastic pull of my skin she had assumed that key whole would be okay.

I was a small C before the first surgery went to a bare A, with exercise more of the fat on my chest pushed out giving me the appearance of double smiles on my chest. Only when I would swell was it noticed by others. Me on the other hand hated taking my shirt off. I still seen boobs just flattened ones with a small amount inside. Anyway we had planned on having a in office revision today, this would have been fine if for the fact that me laying down is what she had been basing my chest appearance on. Once one side was done she had me sit up and again I had way less and no more of the deep wrinkles of pulled together skin but the sag was still there.

She asked my girl friend and I to hold on and she was going to talk to the surgery clinic, after a bit she came back and said that she wanted to do more there. So Monday I will be having surgery again to destroy hopefully completely the natural curve that breasts have. I am sure she used a different way to describe this. In the beginning when I kept stating that my chest is not what I had wanted she said revisions in office is all I need. To do anything more would cost me the surgery fee again not for her but the clinic.

Monday though she said she would be charged and not me because she had not done what she had promised while I had kept my end of the bargain of losing more weight. Which I am steady at trying to do not just because of this or what she said but because of how much healthier it would make me.

If I could do this all over again, I think I would have waited longer for the extra 3k that I would have needed for travel and recovery fees then to stay in state. For me it was not about the scars but having the fat bags on my chest completely removed. Having a doctor tell me what is left is because I'm over weight was ... I do not know how to say how this makes me feel. Anyway that is my current update on my chest surgery...(ies)
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sneakersjay

Good luck with the revision!

I will say that I am one who did use a big name doc and I am very satisfied with my chest.  That said, I see pics of other guys who used him and also pics of guys who used other docs, and at times I'm like damn!  Their chests look so normal and natural!  Sometimes I think mine doesn't look normal.  Probably because we are our own worst enemies.

But just saying that a lot of it does have to do with our own individual bodies shapes, sizes, and contours, which all play a role in our outcome no matter who the surgeon.  So don't beat yourself up; you did the best you could at the time.

Good luck with your revision!


Jay


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MuddyFrog

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Thank you Jay, this time around I am keeping in mind that before I had not done any extra upper body training like before.  Though I am loads healthier then my first surgery which means getting back to where I was will be much easier. I have lucked out in the department of having a few friends and a girl friend who are constantly keeping me light even on bad days about my chest.

I could always see them still there when no one else could. Not once since the first surgery did I have someone glance at my chest and say you still have them. Even if in my head I kept thinking it. Thanks again.

Post Merge: May 03, 2010, 09:58:16 PM

Okay first pardon any grammar or spelling mistakes I am medicated.

Today was the third revision I have not seen my chest and no pictures were taken before I was bandaged. I do have drains this time and I had a reaction to something given to me. Swollen arm and loads of itchy spots. I was given something and the swelling is now gone completely. I have not taken anything but Benadryl  for itchy ness. I hurt but nearly as much as the first time I was cut. I am to leave the bandages alone until this Friday when I get the drains removed. 

I wish that pictures were taken so I would not currently be afraid that it will end like the first time. My girl friend says that the doctor said that I should be fine and if I did have extra again it can be done at her office. The cool thing though the nurse in recover slipped up a couple of times but after being corrected she apologized and eventually used the right pronouns. I think she was embarrassed the second time she did it because the guy who handled my meds had corrected her. =/ I was loving everyone this morning... how embarrassing.
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