UPDATE Oct 21: 9 days after FFS, 2 days after Breast Implant Replacement
I had my breast surgery two days ago. It was rather a long wait. There was a rather large protest downtown that caused traffic problems and delays. As a result, my surgery was delayed a couple of hours. Hating to sound like a complainer, only I had been fasting since the night before so waiting in the hospital lobby from 1pm until about 3pm with a headache from low blood sugar was very unpleasant. I was quite poor company for Amanda I'm afraid. She told me at one point that she was hungry for her lunch but wouldn't eat in front of me. I told her that I could not be held responsible for what I might do.
Anyway, when I went back to the surgery area, Dr Appiani spent about 10-15 minutes drawing all kinds of precisely measured arcs and lines on my breasts.
Then I went back to the actual surgery room and they started prepping me. Dr Appiani put some Abba music on for me. We chatted a little about the play Mamma Mia.
I noticed several people poking their head into the entrance of my surgical room while I was sitting up getting prepped. Dr Appiani explained that everyone was quite amazed at the result of my facial surgery because they had seen me a week before. An orderly even had my pre-op photos and people were looking back and forth between that photo and my face. Anyway, that was fun and interesting.
Then they had me lay down and I started seeing stars so I knew I would be out soon. When I woke up, I could feel quite a bit of pain in my breasts which I told them about. They gave me an injection right away. I was then wheeled to a room where Sophia was. The same young woman who had cared for me overnight after FFS. This time, however, I could see her!
It was 7pm and the doctor said that I would be released to go home at 10 pm. However, Sophia said that if I wanted to stay overnight in the hospital, it was no problem.
During the next couple of hours, I rested and chatted with Sophia. By 10pm I decided that I was okay with going back to the apartment. It took some time to get checked out and wait for a taxi.
When we got to the apartment it was after 11pm. Amanda met us there and had a new set of medications for me. She made sure that I was settled and then left me to get some rest saying that she would be back the next day.
The next day (yesterday) I definitely was feeling the fatigue of going though two surgeries in only one week apart. Dealing with pain and taking pain killers. Being inside a lot. Looking like a truck had hit me. Having a hard time taking a proper shower because of my nose bandage and now my breast bandages. It was all piling up on me. It's like the half-way point of a marathon. I'm exhausted, but know that there is such a long way to go.
Today, I've determined to go out for a short walk and get some food. I really need to see some sunshine and get some exercise even for a few minutes.
-Rhonda
