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Hi twirlandcurl - sorry I did not realize that you PM'd me until today. Thanks so much for your message. Hope you resolved your issue with the implant on your augmented side.
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I need to downsize in the pocketbook department. In the past, I could get stuck anywhere with my pocketbook and be fine for a couple days. Everything is in there!
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whippetmom- I was just reading some of the old posts on Exchange city and read about your recent RA diagnosis. I am so very sorry. I will be praying for you.
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Kate, I did not have NSM, but I do have ripples.0
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huntersmom: I noticed this sloshing sound with my saline implants the first few days after the exchange. Fortunately, it went away. Perhaps it is just a settling in process?
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Huntersmom: I've heard a few mention that their implants were a bit noisy at first, but it will go away, it's just settling.
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JT124, I have read several times that "sloshing" is very very common at first....no worries
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Deborah~oops ok. Nobody had told me anything about being careful after pocket work. You'd thin k my PS might have mentioned it! I will be very careful from now on and i will go take a look at the bra thread.
Thank you
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Surgery was done yesterday and I'm wrapped up really tight and have a JP drain that's not doing much. Slept most of yesterday after we got home from the hospital and plan to do the same today. Will see the PS tomorrow for follow up. He told us yesterday that it was "real messy" in there and the surgery took an hour and a half instead of a half hour. I'm wiped out, but not in too much pain.
Deborah -- how are you doing now that you've had a little time to come to terms with having RA? That must have been such a shock at first. I have pretty bad osteoarthritis (completely different animal, I know) and am still learning different ways of getting through the days when I have stiffness, pain, fatigue, etc., but it's do-able. You're always in my prayers....
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Bonnie: So sorry you had to go through this but I am glad it went well and you are now home. Hope you get that drain out soon. If it;s not doing much, maybe it will come out!
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Gunner here: Not only is my darling doughter flunked clay got in a clay fight served 2 days detention for this last night I caught her smoking pot . I leave for my exchange and lift tmrr with surgery on Fri am. Can life getting anymore upsetting. My daughter tells me she can smoke pot whenever she wants u cant stop me also I hope u die in your surgery on Fr. and I am not going to SH tmrr her last rant u can't make me.What is your feedback on this situation. Not only am I anxious about my upcoming surgery but her is upsetting me too. What do I do.Im a wreck. Elizabeth
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How old is your daughter gunner? (She sounds like a teenager) I have no kids so can't advise there. You need to relax about the surgery though... you will do fine.
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I'm home from my NAC reconstruction! I can't tell you how I happy I am to have all the surgery behind me (God-willing!). The skin graft donor site/lipo area in my lower abdomen is sore and swollen. The NAC is well covered right now, so I haven't even gotten a look at the sponge, let alone the nipple. But the fat graft area to correct the shelf ... oh wow!!! It looks fabulous! I know that I will lose about 30-50% of it over time, but how I wish it would stay like this! It is perfect! Thank you, Deborah, for encouraging me to do it!
The surgery took about an hour and a half. They started at 7:50 AM, finished at 9:15 and I was awake in Stage 1 recovery by 9:45 AM. I was home before noon.
I hope LG300's exchange went well and that she's recovering comfortable.
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Alma -- waaaaaaaaaaaaaahooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bonnie -- somehow I missed your post. Welcome home! SO glad your PS went back in. I think the minimal drainage is a good sign. Did he say why it was such a mess?
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Gunner --Sounds like your daughter is going through one of those phases that are extremely difficult -- sorry this comes at such a difficult time for you. I hope your surgery on Friday is a huge success -- you'll do great!
Alma -- great news that your fat graft area looks fabulous -- hope you are equally happy with the rest!
Thanks, Lilah -- PS said that sometimes one or more of the small vessels that are cauterized at the time of surgery will open up and bleed, and that's probably what caused my huge hematoma. DH is convinced that it happened because I did too much too soon, so this time I'm on TV/computer duty for at least a few days -- LOL...
MBJ -- PS will look at the drain and incision tomorrow and decide if the drain can come out. My guess is that he'll remove it because it's not producing much at all.
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Bonnie -- how interesting. My PS said something similar about why I had a HUGE hematoma on my reduction/lift side after my surgery last May. I ended up with a boob that was purple... since reabsorbed by the tissue there (I guess that's the advantage of still having some). Her exact words were "you popped a blood vessel" and she said there was no bleeding DURING surgery so it happens. I think you need not be too hard on yourself. I did not move much the first few days after that surgery and it happened to me anyway. Stuff happens.
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Bonnie I am so glad you are doing better.
I am so in the clouds I seem to have a little head cold hanging around me. I have been drinking tea and keeping myself hydrated.
Gunner I am so sorry that you are having such a hard time with your daughter. I will keep you in my prayers.
Rebecca
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Alma! Yayyyyyy! So glad things went well!
Bonnie, things just go off sometimes....don't beat yourself up about it....think of all those ladies that went back to work and exercised! A little computer won't hurt you...I'm sure it will heal up. I had an awful looking bruise on my new foob afterwards that went away with time. All the stuff they do to us leaves an impact!
Rebecca, take good care of that cold!
Gunner, sounds like your dd is upset for you....teenagers just process it differently. Just do what you need to do, and she'll come around. You cannot worry about this now. She's probably frightened.
Maybe write her a letter telling her you love her, that you are going to be alright and that when you come home, you'd like to talk with her and understand why she feels she needs pot...that's what I'd do in your shoes. I have a feeling she'll have a meltdown re: this and is just as scared as you are about it. You will do just fine on friday, and I'm sure you will come home to a kinder girl....they just do not know how to say things,so they freak out. Believe it or not, some grown family members acted the same way for me. You are not responsible how people act, only yourself. Good luck and I will send good prayes and thoughts for friday for you!
Be well all....I had a cytoscopy of the ole bladder today (diagnosis: "you're in menopause") and they gave me one cipro post it. Yuck, that is one pukey feeling drug, but I guess it wards off UTIs post cytoscopy anyway.
xox
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((((Annie)))) sorry you had to go through that... regardless: you are always a ray of sunshine
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Gunner here
what are the driving restrictions and weight restrictions. I am having a lift on other side and a exchange on the other side. Getting alittle nervous here lv tmrr for SF to stay in a hotel the night before 4 hr drive have to be at hosp 9 am surgery at 11 am 3.5 total surger 2 hrs recovery spending the night.I know I will have paim meds I am asking for percoset when I leave the vicodin does not cut post op pain. Glad everyone is doing good. Thanks for the replys. Any additional info greatly apprec Elozabeth
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Elizabeth -- you should not drive for a week or two after the surgery. DEFINITELY no driving while on Percoset. I personally was able to drive (barely) after a week but was more comfortable waiting 10 days. You are not supposed to lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk for several weeks after surgery (to allow sutures to fully heal). Why on earth is your doctor not giving you these instructions???
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Gunner here does he give them day of surgery I do not know UCSF seems alittle busy these days
I have kids a hubby who works 1 and 1/2 hrs away tight economy. I do not know. Thanks for the
advise which side more sore. Elizabeth.
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Elizabeth (Gunner) -- call your Doctor's office. I am sure the nurses have some standard package of information they can give you. I think it is better to get information like this directly from your doctor. Every person is different. There are variables in who they are, how they heal, what they are having done, etc. My hospital would not release me unless there was someone there with me to drive (they would not let me go until they knew I was not going to be driving)... so that much at least I can tell you: you need someone to take you home from the hospital as you will NOT be allowed to drive yourself home... nor should you. You won't be able to. You won't have the ability to react or move. When I was driven home I had enough to sit still in the car and not be in pain from bumps in the road. You WILL be sore at best.
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Gunner---My heart goes out to you,,,the teenage years can be the hardest, they were for me with my 3. The worst times are when they choose to misbehave. I found more physical closeness and less talking to be helpful especially when kids are mixed up and scared. It may be helpful and comforting to just lay next to her and be there, your can show you are there for her without verbally saying anything. BC is frightening in itself and when it is your Mom -> it's worse ....especially if she is feeling helpless. Behavior is communication and that is tough for some. Hopefully she will be your best friend in a few years and you'll remember when... It does get BETTER Good luck with EVERYTHING!
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m-star- If it helps I had the same kind of pain and it was from over stretching and just generally overdoing. I think it's easy to do because there seems to be so little pain after exchange that you forget to baby yourself. I had a lot of pocket work done, too, and my PS never warned me about anything. I had the learn the hard way. After that I was careful with lifting and stretching until about 4 weeks out from exchange. At that point my PS cleared me for working out with light weights so I guess we really are supposed to take it easy until then. Hope it's getting better!
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Gunner, I think Kitwe is right concerning teenagers. It is hard to communicate with some teenagers. Maybe try just being near/next to her without many words and maybe just a hand put on her shoulder as you pass is needed. The whole family is going thru a scary thing.
If I were near I would drive you to and from your surgery. You are in my thoughts and wishing you all the best in all!
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When you have your exchange is there drains involved? UGH
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Lilah, you are a ray of sunshine too
. Compared to what we've all been thru, who cares about a little bladder scope, eh?Prayers, girls, please, going to the BS today for a check in and am scared as it looks like my original girl s' nipple is turning inward. Altho common sense tells me: 1. she is a DD mashed into a too small bra 24/7 to keep the new girl supported and 2. I just had an MRI 6 months ago, so highly (literally) not possible.
Being a bit neurotic, as these things loom, and the anxiety mounts.
Gunnar, there is NO WAY you will be able to drive after one day. If you did, you'd find yourself pulling over and being stuck. Highly, highly, highly reccomend that you either postpone this until you can get a friend to drive you if you can only stay one night after surgery. I cannot think what on earth your PS is doing either, to only let you know all of this the "day of"?????
As to which side is worse, very hard to say.
You CANNOT DRIVE ON PERCOSET. It's insane. Your coordination, alertness, everything would be off. You will be in pain, but that's not all....you run the risk of severe complications, bleeding, infection, etc. and being carted off to a local hospital w here your bill wo uld be alot higher.
I would tell your PS BEFORE you leave of your difficulties. Perhaps he can arrange for you to have a bed at a low cost in the hospital there.
Please do not even think of this plan that you have. I would seriously fear for you.
Annie
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Gunner here:
I meant driving not immediately but when can we resume and weight restructions during recovery. My hubby and my darling teenage nightmare daughter are coming and will be driving me home. I just want to know some kind of normal on resuming living after we get home -am leaving soon will not check in till Sat 11-13. Please pray for me my surgery and positive outcome. Thanks all for your support and will be checking in. Love Elizabeth I would never drive 4 hrs home from this surgery my hubby would never let me. Elizabeth
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