WARNING: NSFW / graphic content below.
It has been five days since the exchange surgery that swapped out my rock-hard tissue expanders for soft and squishy silicone implants. I must say that as I was told beforehand, this surgery really was a breeze compared to the original prophylactic bilateral mastectomy I underwent in January.
My husband took the day of surgery (Tuesday) off from work, but I was home alone the next day and onward. I spent the majority of that day napping, but was pretty mobile while awake. As I already mentioned (see: From the other side), I didn’t experience very much pain. Took my last Norco right before Wednesday’s follow up appointment, during which my drains were removed. This time around it hurt like a b#%$@! I’d say around an 8.
The second follow up appointment was on Friday. This is the day I started driving. During my appointment I got my handy dandy medical device ID card. I’m flying internationally in two weeks, so I’ll make sure to have it with me, but I hope I never have to use this thing.
Dr. M removed the ACE bandage and bra to examine the girls. He agreed that righty is hanging lower than lefty and used some kinesio-type tape to mold it into the proper position. I was told to continue to wear a tight bra and return on Monday morning.
Hubby was out of town the whole weekend, so I spent it home alone taking it easy. I had to keep reminding myself that even though I feel 100% fine, I’m not. I was wrestling with a pickle jar earlier and finally thought: these pickles are good, but a complication-free recovery is better and had my veggie burger sans pickles. It was still yummy.
YAY for you squishy boobies! I can’t wait for my exchange 🙂
Found part of the answer to my question here, I thought you said they were softer. And is the muscles now relaxed over the top of the implants? Mine seems so tight over the expander.
Yes, the muscles feel more “relaxed” with the implants. The implants are more firm than my breast tissue was, but definitely not as hard as the expanders!
Mogatos, thank you for the response 🙂
You are welcome. I recorded some short videos before and after the exchange. Just uploaded to YouTube at http://youtu.be/i8wYW6y3Q0c.
Mogatos, you are too funny, LoL, but I know you are very serious about this. It’s almost as though you made that video for me 🙂 Given the questions I posed to you early. Thank you for being sooooo open with your treatment it has helped me immensely…