Hospital – First Trust, Preston
Surgeon – Mario Russo
Size Pre-Op – 34C
Procedure – BA & nipple lift (over the muscle)
Hi girls, thought I’d post my story as reading others helped me know what to expect!
My admission time was 8.30am yesterday and I was travelling from Leeds to Preston. My boyfriend had been having car trouble over the weekend so we decided to set off at 5.30am just in case there were any problems. There wasn’t and we got there at 6.45am, I thought we’d have to sit in a waiting area until my admission time but nope, a lovely nurse called Christina took me to my room and told me to get settled. The room was pretty much what I expected, big squishy bed, TV with freeview, own toilet etc and a couple of chairs.
Christina said that I was 4th on Marios list but he often swaps and changes when he arrives, she said I’d be going in just after lunch time. At this time the nerves well and truly kicked in and I wondered if I was really gonna go through with it!
Another nurse came in and asked me some questions about medical history, height, weight etc. after this the anaesthetist came in to introduce himself, he seemed very serious lol. Then in came the doctor to ask some more questions and introduce himself. Christina popped back in to say Mario had changed the list and I was 2nd and would be going down in an hour! Mario came in to draw on me and I felt as though my legs were gonna buckle, I was so dizzy! Managed to stay stood up though and let him finish his artwork, then off he went. Tried to take my mind off it by reading a magazine but couldn’t focus and gave up eventually. Everytime I heard someone walking down the corridor I thought ‘shit, they’re coming for me!’ haha and then she finally did. Told me she’d walk me down to the operating room where the anaesthetist was, I burst into tears saying I was frightened I wouldn’t wake up again so she told me that wasn’t going to happen and she’d stay with me and hold my hand until I went under (aaaw) and she did!
Next thing I know, I’m trying to sleep but all I can hear is the nurses telling me to shuffle my bum back into the bed, opened my eyes and was back in my room moving from the trolley to the bed and all I could think was ‘shove off and let me carry on sleeping’ lol. Got my bum back on the bed and went back to sleep. The nurses kept popping in every hour to check my blood pressure and they helped me go for a wee a few times. Felt really dizzy and awful getting up then I saw the drains which didn’t help as I didn’t think I had any in!
Spent the rest of the day drifting in and out of sleep, had some soup and some ice cream, they offered to make it for my boyfriend too which was lovely of them, they even brought a recliner into our room for him to sleep on cos I didn’t want to be left alone. Had a bit of toast before bed, took some co-codomol, anti inflammotarys and sleeping tablets then was out like a light.
Sheila, one of the other nurses woke me about 7am this morning to take my drains out and remove the thing from my hand that the anaesthetic went into, brought us more toast, tea and fresh orange and said we were good to go after that. Mario popped his head round about 8am to see how I was and we had a look at the new additions, so far I’m really pleased. Can’t see much with all the dressings but the shape is just what I wanted and they aren’t that big which I’m also pleased about. I’ve ended up with 295cc in my left and 265cc in my right due to size difference. Left First Trust about half 8 and im now in bed trying to keep up with the medication because I didn’t expect the pain to be quite so bad with overs but OUCH!
Hope this helps any pre-oppers having theirs at First Trust, you will be treated like a princess. The nurses Christina, Nina, Andrea and Sheila are all amazing and will really take care of you xxx
christina was my nurse too she was an absolute angel! happy healing luvi xxx
christina was my nurse too she was an absolute angel! happy healing luvi xxx
how about you? Xx
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