Post op advice please, few questions I would like ur answers too

How long was you told to sleep upright?

When did u start to sleep on your side?

When did you take the think dressings off? Not the ones over the stitches but the think tape they put around your boobs

When did you start driving again? How long was you told not to drive for?

How long till you could walk the dog? (if you have a dog)

Any other post op advice?

I’m 3days PO now and think I may be doing too much too soon, I don’t want my boobs to go a funny shape but also can’t sit around all day doing nothing!

I can’t remember anything that the nurse told me! Think I was too excited!

Drive wen u feel ready, usually a week, wen u can do an emergency stop.

Same as sleepin on ur side, wen u feel ready, propped up for a week then start lowerin yourself.

The nurse will take the tape off n ur dressings wen u see her xxx

My dressings came away today :-s I taped them back up so should be ok. If I sleep on my side tonight will the make my boobs sit wrong?

i slept upright for 10 days then gradually lowered myself down over the following 7 days.

i slept on my side about 3 weeks post op but put a soft pillow under my side encase i hurt my boob!

i only had tape/bandage around me for the first day – they took it all off before i left the hosp so not sure what to advise about that

i was told to wait 1 week before driving and i drove on day 8 and had a soft pillow over my chest so the belt didnt did in at all

i’m 4 weeks post op today and walked my dog for the first time yesterday and found it ok ish

anything else you were worried bout??

x

I got told to take the thick tape off after 4 days … I think it depends what surgon u have and how they tape u up x

4weeks before I can walk the dog I was hoping to take him out this weekend, recovering is pants!

Thanks for your answers girls

everyone is different, you may be fine after a week or so but just be careful if he does pull on the lead. i’ve got a spaniel who is very excitable and couldnt handle her pulling on me as much as she does x

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