So my surgery was yesterday and it was a long day. I spent a total of 12.5hrs in the hospital as Dr. Fiumara likes to see her patients PO but only after she’s finished all her ops. Although it was a long day it wasn’t too bad as they could prescribe strong pain relief so I felt pretty good.
I was down for either mod plus or HP and I was originally booked in for 300 & 325cc but after speaking with my surgeon during my last consultation she agreed to my request of increasing the size by 25cc.
Before my op when my surgeon was drawing on me she said she would probably use HP due to the asymmetry in my chest wall and that’s exactly what I’ve ended up with.
I was second on the list and at Fitzroy surgery starts at 8:30am so I was advised that it would be round 9:45/10am that I would go for my op. Here’s how it all went down:
7am – admission
7:27am – taken to room
7:50am – saw Dr. Fiumara to be marked up (15mins)
8:20am – saw nurse & anaesthetist (20mins)
10:15am – taken to theatre
12:45pm – woke up in recovery
1:15pm – taken back to room
6:05pm – saw Dr. Fiumara
6:37pm – discharged
Nurses were constantly in and out during the day in addition to the above and they were all lovely and friendly.
I would compare how I felt PO to being hungover, lol!! So strange but I was just lightheaded and a bit weak – no headache or sick feeling.
I was given codeine at 1:15pm for pain relief which worked wonders. At 5:15pm I was given what I think was paracetamol which didn’t do much at all! I asked for more pain relief at 6:15pm when I was given tramadol which covered most the pain for the journey home.
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