Tummy Tuck / breast reduction

[Mr. Ed]

I have to wear a wrap-around abdomen brace and two ace bandages around the breast

Coughing is painful, two drain lines into separate bulbs that I drain.


It's hard to stand up from sitting position.

 

[Mr. Ed]

Moving around with less effort. Slept ok, Has anyone seen my spleen?

 

[Alligatorob]

Hope all goes well with your recovery.

Can I ask why you got this surgery?

I ask because as a result of losing a lot of weight I have plenty of sagging skin I would rather be rid of. I doubt I would ever do anything about it, but I do think on it from time to time.

Has anyone seen my spleen?

No, but I will keep an eye out for it.

 

[shedevil7953]

I had a breast reduction in 1998 and remember similar issues. Use a pillow hugged to your chest when you cough to absorb a lot of it. Good luck!

 

[Mr. Ed]

Hope all goes well with your recovery.

Can I ask why you got this surgery?

I ask because as a result of losing a lot of weight I have plenty of sagging skin I would rather be rid of. I doubt I would ever do anything about it, but I do think on it from time to time.


No, but I will keep an eye out for it.

I lost 100 lbs had some skin sag. Stomach is big likely from medication

 

[Mr. Ed]

Painful rolling out of bed or standing up from a chair

 

[shedevil7953]

I distinctly remember having to measure the drainage every day and my husband wouldn't help me so I had to do it by myself. Not fun.

 

[Alligatorob]

If you are on Medicare does it pay any part of it?

 

[Pinky]

I distinctly remember having to measure the drainage every day and my husband wouldn't help me so I had to do it by myself. Not fun.

I helped my sister do that after her single mastectomy due to cancer. She never complained, but I know it
was extremely uncomfortable.

Mr. Ed .. I'd never heard of having to wear the ace bandages around the breasts .. do you have to keep them
on, after drainage?

 

[Disgustedman]

Painful rolling out of bed or standing up from a chair

Reminds me of hip surgery. Had to wear a covering for three weeks. Then peeled off. Three weeks till pain gone for me. How long on your issue?

OH, congrats on losing weight. I'm wondering if I'll ever see 200 lbs again.

 

[Mr. Ed]

I helped my sister do that after her single mastectomy due to cancer. She never complained, but I know it
was extremely uncomfortable.

Mr. Ed .. I'd never heard of having to wear the ace bandages around the breasts .. do you have to keep them
on, after drainage?

Ace bandages instead of a torso brace. Bandages are meant to bound the breast and support them

 

[Mr. Ed]

I’m taking Percocet for pain and Clindamycin antibiotic. Between the two of them I’m hearing music from the walls and background conversations and no one in the room.

 

[Pepper]

Best wishes to you for a speedy recovery Ed.