I had another post op follow up this week with my surgeons. First I saw Dr. A. who checked my incisions and some of the problem areas that have not been healing very well. The good news is that he said the affected skin area is healing - it's just healing VERY slowly. So since the progress has been slow but steady, he is pretty sure I won't need any additional surgeries to fix it. I'll just have to wait a little longer for them to completely heal. The best and worst part of the visit what that he actually put some saline in my expanders - only like 100 cc- to start the expansion process. It sucked because this required him to shove a giant needle through my breast tissue into the expander, but it's awesome because the fact that he has begun to expand them means everything is healing great! Yay!
AND he thinks next week I'll get the drains out, so I'm super excited!!
Next I saw Dr. L., who squeezed me in since she was in a hurry. She checked my incisions too, re-checked my arms for lymphedema and tested my arms by having me stretch and move around. She thinks everything is looking better and overall I'm healing overall. Since I'm coming back next week to see Dr. A., she wants me to see her again to see how I'm feeling. It's almost time for me to go back to work, so she wants to be sure I'm ready.
Score another point for me this week!
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