@tessie86 I was mainly worried because I’d never had a general anaesthetic and I have underlying conditions that could mean a higher chance of anaphylaxis. The staff were amazing, I was really listened to. I have Ehlers Danlos syndrome so I’m prone to dislocating various joints but they took care to use pillows and be careful with me, I can tell they were careful while I was under as my shoulders, knees, ribs, back, jaw and neck are already delicate and nothing was painful after. The actual surgery site is under two small dressings (I had left sided single mastectomy with immediate implant and full lymph node clearance), it’s pretty itchy but mainly painful when getting up from seated or lying down. I’ve been out for lunch yesterday, breakfast today and the supermarket (only had it done Tuesday 3rd). I’m trying to only take one tramadol at night and otherwise go without cos painkillers can make me feel sick and I’m pretty comfy if I stay still. I think you’ll be glad to put it behind you and start the recovery. My dad gets very sick with IV morphine - I told the anaesthetist and she gave me fentanyl instead and put IV ondansetron through first, took me a couple of hours to come round after but I felt good and was able to have some biscuits and then a normal dinner at home after. I’m gluten intolerant so I took my own snacks and a bottle of water as I knew they’d want to see me eat, drink and use the loo before being discharged. As far as I can tell with the tape and the surgical bra on the reconstructed boob looks pretty much the same as before the surgery too! Best wishes for yours, let me know if you have any questions about mine, I’d say the pregnancy pillow is the best thing I bought myself to help recovery xx
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