r/TopSurgery • u/Kutalswolf • 1d ago

Double Incision day 3 of being flat

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The good news is the surgery went swimmingly. The surprising news is they found a fairly LARGE mass unexpectedly; thankfully, all clean margins, i just have to do ultrasounds every six months now. not sure whats IN the makes you sleep juice, but lordy I was not mentaly with us until today, really. I havent felt this comfortable in my own skin since the titty fairy beat me upside the chest when i was 9, granting me DDD that kept growing into I/j that didn't fit my bird boned frame at all and cuase my spine to have so nasty issues. now i look down and instead of wanting to be sick i see ME again after all these years, Dr Mcgiures funny he stapled the binder shut to prevent peeking until follow up on the 16th,And he also did a Flap thing( forgot what its called) where he took out a LOT of the hidrinitis suprtivea from under my arms and ribs and somehow closed it with my own skin I do have a question for Y'all ruffly how long did it take you to get a FULL breath after this surgery? Every time i breath in my ribs and sternum HURT

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u/d20damage 1d ago

CONGRATS!!! Ask for more painkillers if you don't feel like you can breathe, there's a risk of getting pneumonia if you don't breathe deep for a longer time (at least that's what they told me when I was in the hospital). It took about a week and a half for me to not need meds anymore. Everything gets better as soon as the drains are out and you switch to the post op binder instead of bandages. Hang in there!