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PennyK

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38. All went well

Sat Dec 14, 2019, 10:20 AM

Dec 2019

Now I'm just dealing with the recovery.
Doctor changed his mind twice about doing an adjustment on the 'good' side, and ended up taking a bit in on the underside to make it more perky. I have two rows of stitching over the new implant. At first look, it appears to be very large, but that is just where the expander was overfilled, and is being brought in.

The only things that will still need to be done are fat grafting in the implant side, to get rid of a creepy horizontal indentation that goes across to my underarm, and possibly a bit above the tuned-up 'good' one.

Hoping to get by on just Tylenol if possible, but I think I might need some of the hard stuff as the day goes on.

Now if only I could get the husband to stop waking me up for my antibiotic, I'd be happy! Must he be that solicitous so early in the morning?!?

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I saw my oncologist today for my 6 month follow-up [View all] PennyK Jan 2019 OP

don't know you, but I'm proud for you. Trueblue Texan Jan 2019 #1

Yay! Solly Mack Jan 2019 #2

great news!!!! samnsara Jan 2019 #3

That's wonderful news! Ohiogal Jan 2019 #4

Good news! Turbineguy Jan 2019 #5

YAY!!!! sharedvalues Jan 2019 #6

Wonderful news! cpamomfromtexas Jan 2019 #7

Excellent news! GeoWilliam750 Jan 2019 #8

That's a victory, PennyK! Anon-C Jan 2019 #9

I can easily imagine the relief you felt. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2019 #10

Congratulations! aka-chmeee Jan 2019 #11

That is truly wonderful news. A year!! OregonBlue Jan 2019 #12

Huzzah! alfredo Jan 2019 #13

Awesome! Sending healing vibes and aurora from way up here! akraven Jan 2019 #14

Thanks so much! PennyK Jan 2019 #15

fantastic news Penny! JHan Feb 2019 #16

Surgery scheduled for next Friday! PennyK Apr 2019 #17

I report in at 11:30 tomorrow morning PennyK Apr 2019 #18

Looks like I'll need more surgery PennyK Apr 2019 #19

Hurray -- I get my surgical drain out today! PennyK May 2019 #20

I got my stitches out yesterday PennyK May 2019 #21

This step is done! PennyK Jun 2019 #22

Step Two today PennyK Aug 2019 #23

I'm now in Tissue Expander mode PennyK Sep 2019 #24

Three Cheers for PennyK alfredo Sep 2019 #25

Congratulations ! nt tblue37 Sep 2019 #26

Beautiful news!!! Freedomofspeech Sep 2019 #27

That's great! dawg day Sep 2019 #28

What great news for you! Laffy Kat Sep 2019 #29

Yay!!! I got pneumonia last January...then was diagnosed with CLL, so that's probably what Karadeniz Sep 2019 #30

Always good to hear this kind of news! Very happy for you! secondwind Sep 2019 #31

Yaaay to you.Great news. virgogal Sep 2019 #32

Yay! lunamagica Sep 2019 #33

Good for you! bearfan454 Oct 2019 #34

I now have a date for my breast implant PennyK Oct 2019 #35

YAY for you onethatcares Oct 2019 #36

I get my breast implant tomorrow. PennyK Dec 2019 #37

All went well PennyK Dec 2019 #38

Finally back to "normal" PennyK Dec 2019 #39