Hi all.
I had my surgery yesterday at - by surgeon katarzyna Ostrowski-Clark and i'm very pleased. I flew out on Sunday 18th from Berlin airport where a taxi picked me up and took me to my hotel. The journey from the airport took around 2 hours. Im staying at the Novotel hotel. My surgery was on the 19th and at 8am the clinic had arranged a taxi to pick me up and take me to the clinic. At around 8.30am i had my blood tests for the surgeons benefit but Katarzyna also very kindly asked if there i was anything else i would like testing so i chose to get my testosterone and estrogen levels checked too for my own piece of mind. Katarzyna also sat me down and had a chat with me about what was going to happen and also asked if i had come for gland
removal or gland
reduction. She explained the possible complications with a whole removal of the gland (nipple collapse etc) but i was comfortable in my mind that i wanted the whole gland removed and i appreciated the fact that she took the time to explain the difference/outcome etc. Straight after the blood tests Katarzyna took me personally (in a very nice BMW X3 might i add
) to the hospital for my ultra-sound so she could get an exact idea of the gland size etc. Then it was back to the clinic.
I hadn't eaten anything in the morning as required for the blood tests so when we got back to the clinic i had until 11am to eat and drink. Katarzyna kindly asked her husband (Jeremy - who i consulted over email with) to take me to the shops so i could get some food, and some for later that evening too. There was still plenty of time to kill until my operation at 3pm so Jeremy kindly gave me a little tour of -, showed me the Galaxy shopping centre which is near my hotel and also took me to see the port. We then went back to the clinic and i had a few hours left to kill so i just relaxed in my own personal room. Jeremy came in my room to sort the money side of things out. Before i go any further let me tell you i had come for gland removal
and liposuction but Katarzyna told me she didn't believe i needed the liposuction, i was fully prepared to pay the extra for it and i told her that, but she knew best and it just goes to show how decent they are as she just saved me around £210 by being honest with me when in all honesty she could have had an extra £210 out of me. I was very grateful that Jeremy gave up part of his day to make me feel more welcome and at ease.
3pm came and i was introduced to the scrub nurse and also the aneathetist. An intra-venus drip was installed in my arm with what i believe was aneasthetic because all i remember is the 3 of them chatting away and the next thing i know ive woken up and Katarzyna has told me it's all finished
Im not sure of the working of aneasthetic but i was told i would not have the tube down my throat, what they do is put you to sleep and then inject you with local aneasthetic. I was happy with this and it put me at ease knowing. Katarzyna showed me how much gland she removed from each side, the whole gland on each side, and it was quite alot.
After the clinic closed and Katarzyna went home for the night i was left with my own personal nurse who was very nice and very helpful. She came to my room often to offer me food and drink and she made me a lovely ham salad roll from the goods Jeremy had bought from the shop earlier. I was given anti-biotics through the intra-venus thing in my arm and every hour or 2 she kept checking that i was ok and doing things with my drains to make sure everything was as it should be.
Morning came and Katarzyna came to see me to check i was ok and change my dressing. I noticed through the night that my left drain had a bit of blood in it but my right drain didn't have any at all. After taking my dressing off you could see my right side was holding blood so after a bit of feeling around the area Katarzyna squeezed it out and withdrew it from the drain with a syringe. After cleaning me up a bit she sat me up and showed me the mirror... all i can say is i am
very happy so far. Chest is flat, holding hardly any fluid and i have next to no bruising yet. No sign of nipple collapse or any indentaion.
After i had my fresh dressing applied Katarzyna called me a taxi to take me back to my hotel.
I went out for a walk earlier just to get out and about (the drains are in my pockets lol) but wished i hadn't now as i feel sore from the walking. I shall be having my dressing changed daily, the clinic has arranged that a taxi collects me at 9am tomorrow morning where we hope the drains will be removed.
The cost of the surgery without lipo was £937 and all i can say is if you're thinking of getting it done - do it.
When we was in Katarzyna's car going to the hospital she asked me why i chose - when there are much bigger/famous clinics in Poland. I told her it was because all i have heard is good things, and then she went on to tell me that she used to work at one of the big/famous clinics and although more money can be earnt there, she is much happier running her own surgery where personal touch and personal care is of the most importance. In the bigger clinics i guess you are just one of many patients, but at - they only have one bed and their entire attention is on
you.
Katarzyna is excellent and what she does and the whole - experience has been very pleasing.
Im here until 26th where i fly out in the morning, so i hope to have my stitches removed on the 25th. What i will say is if you're planning to get it done i advise that you stay until your stitches are removed (6 extra nights) as Katarzyna's after care is excellent and it's put my mind at ease that if anything does go wrong in the next few days then the clinic is only down the road.
Topic: My experience - Poland (Read 10730 times)
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