Poland Surgery

[oakjazz]

Hey markashleigh1979,

The info and support on these boards have been tremendous, I'd like to thank you for your pioneering efforts as regards Poland.

I've got tons of questions and will keep asking as time goes on. I'm off to Poland tomorrow morning, will stay one night at he hotel and then go for the operation on Monday. How do U take a shower with the stitches still on? how long before U start taking shwers?, how long do U wait before taking off the stitches? How long do u wait before going back to wor?, can U go back to work before having the stitches off? I'll ask more as I remember. I'll definitely post pictures as soon as I'm done.

Thanks everyone.

[fajast]

Guys !!! post some pics, can't wait to see your positive experiences   tell me it all went fine and smooth, were you guys nervous ? how did you relax ? did anyone of you remember anything during the surgery ?

I was reading the Word files Andreas sent me and I noticed that he he has asked us to bring our ECG and Blood Tests to the clinic, did anyone take these things with him ?

[garytogarygary]

HI ALL ,MARKASLEIGH 10 OUT 10 OF MATE GETING PISSED AND FALLING OUT OF BED AFTER YOUR OP. LIKE YOUR STYE, WELL IT IS A WEEK TODAY PRE OP EVERYTHING OK JUST THIS F--KING VEST WRONG TIME OF YEAR TO HAVE THIS TIGHT VEST ON AND WORKING IN THE SUN .AS I ONLY HAD LIP I AM NOT SURE IF I WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. LEB YOU SAID YOU READED THAT THE GLAND CAN BE SOFT AND BE TAKEN OUT BY LIP.(ANY MORE ON THIS ANYBODY) ANYBODY GOING TO POLAND I WOULD GET A SPECIST OPINION FRIST. I AM NOT SAYING THAT YOU DO NOT GET GOOD ADVICE IN POLAND .BUT IT WILL GIVE YOU  TWO OPINIONS WHICH IS BETTER THAN ONE . PERSONAL I THINK I GOT THE RIGHT ADVICE BECAUES MY CHEST WAS NOT HARD GLAND. WE SEE, FAJAST. I WAS NOT ASKED TO BRING MY ECG OR BLOOD TESTS . (DONT WORRY IT WILL BE OK MANY HAVE GONE AND HAVE CAME BACK WITH A VERY POSITIVE EMPERIENCE YOUR BE ALL-RIGHT )

[LEBOWSKI]

HI ALL ,MARKASLEIGH 10 OUT 10 OF MATE GETING PISSED AND FALLING OUT OF BED AFTER YOUR OP. LIKE YOUR STYE, WELL IT IS A WEEK TODAY PRE OP EVERYTHING OK JUST THIS F--KING VEST WRONG TIME OF YEAR TO HAVE THIS TIGHT VEST ON AND WORKING IN THE SUN .AS I ONLY HAD LIP I AM NOT SURE IF I WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. LEB YOU SAID YOU READED THAT THE GLAND CAN BE SOFT AND BE TAKEN OUT BY LIP.(ANY MORE ON THIS ANYBODY) ANYBODY GOING TO POLAND I WOULD GET A SPECIST OPINION FRIST. I AM NOT SAYING THAT YOU DO NOT GET GOOD ADVICE IN POLAND .BUT IT WILL GIVE YOU  TWO OPINIONS WHICH IS BETTER THAN ONE . PERSONAL I THINK I GOT THE RIGHT ADVICE BECAUES MY CHEST WAS NOT HARD GLAND. WE SEE, FAJAST. I WAS NOT ASKED TO BRING MY ECG OR BLOOD TESTS . (DONT WORRY IT WILL BE OK MANY HAVE GONE AND HAVE CAME BACK WITH A VERY POSITIVE EMPERIENCE YOUR BE ALL-RIGHT )

Alright Gary.
Have a look here http://www.plasticsurgery4u.com/procedure_folder/male_breast.html
Read through it and click on the next arrow to take you to the next section. It will give you info etc.
As for work.... You should take it easy for a while.
If you are doing heavy work then as far as I've been told and read on these forums it will not help in your healing as you are stressing your chest and not letting it heal properly.  
Are you still swollen?
My swelling has gone down a bit but.......
I am begining to get hard lumps under the skin now. It looks like scar tissue is forming
 I'll just have to see how the healing goes as it is a bit early to say?
Has anyone else had this?
If so, any advice?

[oakjazz]

Hi,

I´ve started a topic with this but had to post it here as well.

This goes out to everyone but particularly my Poland crew. I was scheduled for an operation today but Dr Baranski declined to proceed cause my bp was too high, says he cant risk it. I cant come back till wednesday as that was when I booked my flight, so I´ve effectively wasted a trip.


One of the doctors who serves as an interpreter did tell me to sort out my bp and keep in touch.I have to say the Dr gained my respect and I´ll definitely pick him again when I get my bp down. A lot of doctors would have opted to risk it for the their pay cheque d**ning any adverse consequences.

The lesson here is pls check your bp, had no idea mine was that high.

[NotFedup]

http://www.esculap-service.de/english/index.htm

That is the website for the clinic which has been used by people on this thread. It has all the contact details on there for them.

There is a phone number and e mail addy for Andreas on the website but here it is:

Andreas Ciesla
Esculap Service
Tel: +49 (0) 2359/ 903 620,  
Mo – Fr: 9 a.m. until 7 p.m.  


im ringing him now after being rudely told by the nhs to wear a bra !
Saturdays: 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
esculap@web.de

[jon333]

hi ya all

date of surgery was 23/july

well swelling started to go down and bruises going, do any poland op know how long do you have to wear the vest?..

how do you put photo on here ??

[Ursochico]

Hello Mark and everyone,

As you all can imagine, after almost two decades struggling to find large shirts and plusters( to hold the nipples back) that would not hurt the skin I had finally managed to book my operation.

I had a ticket to Brazil (Florianopolis) booked for  the 24th of July to have my operation done there.


Happy, happy I was... Got to the Heatrow airport and the f*****  Brazilian airline went Busted!!!!

I did not manage to change the tickets to other airlines and therefore had to cancel my operation... I sat down and felt like it was the end of the world...  

Two days later feeling more positive about things ( manage to get a refund for the ticket... well it will take up to three months...   ) I found your experiences online.

After all,  it seems like I will save a lot more money then I thought.
If I had done in Brazil I would have paid 900 pounds for the surgery plus the ticket to Brazil at this time of the year 975 pounds.

Ok, in my case it would make sense because my family lives there so I would be able to spend time with them...  However, I will by another ticket to Brazil when I am recovered from my op.

I will call the clinic today... I will keep you all posted!

By the way, I tend to think in portuguese so sometimes I do write my thoughts in a kind of weird order... lol

Francisco

[Ursochico]

HI Mark,

I am a bit confused about how to contact the clinic... Do I call Germany or Changes4you.uk?

Noone seems to mention change4you. Is it more expensive through them?

Francisco

[jon333]

hospital room

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/jon333_2006/100_1064.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/jon333_2006/4de36c55.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/jon333_2006/100_1082.jpg


http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/jon333_2006/100_1089.jpg

[jon333]

the view outside surgery

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/jon333_2006/100_1063.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/jon333_2006/100_1063.jpg

the border of poland to germany

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/jon333_2006/100_1070.jpg

river seperate  poland and germay
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/jon333_2006/100_1071.jpg

just over border in germay
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/jon333_2006/100_1075.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/jon333_2006/100_1076.jpg

be cafefull not to take photos on border,  i did and was called over by german police and made to delete some photos of border..

it take about 10 mins walk to germany/poland border  from surgery but things much cheaper in poland

[ghostrider]

good pictures mate im off there on the 5th sept.......just hope this will encourage the others who have had surgery there to post there before and after pics also...as feel we dont see enough on here plenty telling the story but without pics we cant see only imagine

[jon333]

good luck ghost..

on day you leave uk have a good meal , remeber YOU CANNOT EAT OR DRINK anything day before surgery not even a glass of water

it takes about 50 mins drive from berlin airport  to surgery. your taxi driver will show you hospital then drop you off at B&B

you will need to be at surgery at 9 am.. have your blood check and then they will talk to you about surgery. they will ask your weight in kilogram so convert from stone and pound.

then about 11 30 i was taken to surgey,  the next thing i woke up and was all over

there is a internet cafe(free to use)  on right side of road from surgey and supermarket at the end of road ( they except euros)

take some reading mags and newspaper etc.  there is nothing in english to read when your there.it gets boring

ask for tea in surgey they made me plenty   lol

[Paul-WC1]

Hi all, this bulletin board has been awesome, just what I needed to help me gain confidence to have an operation. For many years I have been so so concious of these two unwanted moving parts! I think Poland is the place and so any comments/advice before I contact Sublice?. Happy to see you all have such great results Paul

[karl_82]

good luck ghost..

on day you leave uk have a good meal , remeber YOU CANNOT EAT OR DRINK anything 24 hours before surgery not even a glass of water

I thought is was only 8 hours ! 24 hours without water is gonna kill me lol