I thought i would post my account on the UK board as a lot of posters in the UK may not look on the Asia thread.
I went in for my final consultation on Thursday (the 3rd) it was actually very brief about 15 minutes which suprised me a litttle as i was expecting to be in there a good while going through everything.Dr Poomee confirmed that lipo only was sufficient to rid me of my horrible gyn and that i only had a tiny bit of gland on my left side but not enough to justify excision,he just said he will take a litttle more out of that side.I was happy with that,he was giving the impression that it would just be a breeze, like he knows what he's doing, don't worry etc etc.He then told me a few do's and dont's before surgery and instructed me to arrive the next day at 7.30am.I then had to go for a blood test and then left feeling pretty confident about everything.
I arrived the next day at 7.20am (i have always been a good time-keeper) i was taken to a room where i deposited my valuables and was handed my hospital clothes to change into.I was then wheeled off to another room where a nurse asked me a few health questions,i also had to sign a few documents.
The nurse who was going to give me the anaesthetic then arrived and told me what would happen and that i would be taken to that area in about 30 minutes.My surgeon then arrived,as usual he didn't say too much,just another day at the office for him.He marked my chest area with a marker pen took a photo and disappeard.The guy is so laid back it's untrue, he is also i firmly believe one of the best plastic surgeons in the world,after all to be head of plastic surgery in a hospital like Bumrungrad you would have to be a bit tasty i would say.
I was then taken to a room to receive the anaesthetic,i was sourrounded by 6 nurses including the surgeons wife (although i didn't know this at the time) this was the first and only time i felt nervous and anxious as the reality set in that i was about to undergo surgery.YIKES!! I felt a pleasant rush and i was out for the count.
The next thing i know was i was awake in the recovery room feeling really good physically and mentally with two very pretty nurses next to me,i still felt half asleep and just recall flirting with them (typical of me!) i was then taken to my private room,the time now was around 10am.
My chest was covered with a compression vest and some additional padding and was very tight, so i could not peak at it,i was in no pain whatsoever, i just felt a bit uncomfortable of course.
The rest of the day and night was just spent in my private room relaxing,watching tv,dvd's and chatting to the numerous nurses that were coming in and out,one of them was very nice and i got her phone number and am hoping to go out with her in the next week or so,amazing! (i just hope she doesn't have a pair of bollocks) anyway, i was given a sleeping pill to take and dropped off at around midnight.
The next morning i felt pretty much the same, no pain at all, just the padding and the vest being a discomfort.Amongst others the surgeons wife arrived and took off my padding and vest, this was the first time i could see my chest.
What i saw i was very pleased with.As i say i had lipo only but my gyn was quite severe,the surgeon removed around 250 from both sides (which i did see in a container) which he said was above average.My chest looked really flat,now this suprised me because the surgeon said before it would be around 3 weeks before it was flat, so i was very pleased and i could see by his wifes reaction she was pleased too.There wasn't too much bruising but the marker pen was making things look a bit messy.I put the vest back on and waited for the surgeon.
He arrived at around 10.30am looked at my chest and he said it was looking good and he was pleased.I told him the vest was a pain,he said he knew but just said to try to keep it on for 2 weeks or definitly at least a week and then i could get away with a tight t-shirt to support my chest,as usual he was as cool as ever.He then discharged me with a few anti-biotics and i went home happy,all be it a liitle dazed of course after the experience.Overall the service from the hospial was very good apart from the breakfast which was bloody awful.The cost by the way was around STLG 1500.
I'm now typing this on Sunday the 6th in the evening Thai time,so around two and a half days after surgery,my chest is looking good,i don't really feel anything too unusual just feel a little tense and sensitive, but i don't feel that with the vest on,i have lost some sensation in my nipples but that will come back i would like to think.The two areas that he opened up are only around half an inch long a bit red but nothing to worry about at all, i have also removed the marker pen marks so things are looking pretty good right now.I expect the bruising will be gone by the end of the week at the latest.So, so far so good and i am not expecting any problems later on,although you never know of course.
I have no idea how my chest will look in a week,two weeks or a month and so on but i'm hoping it will look really contured and natural.I'm really looking forward to going out and buying some nice new tops and t-shirts and not having to worry about looking like a woman when i go out!!
I'm due to see the surgeon again on Friday PM for a check up.By the way i'm sorry but i do not have any before and after photos and even if i did i probably wouldn't be able to figure out how to upload them anyway
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Thanks for reading,
Ross