Guest guest Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 Congratulations! I can't imagine going through explant with only a local though...yikes. It seems your surgery length was really, really short, too. Mine took 4 hours, although I had a lift, too. Did you have the capsule removed? I guess if you were awake you wouldn't really need the operative report to know that, but did you see it come out? You either would have seen it taken out with the implant (it would have been like an outside covering around the implant) or you would have seen it being removed after the implants were taken out. It is a kinda rubbery or slippery piece of scar tissue, it can be thick or thin (depending on how your immune system responded to the implant). We've got some pictures of implants and scar tissue in our photos section, so you can see what it should look like, including after the implants were taken out and the scar capsule still inside the body. http://photos./group//lst?.dir=/Capsules & .src=gr & .order= & .view=t & .done=http%3a//briefcase./ At any rate, so glad to hear that part is over for you! Patty ----- Original Message ----- From: saline952003 Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 2:47 PM Subject: Yeah, Implant free! Hello all, Just wanted to post to say I had my explant surgery yesterday! All went pretty good! WEnt in at about 4pm and was out of there by 5:30. Had a local with IV sedation which did not do too much except relax me a lil. It did not put me to sleep or anything. Anyway, I was really nervous and afraid that I would feel the poking and pulling and all. It was not bad at all. I did feel a lot of pinching and poking but overall it was not bad. It took a total of about an hour. Felt pretty good last night except for some nausea and weakness and a little burning. Today I am more sore and still real naseated. My appetite is really good and I have been drinking lots of H20. Have to say that having the weight off my chest feels great!Hope to soon regain my health as well!P.S. Took a peek and they are very squashed down. Not too upset cause I know it takes time to fluff!I will check back in a few days!TW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 TW, I am so happy for you, Gods speed with your recovery! And they will fluff! Mine looked flat as a board, and then after 3 months, fluffed to a 34b/small c. I am very pleased with them now! And even better, I Am pleased with my regaining health! Love ----- Original Message ----- From: *~Patty~* Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: Re: Yeah, Implant free! Congratulations! I can't imagine going through explant with only a local though...yikes. It seems your surgery length was really, really short, too. Mine took 4 hours, although I had a lift, too. Did you have the capsule removed? I guess if you were awake you wouldn't really need the operative report to know that, but did you see it come out? You either would have seen it taken out with the implant (it would have been like an outside covering around the implant) or you would have seen it being removed after the implants were taken out. It is a kinda rubbery or slippery piece of scar tissue, it can be thick or thin (depending on how your immune system responded to the implant). We've got some pictures of implants and scar tissue in our photos section, so you can see what it should look like, including after the implants were taken out and the scar capsule still inside the body. http://photos./group//lst?.dir=/Capsules & .src=gr & .order= & .view=t & .done=http%3a//briefcase./ At any rate, so glad to hear that part is over for you! Patty ----- Original Message ----- From: saline952003 Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 2:47 PM Subject: Yeah, Implant free! Hello all, Just wanted to post to say I had my explant surgery yesterday! All went pretty good! WEnt in at about 4pm and was out of there by 5:30. Had a local with IV sedation which did not do too much except relax me a lil. It did not put me to sleep or anything. Anyway, I was really nervous and afraid that I would feel the poking and pulling and all. It was not bad at all. I did feel a lot of pinching and poking but overall it was not bad. It took a total of about an hour. Felt pretty good last night except for some nausea and weakness and a little burning. Today I am more sore and still real naseated. My appetite is really good and I have been drinking lots of H20. Have to say that having the weight off my chest feels great!Hope to soon regain my health as well!P.S. Took a peek and they are very squashed down. Not too upset cause I know it takes time to fluff!I will check back in a few days!TW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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