Re: My appointment with Dr. Kolb todayand questions that didn't get answered

[Guest guest]

Hey there! I am glad to hear that your breasts are looking good! I

am a Dr. Kolb patient so here are some answers to your questions...

1.) Wear your sports bra for the complete 4 weeks. Then at your

appt. ask her if you should continue or not to 6. I stopped at 4 and

I was fine. It is very important that you wear the sports bra.

Things need to be tight and kept in place. It is annoying, and what

some girls did was wear a bra over it when they went to work so they

look more filled out.

2.)Do not do any weight lifting until after 6 weeks. You can hurt

yourself. I dont know about you but she did an internal lift and the

inside stitches started popping up thru my skin after i ran the

vacuum one day! So gross. Remember it is healing. I wouldn't chance

it, relax!!!

3.)As for the ointment I used it every day on my wounds that were

open. Once they closed up I started using Vitamin E and that Maderma

crap. ( i am not a fan of the maderma, waste of money in my eyes.

the vitamin E works better)

Hope that helps. I know it sux not being able to excercise but don't

rush it! The time goes by quick and before you know it your 6 weeks

will be up! By the way, I live all the way up in OH and she does

return calls and emails quickly. At least she has for me! Take care

and rest up!!! Jenna

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> > > Cosima,

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> > > Think in terms of sitting on a pillow and what happens

> > > after you get off the pillow. . .

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> > > It takes a bit longer, but your breasts will do

> > > essentially the same thing!

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> > > Hugs,

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> > > Rogene

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[Guest guest]

Regarding exercise: At six weeks I was told " okay as long you as you

stay well supported " , meaning sports bra.

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> > > Cosima,

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> > > Think in terms of sitting on a pillow and what happens

> > > after you get off the pillow. . .

> > >

> > > It takes a bit longer, but your breasts will do

> > > essentially the same thing!

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> > > Hugs,

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> > > Rogene

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[Guest guest]

Hi Charlotte

that's great about the drains. I know how you feel about being

small again - sometimes I am just so thrilled to be myself and not

have the weight of the implants, and other times, I get a little

discouraged that I can't fill out a bra. At least your nipples

popped back out - mine have not yet. I hope you get feeling better

soon, and congratulations!!

Cherie

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> > > > Cosima,

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> > > > Think in terms of sitting on a pillow and what happens

> > > > after you get off the pillow. . .

> > > >

> > > > It takes a bit longer, but your breasts will do

> > > > essentially the same thing!

> > > >

> > > > Hugs,

> > > >

> > > > Rogene

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[Guest guest]

Jenna thanks for answering my questions. i don't think she ever

mentioned an internal lift to me. what is that? but she did mention

while taking out the stitches yesterday that i might start " spitting "

stitches and they'd poke through my skin, and if i did to put some

ointment on them and i'd need to come back sooner.what did you do

about yours? well that settles it for me, i'm not touching the vacuum

cleaner or anything like that for at least 4 wks even though she said

you can do stuff after 3 wks. i dont' know if my sports bra is tight

enough. i don't think it's as tight as that binder was but i can't

wear that binder for 4 wks and she said only to wear it for another

couple of days over my sports bra but i simply can't. i've had a cold

and asthma and i couldn't even take a deep breath or cough much while

i had that thing on, which was contributing to me not doing too

well.the sports bra feel snug but i can put my hand under it on my

breast so i'm not sure. i could put some kind of padding in it to

help matters if i really had to. just how tight does the sports bra

have to be and how can i tell if it's tight enough? the lower edge of

the bra also rests over my incisions but i put a folded up kleenex

under each edge. my sports bra always feel like its riding up from

the bottom although it doesn't look like it but the binder always

felt like it was slipping down from the top(and it was) because it

had nothing to hold it up on the shoulders. and that's even though it

was tight so i'm thinking the riding up fee isn't because my bra

isn't tight enough. could be just because it's over my incisions.i

still have terrible itching but not as bad as before the bvinder was

removed. dr. kolb said it was probably a reaction to the solution

they put on my skin and to shower and wash it off. i did but it still

itches and the places where the tape and binder were look scalded-red

like they've been burned so maybe it was the tape and binder.

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> > > > Cosima,

> > > >

> > > > Think in terms of sitting on a pillow and what happens

> > > > after you get off the pillow. . .

> > > >

> > > > It takes a bit longer, but your breasts will do

> > > > essentially the same thing!

> > > >

> > > > Hugs,

> > > >

> > > > Rogene

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