Hey everyone..please read!

February 25, 2008

Hey everyone, I just found this site. I am posting this on behalf of

my g/f who had saline sub-muscular implant surgery on Thursday the

21st. To make a long story short, the first couple days were a

complete nightmare. About 4 hours after the surgery her left breast

began swelling tremendously. She began to complain of intense pain up

and down her left arm and on the top of her left breast. The pain

would not subside even with the max dose of main medication. I called

the doctor to voice our concern and he came and checked her out and

said he didn't think it was anything to get alarmed over and that he

would be there at 8 AM the following morning to check on her. Her

pain only increased throughout the night, and she was constantly

waking up after only sleeping for a short period of time in extreme

pain. Finally she woke up around 5:30 AM the day after surgery and

passed out. She was unresponsive for a period of time. We called 911

and ended up in the ambulance. It was determined that she had a

hematoma on her left breast. Emergency surgery was performed

yesterday at around 8 AM to drain the hematoma. The surgery lasted

about 45 min and was successful according to her doctor. She stayed

in recovery and observation for about 2 hours and was discharged and

allowed to go home. She has been home since Friday afternoon. As a

result of everything that happened I am extremely paranoid and on

edge. I haven't left her side since the beginning and I won't until

she is better.

Can someone kinda give me an idea on how the first few days after

surgery are supposed to be like? She is doing 100 times better than

she was after her first surgery. There is a bit of swelling in both

breasts but they appear to be even in size and the swelling is

absoulutely nothing compared to what her left breast looked like when

she had the hematoma. However, she does have pain in her back,

chest, and stomach. We believe the stomach pain is a result of her

throwing up and dry-heaving before she became non-responsive. Is the

pain and tightness in her back and chest normal? She also says there

is quite a bit of pressure on her chest. Is this normal as well? She

is also saying that her arms are sore. She seems to be having a bit

more pain today, the 4th day, than previously.

Thanks for reading...I just want to put my mind to ease and of course

her mind more importantly.

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