Surgeons Appt - Need Advice Ladies ???

[Guest guest]

Sandylou ~

I think it will be ok for this gentleman

to do the surgery. Tell him not to worry

to just use a drain tube, and to leave

it in til the drainage is about nil.

Use Ice packs for the first several days

to help keep the swelling down. On 15 min

every hour or so. Doc always used elastoplast

on me, and kept it on there firm but not tight for the first several days 5 or so, wrapped around my whole chest wall, in the area she had to detatch. ( My implants were under the muscle, so each time they went in they had to detatch the entire chest wall in that area )

and she also instructed me to not move the

arm on the side that the surgery was on for the first

I think week or so, maybe longer.

And YOU be sure you rest after this surgery

and dont overdo. The reason

you have the seroma anyway is because

it is not really just a seroma......it is just a

nasty conglomerate of debris and scar

tissue, it may have fluid, but may not too...

With the MRI, hopefully it will show the location

and all , he can draw on you the location, and you help as you know where it hurts, and if he

goes slow, and cuts away from the nodule,

almost as if he was doing a wide excision on

a SCC, he can see where to cut without

cutting into it ( the nodule) . If it is like mine was,

and does not show anything at all, then if he goes wider than he thinks, and trusts what you tell him

on the size and where you think it is, then

he will be ok.

He sounds a bit nervous about doing a surgery

like this, but he has to start somewhere. Maybe

he will use your case as a case study, and it will

teach him how to help others.

Let this man read my MRI, OP Report and Path Report.

It will tell him how my doc did it. This way he will

know what to expect ....that anything is possible once

he gets in there.

If you cant get to Atlanta, you cant. You just have

to go with what is reality.

A seroma is highly common. It is a chance of any surgery. This nodule needs to be removed, so it is

a chance you will just have to take. Typically a seroma

will absorb, unless there is debris of some sort, or something irritating the area, or is too large.

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[Guest guest]

My plastic surgeon is ordering an MRI

and he said to me I' not going to go

probing because of the pain your in

My surgeon said to me he would prefer

Dr. Kolb to remove this nodule because

she is more experienced because he has

not explanted that many seromas.

My surgeon's concern was this seroma could

develop again, just because it's surgery

My surgeon's wife also has saline implants

I did not get breast implants just to have

them taken out and she agreed with me

My surgeon said he will surgically remove

this nodule, if that is what I want

My surgeons wife must believe me because

I look like a little elephant and I told her since

capsule removal, immedietly lost 10 lbs

no more panic attacks or heart flutters.

My medical history, tells my implant story

There ain't no denying that !!

I mention sending samples/slides of this nodule

or whatever it is to Dr. Blais and my surgeons

wife said ok that should not be a problem

Like I mentioned before,

my surgeon said there is always a

chance fluid could build up again

My surgeon read the information below

that Dede typed up for him. My surgeon said

this is how he surgically removes seromas

I cannot afford Atlanta again

Ladies what do you think ??

Sandy~

Cutting into the nodule or making a hole

in the nodule will only give it a chance to

leak out toxins and debris into your body

that is contained inside the nodule.

If they go in and cut it out leaving it

whole, then the fresh skin in there will

grow together and shut, leaving NO hole.

If the nodule is much bigger like I expect,

then when they get in there they will see

what all is there and will finally believe what

you are saying, and remove it properly.

It would be the same if there was a cyst

in there and they wanted to go in and

remove it whole, and not just suck the

pus out where it could fill up again.

It needs to be treated like a tumor.

Go in and cut around the nodule and remove

it in one piece without puncturing it.

[Guest guest]

Sandy,It sounds like your doctor is finally listening . . . Personally, I'd go with him. You've given him quite an education that he's going to remember for the rest of his career. I think he'll do a good job . . . but regardless of who does the surgery, there are no guarantees - on anything!Hugs,Rogene