necrosis..called the office

October 10, 2003

I want to thank everyone for the responses. I called to speak with my surgeon

today. He won't be in until Tuesday. I did speak with one of the nurses. I am

still not completely at ease but I will go in if things progressively get worse.

This is a private hospital and patients can go in to be seen at any time if

there is need. They are really very good to me out there.

Now I tried to explain but not sure I made myself totally clear...English/Danish

conversation. My biggest concern is the pus that came out. She kept saying it's

normal for plasma to come out. We all know the difference. On the good side of

this is that the swelling seems to slowly be going down. It has been draining

since coming open. I have no fever and it doesn't hurt so much. Every now and

then I get a stick pain but then it stops. The worst part now is just looking at

it. The skin where the necrosis is, is absolutely not something I want to look

at.

I see that I have scared a couple of people about having PS. This is not my

intention. I would still do it again. I just have had one bad experience. I have

had several surgeries by now in my life and this is the first problem. I will

post pictures this evening if I can get my digital camera to cooperate. (It

sucks the life out of the batteries after one or two pictures.) I want yall to

see my surgeon did a beautiful job and this isn't his fault. I do want others

who run into this problem to see what to expect though. There were a couple that

sent pictures which was helpful. You cannot find picture online...at least I

couldn't.

I only had a lift. No implants. My nipples were not grafted on. The breast with

the nipples attached were moved up into the new position. The antibiotic I was

given was Dicillian. This is supposed to be the best for this type of operation

here in Denmark. I was wondering if malabsorption may have interfered with the

process. I wonder if actually I took half doses for 10 days.

I love the tile example you gave Peggy. Good point. Once again, thank you all so

very much. It's so nice to know that I'm not over reacting. I will keep everyone

posted.

Thanks again,

Dawn

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