Melonie’s Blog: The Consultation
October 6th, 2009
When I arrived for my consultation, I felt a bit nervous but was immediately put at ease by Becky at the front desk. She collected my information and it was just a few minutes before I met the nurse and other staff. They were all very friendly, upbeat and informative. When it was time for me to meet Dr. Bashioum, I actually felt relaxed, having already met his staff first. As part of my research, I had read his patient blogs and I could see now that they were accurate about the staff. So I thought, this is going to go just like the other patients had described. My time with him was professional and comfortable. He asked a few questions, gave me a lot of information and took a very quick look at my breasts. Nothing at all uncomfortable or embarrassing. I was most impressed with his utmost concern being for my health, peace of mind and well-being. That is when I really decided he was the right doctor for me.
After we were finished the consultation, I was instructed to try on different size implants with the help of the nurse, to determine my new size. She did not offer any opinion and I felt comfortable choosing the size I thought looked best for me. She told me I could come back and re-size anytime I wanted before surgery, if I chose to do so. That day I chose the 475 cc, but felt I may want to go a little larger. I came back a week later with my boyfriend to re-size. I then chose the 500 cc and asked my boyfriend if he thought it looked right on me. He felt it looked good but said that it was most important that I was comfortable. I felt that I would most likely need time to adjust to whatever size I chose, but I liked the look of the 500 cc. So as of now, this is where I am at. My surgery is scheduled in 2 ½ weeks and I am feeling a mix of nervousness and excitement.
The surgery will be filmed for the blog, so check back to see how I’m feeling the morning of my surgery and hear what final decision I make regarding implant size.
Mikaela’s Blog: Mother’s Perspective on Recovery
August 26th, 2009
The Drive Home. Mikaela informs me that she doesn’t have much discomfort at all and that she can’t really even remember being in the recovery room. Ha-ha! Again, that is completely normal.
First Week of Recovery. At first Mikaela was content to just sit with bags of ice on her chest. I encouraged her to walk around every hour or so and she drink tons of water, which she does all of the time anyway. Her appetite was fine by the first evening. By day 3 she was bored, as one can only watch so many episodes of Sponge Bob and The Office. Mikaela had used her graduation money to buy a new computer for college, so she decided to use this down time to work on getting everything transferred over and become familiar with how it all worked. She wanted to stop taking all of her pain meds early, but I had to encourage her to continue through day 3 for the anti-inflammatory benefit. Besides, the maximum swelling doesn’t happen for a while and some pain might accompany that swelling. Of course, that’s why ice is so important to keep the swelling to a minimum.
Please check back to read Mikaela’s reflections on surgery and her recovery.
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