Makaela’s Blog: Mother’s Perspective on Surgery
August 24th, 2009
The Day of Surgery. Mikaela is nervous, which then makes me a bit nervous. She is worried about being nauseous afterwards and goodness knows she may get herself worked up to the point that she does throw up! I am not worried about the anesthesia or the surgery itself at all. As you already know, I am an RN and in the spirit of full disclosure, I am also a past patient of Dr. Bashioum’s. So I am totally confident that she is in awesome hands, the best! Mikaela met with many of the staff on the day of her surgery. She was treated with respect and kindness. I could sense from her that she was going to be okay through all of this. David, the nurse anesthetist, took special care to let her know that he would do everything he could to prevent her from “puking†as she put it. He told me that he would make sure that he medicated her appropriately so that she would have a comfortable recovery. The actual surgery takes under and hour and we were soon ready to head home.
Please check back to read all about Mikaela’s recovery.
Mikaela’s Blog: Surgery is Scheduled
August 21st, 2009
Now that my surgery is scheduled, I had a few concerns leading up to surgery, mostly regarding the size of the implants and how an augmentation would change my appearance. I decided at the last minute to increase the size to a 350 cc implant, since the diameter of that implant would better match my body size. I was never nervous for the pain of the actual surgery, but I was slightly concerned about feeling nauseous. The anesthesiologist assured me that it was very rare, but to help me feel better, he said he would take extra steps to minimize nausea. He was extremely nice and I felt like I was in really good hands. More than anything though, I had concerns regarding the size I close and how it would affect my life.
I’m very active, I run almost 5 miles a day, and would implants affect this? I also play lacrosse and am playing in college. I like not to wear a bra with a lot of clothes, and know breast implants would change the way I look and feel in clothes. Would implants look and feel real, and not look too big on me? I had been looking at many “before and after” pictures online, and I was a little worried that my result might look strange, or unattractive. Although, I did have confidence that Dr. Bashioum would create the natural look that I wanted, I was anxious to have it over and see the change.
Please check back to read more of my story about personal recollections from the day of surgery.
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