The gods (AKA doctors) must be crazy!!!!

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aysemari
aysemari Member Posts: 1,596 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
My plastic surgeon is a character. A genius surgeon but boy if
I dare to flinch when he STABS me in my breast to fill my expanders
he looks at my like what is your problem. i had my first fill the
the second week of my mastectomy, mind you he didn't think
that I needed pain killers only after the first week.

I was stranded at home in pain and no prescription. Tylenol
DID NOT cut it like he said it would. After several fruitless
calls to his office, I found out my medication had still not
been called in. My general surgeon came to my rescue and returned
my call after hours within 15 minutes. And an angel of a friend,
we barely knew each other before my diagnosis, picked them up for me.

Now he's been telling me, I can do anything exercise just whatever, I am
on my third week after the mastectomy. WHAT is he talking about? I can walk
at the most for about an hour at a slow pace and then I have a
hard time breathing and hunch over. Gym is out of question.

So today he passed me on to his assistant and what a blessing
that was!!!! I hardly felt anything at all, she took her time. And
she could see I was hunching over and asked why I am not taking
the Valium to relax my muscles, when I told her I didn't get any,
she was really surprised and got me some right away.... It was
such a nice change to be understood. HALLELUYAH!!!

So moral of the story, don't let anyone tell you WHAT you
SHOULD feel, especially if that certain someone never sported
a set of breasts around!!!

Ayse

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  • Dawne.Hope
    Dawne.Hope Member Posts: 823
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    Crazy Indeed
    Aysemari,
    I'm sorry that happened to you. That is ridiculous!

    I was told to not do any cardio for four weeks. I couldn't do any lifting for six weeks. Then they released to do whatever I wanted (but no lifting over ten) as long as it didn't cause me any pain. I tried walking at two weeks and really paid for it with terrible muscle spasms. So take it easy. I was able to do some tai chi and yoga throughout the process and I even lifted some five pound dumb bells. I did the elliptical and was able to walk a couple of miles a day after the initial six weeks. I tried to get back into Pilates but it really hurt (I had alloderm sewn to my chest wall and laying straight out was extremely uncomfortable.)

    I too had my first fill two weeks out from my masectomy. Soooo glad somebody finally listened to you. I took the muscle relaxer Flexeril but Valium will do the same thing and it helped with the pain far more than anything else.

    A friend of mine who's been through this suggested taking tylenol and advil at the same time every four hours the day of a fill and for a couple after. Some women don't have problem with pain but I sure did, especially near the end. Take the Valium.

    Maybe this doctor craziness is related to the moon? ;) I don't know but I'm glad you have gotten some relief.

    Blessings,
    dh
  • jackiejhm
    jackiejhm Member Posts: 169
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    Wha?
    Dear Ayse, call me crazy,but, is it too late to look for another plastic surgeon? This one sounds kind of, well, mean. I am thinking happy, healing thoughts for you. Keep us posted!
    xoxoxo, Jackie
  • ms.sunshine
    ms.sunshine Member Posts: 707 Member
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    jackiejhm said:

    Wha?
    Dear Ayse, call me crazy,but, is it too late to look for another plastic surgeon? This one sounds kind of, well, mean. I am thinking happy, healing thoughts for you. Keep us posted!
    xoxoxo, Jackie

    Ayse
    Sorry you went thru that. The doc is a noncaring jacka$$. Why not give you a 30 day supply of pain meds just in case you may have needed them, and you did. It's not like we here in the USA have a shortage of pain meds. Maybe the dude will get kidney stones (I hear that's painful for a man) and his doc tells him to take a Tylenol.

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