Had my first appointment today with the plastic surgeon and the general surgeon.  First was the plastics guy.  My doctor got called away for an emergency, so I saw one of his partners which was fine.  I got 2 of my drains out!!!!!! The ones under the armpit. I was a little bit nervous about getting them out because I thought it would hurt, but I didn’t feel a thing! The drains in my back are still putting out too much drainage so they have to wait until next week.  In order for the drains to be able to be pulled they have to put out less than 30 cc of fluid over a 24 hr period.  So keep our fingers crossed for next time. The Dr. was asking me about the ulceration on the corner of my mouth and I had explained to him that it was from the ET tube during surgery and that my lip was numb still.  He was not happy about this and got on the phone with the head of anesthesia.  Talk about advocating for your patients!  Wow.   I go back on Tuesday for my first physical therapy appointment and hopefully to get the drains out.

Next was to the general surgeon.  Let me just say that she was at another hospital today and drove across town at the end of the day just to accommodate me so that I wouldn’t have to make another trip.  Wow.  I still get flabbergasted by the kindness oF this woman.  I would recommend my MD’s to anyone who is thinking of having this done so if you need any info, let me know.   So my mom came into this appointment with me because she wanted to meet my doc.   Because I am having nipple reconstruction they took a graft from somewhere so it looks as though I have skin colored nipples.  In order to check that the skin is still viable, the dr. Has to poke it to make sure that the capillary refill is appropriate (the color returns to the skin quickly). I knew what the Dr. was gonna do, so she poked my boob/nipple and we both start laughing bc we looked over at my mom and she looked like she was about to pass out.  It was hilarious.  We were also going over some of the paperwork from the hospital and apparently they had charted that I weighed 341.5 lbs, and my BMI was 53.5.  Uh, no. She called to change that right away, thank goodness none of my medications are weight based!  I am definitely not the most slender person in the world, but I assure you I don’t weigh anywhere close to 341.5 lbs!!!