Countdown to Surgery & Life after Surgery

Friday, November 04, 2005

A week in the life...

Every week that passes I feel better, more like me. On Wednesday I went back to rock climbing for the first time since before the surgery. It was a good night and I felt no lingering effects from the surgery, no pains or strains, only the effects of a 10 week break from climbing. I was out of gas after about 6 climbs and my hands and forearms are still sore today. Now I need to restart my biking!

Over the last several days I've been feeling increasingly horny. Last night we took my vagina for a test drive. Unfortunately, many areas are still numb and I didn't achieve "ignition". Still, what I could feel felt good and it's only bound to get better. No, I wasn't really expecting anything more but I needed to know what's what. It's been 2 months since surgery and for most of it I've felt like a no-fly zone, off limits, a toxic waste site. I needed a preview of things to come, I needed to know that Michele could be comfortable with me, I needed Michele to know that I'm ready to start exploring. She said it was like coming home ;-)

Michele just figured out last night that after my next surgery both my breasts and my vagina will become off limits for a few weeks. I've understood this all along. I'm commited to the surgeries so we'll have to deal with this downside.

I just finished going through the presurgery paperwork for January. In reading through the post-op care for the breast augmentation I was surprised to find out that I'm supposed to go 3 months without wearing a bra. I had expected that proper support would be a requirement. I can't help but think that this will be painful and uncomfortable.

Dr Meltzer prefers a periareolar approach for the breast implant insertion. I've read that this requires an incision of about 1 1/2 inches. He also prefers to insert a prefilled implant. I'm amazed that a filled implant can be passed through such a small opening but I'm concerned because my areola are rather small. I don't have room for an incision this size. I guess I have to wait until January to know how it will go.

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