jont137
10-24-2008, 06:24 PM
Can anyone rate the pain from one to 10 after the surgery?
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Sponsor salome33 10-27-2008, 12:31 PM I had a tummytuck by Dr. Philip Godfrey in New York City a few years ago when I used to live up there. After having 2 kids - one thru normal delivery and one thru C-section, I would rate it this way:
Normal Delivery - 5 C-section 7 Tummytuck -7.5 My experience was that most of my pain or discomfort was not really the tummytuck incision - even though that was hip-to-hip...but it was the strain on my back from not being able to stand erect. Of course, that got better in the first week. I am more than glad to have done it. The pain and discomfort was all worth it! jont137 10-27-2008, 09:56 PM Thanks, I was beginning to think no one posted reponses on this board.
Mel52 10-27-2008, 11:52 PM had breast implants, the pain was an 8 because the surgeon had the wrap around my chest so tight I couldn't breathe as soon as he took it off two days later I was fine maybe a 2
Had ruptured implants removed had a lift. First night probably a 7 after that a 3? jont137 10-28-2008, 11:15 AM How did they rupture?
Mel52 10-29-2008, 12:36 AM one was ruptured. Could have been a mammogram, maybe from the encapsulation that forms around the implant because the body is fighting a foreign object. Some implants were made very thin in order to help make it easier to see through them for a mammo. Don't know for sure.
nobodyknows 11-02-2008, 05:51 PM i had implants along with lipo on tummy.
it's just so hard to rate the "pain" b/c there wasn't any real pain, just so so much continued discomfort along with being bedridden. it was months before i felt like my real self again, prob about 6 mo's before i could look down at my gorgeous new bod and say hooray so glad i did this. it's been 4.5 years and no regrets. do TONS of research. i interviewed 7 doctors, no kidding, a few of them charged consult fees but that's peanuts compared to finding the right doc. btw my doc did charge a consult fee which was then deducted off my surgery. another btw, you can do a search engine about mammograms and breast implants....terrifying news. i would pay out of pocket for a different method of detection, but i think it is starting to get OT. my point is, don't underestimate the amount of pain/discomfort/downtime involved. i did. but i still love my implants. |