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Visitors' Stories -- France's Story (page 1):Hi Nicole. My name is France, I am 38 years old, 5'2" tall and weigh around 120lbs. I live in Canada. I am fairly healthy except that I smoke cigarettes and I suffer from genital herpes, a virus that recurs from time to time. I take suppressive medication for that. I had surgery on the 23rd of November. On the advice of my surgeon during my initial consultation, I stopped taking Vitamin E three weeks prior to surgery. I was also told not to take aspirin either. My pre-op visit consisted of deciding on size, placement of the implants and placement of the scars (I was a small 34B and decided on Mentor, round, smooth, 275ccs overfilled to 300ccs, placed under the muscles, with incisions in the folds below the breasts). My surgeon helped me decide on all of these issues. He also took before pictures and I asked a lot of questions. I paid the operation in full and went home. The day before the operation, I was quite jittery and was wondering about how it would all go. I also had a scratchy throat. I slept fairly well nonetheless. On the day of surgery, a friend of mine picked me up and drove me to the clinic (my surgeon has his own), where I was told to undress, put on a surgical gown and wait. The anesthesiologist came in to ask a few questions and to check my throat, for safety reasons. He felt it was safe. When he left the room, I heard a woman moaning in the other room. She was obviously in pain. I was really scared then. My doctor walked in and told me that the woman had just awakened from her surgery, a breast augmentation and a mastopexy, and told me that because of the dual operation she had had, she had suffered more trauma to her body, and thus had more pain upon waking up. The anesthesiologist went to see her and I didn't hear anymore after that. My surgeon then made some markings on my chest. We went over what we had previously discussed (to make sure that what I wanted was still what I wanted). I walked into the operating room, laid down on the gurney and while the nurses were preparing me, the anesthesiologist made an IV in my hand and injected some drug, so I could relax. I did. Then, he told me he was putting me to sleep and I drifted off. It was around 12:30 p.m. I woke up around 2 p.m., in no pain at all. My anesthesiologist looked at me with some concern...my pulse rate was only 45 bpm and he thought I was pale...so, he injected something in the IV to take all of the anesthetic away, and my pulse became normal. The nurse gave me a codeine injection in my buttock for pain. They kept me for about an hour or so, then I went home. That first day wasn't so bad, it turned out. I rested a lot, had no nausea, drank fluids and ate some soup. I wasn't particularly hungry. I managed to make a few phone calls to let everyone know I was fine. I also took 2,000 mg of Vitamin C and two Tylenol 3s (6 hours apart) that day. Woke up at three o'clock in the morning later, did my dishes, then went back to sleep. (continued - click forward arrow to continue).
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