The T

Patient 1


Information : Surgery by plastic surgeon Dr Megan Hassall, Sydney Australia (based). Bilateral double mastectomy performed on 6th Dec 2002. The procedure took approx 2 hrs. Local anesthetic was injected into the wound sites after closure to assist with pain management, and paracetamol orally digested every 4hrs once I was awake. I left hospital after 3 days with drains still attached and had them removed the following day as I accidentally dislodged the thin tube from it's lower wider end. Follow up visit was 2 weeks later where 22cc of fluid was drawn off from the left side. The stitches are internal and nipples left intact for trimming of both those and areolas in the near future as the previous surgery (8 yrs ago) left them sitting too high to have them removed and replaced by created ones. I wore a binder for 4 weeks and am still wearing micropore tape across the scars 7 weeks later (24th Jan 2003). I have a further follow up 5th Feb and hopefully will be able to lose the tape then. I was able to do anything such as help friends move house by the 5th week post op and feel no subsequent ill effects because of heavy lifting. Outcome : I am exceptionally happy about the results now it's up to me to lose a bit of weight and build and tone my pec area.