Posted by David Poncelow
Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:11:00 GMT | no comments
I finally got my lymph tube out today- this makes me very happy! I’ll be able to take the bandage covering the hole off tomorrow morning- that will be the first time I’m bandage and accoutrement free since the surgery. Stretching out the arm is going well, and everything is starting to feel more normal. Where my nipple used to be now feels something like a limb does when it falls asleep, just a little numb and foreign, not sore or painful. The skin on the inside of my arm is still over-sensitive to being touched, but that’s also improving. Overall I’m quite happy with my progress! Now I’m about ready for the next steps- I’ll find out what exactly those will be on Thursday.
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Posted by David Poncelow
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:29:00 GMT | no comments
I had another appointment with my surgeon on Friday- not much new information this time around. I got my bandages off- they were these rather cool plastic bandages that pretty much just looked like package tape over the incisions. I figured that since they were designed to stay together for over a week there must be some special way of removing them, a solvent that made them float off, something of that sort. Not so much. Dr. Garnett simply said ‘sorry’ and ripped them off. It didn’t really hurt, but the low-tech technique did make me laugh! Overall I’m healing as well as can be expected. The scar looks to be very minimal and the difference between sides won’t be too noticible from the front or the side- it’s most noticible from the top as I see it, which few other people will notice. I got some new bandages that I thought were pretty nifty- an adhesive was painted onto the wounds and then some tape was applied. Eventually the adhesive will dissolve in the shower and the tape will just start falling off. I’m constantly impressed by the nifty ideas and gadgets that I’m encountering.
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