Recon 101 - part one

I will be blogging about my recon surgery.

First and foremost - this is no a surgery for sissys.
I would rather take 4 rounds of the red devil chemo than this.

I went in yeaterday...the doc comes in and marks me up.
I told him I want round and perky...he says we can do that...sort of like ordering off a menu.
Surgery is about two hours..

When I get out of surgery they go back and forth as to should I stay overnight or should I go home as the pain was pushing me over the edge and I was passing out. My right side is really hurting  and I feel like a have big square metal plates in my chest...that is what tissue expaders are. From what I can tell I have A cups right now, as they gave me a fill during surgery.  Once I heal I will go back to his office for another fill...I will continue to do this untill I am at my desired size - then will schedule another surgery to swap our the expanders and put in implants...but this is still a ways off...anywhere from 5 -10 months.


Finally I get  the release to go home...my mind can only concentrate on not throwing up from the pain. 

I did manage to sleep last night but is a drug induced sleep.  I wake up this morning to horrible muscle pain.  I cant stand up my myself and it is all I can do to feed myself...yes it is that bad.  Everything is in super slow motion.

Gracie has been taking care of me....and I could not do this with out her.