smokinstella
Active Member
Ok so I was lucky enough to get my insurance to cover my panni removal and a hernia repair and both my arms at the same time. The hernia repair has made it like a full tummy tuck. For someone who has no idea what having a flat tummy is like it's crazy. My doc was also by some crazy voodoo get my insurance to cover my arms at the same time. Once we got my approval we scheduled me for dec.31. New year, New body and all that jazz.
I arrived to the hospital at 6am the morning of my surgery. I was prepared and drawn on then loaded to the bed and away we went at 8am or so. Surgery took 5 hours and doc said all went well, I was staying the night to make sure all was good then was to go home the next day. My surgeon managed to remove well over 20lbs of extra skin and tissue. As the day went on though things we're starting to look funny on the monitors. They were using my legs for bp checks so they were not sure if that was the issue or not. I was in and out of it and I woke hitting the nurse call button. I knew something was very very wrong and I needed help.
With in minutes there was at least 10 people in that room including the er doc. I was in really bad shape my blood pressure was tanking and I just wanted to feel better. I had an internal bleed that had been going for at least 10 maybe more hours. The er doc got a central line started since I had nothing else that could be used. I seriously have never felt that awful in my entire life. They started ordering blood and platelets as they contacted my surgeon. My surgeon finally got in and they rushed me down to the or. I "reminded" them to call my husband and let him know what was going on. Little did I know that they had already called him and told him to get down there since they didn't think I was going to make it.
Well clearly I made it, there was one small bleeder that caused all that havoc. Took him 3 hours to pull me apart and put me back together. I also required 8 units of blood and I think 2 units of platelets to get my levels good enough to send me home 4 days later.
I am still very weak and was told to drink lots of fluids and my walking is to be from my recliner to the bathroom and back. I have to use a walker to keep my balance and help support me as I walk. Since I have been running low grade fevers since surgery I am on 2antibiotics. Most people don't have these kinds of issues come up but they clearly can and do come up and you should be prepared for it if you are looking into plastics.
I still don't know if I like or love my results, but I do know I am thankful to have made it through.
I arrived to the hospital at 6am the morning of my surgery. I was prepared and drawn on then loaded to the bed and away we went at 8am or so. Surgery took 5 hours and doc said all went well, I was staying the night to make sure all was good then was to go home the next day. My surgeon managed to remove well over 20lbs of extra skin and tissue. As the day went on though things we're starting to look funny on the monitors. They were using my legs for bp checks so they were not sure if that was the issue or not. I was in and out of it and I woke hitting the nurse call button. I knew something was very very wrong and I needed help.
With in minutes there was at least 10 people in that room including the er doc. I was in really bad shape my blood pressure was tanking and I just wanted to feel better. I had an internal bleed that had been going for at least 10 maybe more hours. The er doc got a central line started since I had nothing else that could be used. I seriously have never felt that awful in my entire life. They started ordering blood and platelets as they contacted my surgeon. My surgeon finally got in and they rushed me down to the or. I "reminded" them to call my husband and let him know what was going on. Little did I know that they had already called him and told him to get down there since they didn't think I was going to make it.
Well clearly I made it, there was one small bleeder that caused all that havoc. Took him 3 hours to pull me apart and put me back together. I also required 8 units of blood and I think 2 units of platelets to get my levels good enough to send me home 4 days later.
I am still very weak and was told to drink lots of fluids and my walking is to be from my recliner to the bathroom and back. I have to use a walker to keep my balance and help support me as I walk. Since I have been running low grade fevers since surgery I am on 2antibiotics. Most people don't have these kinds of issues come up but they clearly can and do come up and you should be prepared for it if you are looking into plastics.
I still don't know if I like or love my results, but I do know I am thankful to have made it through.
I'm really glad you're ok. Yes, plastic/reconstruction is serious business, still surgery and with risks; it's definitely why I've paused in pursuing an abdominoplasty with my hernia repairs, I had a big history of problems with my RNY, ok so far with my DS revision and kinda like, if it isn't broke, don't fix it. I had my panni and stage 1 of my arms done in 2003. 
