Updates from last post:
5/14 Met Dr. Huang for immediate breast reconstruction with mastectomy consultation. Dr. Huang went over with a full range of breast reconstructive information including options, procedures, pros and cons and what most of her patient go with and why. Pretty much have the idea that I will go with the expander and then implant at the later time.
5/19 Met Dr. Yoon. She is at the office across from my children’s Ped office. Easy access location. It turns out that Dr. Yoon and Dr. Huang are good friends and she gave good remarks on Dr. Huang and assured me that I will be in good care with Dr. Huang. We didn’t go through all the information that I have learned from Dr. Huang. Instead, she explains in details of how the surgery will be, post surgery care (the drain – which scares me the most), how the expander will work on me and how often she will follow up with me after surgery. I felt I have the most fun talk with her and felt very easy asking her to clear up some area that I’m not clear with. Maybe it is her sincere and open-minded personality; I decided to ask Dr. Yoon to be my plastic surgeon.
5/20 Today I called Dr. Marcus’s office to confirm surgery date. It is set to be 5/29. Starting 8 o’clock in the morning with injection, around 11 o’clock for getting ready and by 12:15 or 12:30pm is when the surgery will be under going. Estimate 4-6 hours from this point. I will stay one night at the hospital.
The recovery time is estimated to be 6-8 weeks
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