HOw long for surgeries?/

I had a uni mast in July and had immediate expander. I was asleep for about hours. I had exchange in December with lift on the natural side and was asleep for about 2 1/2 hours.

my mastectomy, uni, was done and the plastic surgeon came right behind the surgeon so it was all done at the same time. I was out about 5 hours. Spent the night and went home the following day. Started having expander filled in about 2 weeks. Now, in the exchange, my plastic surgeon did have another doctor assisting him, and I am not sure, but would assume he likely did in the placement of the expander. I had the alloderm at time of mastectomy, so that would have taken a good deal of time to get it placed and sewn in and all of that.

I really dont' know. I see others on here who discuss the sizes of their implant and brand and all of that but I have to be honest and say, my doctor explained all the different types of reconstruction he could do and I said I wanted to just have a simple implant. He told me how he would do it and I really never asked or tried to tell him what kind to do. I told him I just wanted my surgery side to come out to match my natural side in clothing and left it up to him to figure that out. I have read where some people have had issues when they did not have the alloderm with the implant shifting. I didnt have radiation or chemo and wasn't a smoker or not much sunbathing, so I really have not had any problems with the reconstruction or the expansions. I can tell you muscle relaxers are better for the pressure of the expanders than pain meds. I have a friend whose doctor gives her valium for the expansion but she says she can't take it because of it making her tired. She had delayed reconstruction. Had the mastectomy and then after chemo, had expanders. I am not sure if she had alloderm and neither is she. She is a nurse but asks no questions. She sees the only plastic surgeon in the city we live in and from what I can gather, he mostly does augmentation but she just knows this will go well. I go to a breast center where the plastic surgeon does have a private practice too but does reconstructions on a weekly basis.