Reconstruction question

thank you. I felt very yucky yesterday. But Until was throwing g up and diarrhea for 2 days. Paint n was on my back burning ,ya k ow. Today she I showered and needed to peel the bra off on I realized it's not mom. Do you think it's ok to play a heating pad in then tonight.,?

First I commend all who read through my crappy typos.lol

I do not have a fever but the pain is more intense. I called my PS last night. Unfortunately since we are in a small town the ER is not really equipped to deal with fluid build up. His concern was if they appear to remove fluid they could puncture my expander. Most likely not the case but I am nearly a traveling problem. If it could happen,it will,to me. Not a negative Nelly,but a realist. He told me to wrap myself with an Ace bandage,and give as much compression as possible. If the pain is too much to call him back,otherwise come in first thing Monday morning.

When he removed my drains the other day I still had quite a bit of drainage. When I had my BiLateral Mastectomy I had fluid removed for a good 3 weeks after 4 weeks of drains. Not looking forward to removal if it's the same.

Thank you for all the advice. I will update again later.

nope.. been done. I had already been taking benadryl daily because pain meds and me do not really like each other. But I have not taken either since early last week. My daily meds are synthroid, ambien at bedtime, a form of lasiks(not taken that since surgery because my blood pressure been too low)I taken that for continuous edema.and Paxil.

I took benadryl yesterday, 4 different times, nothing other then sleepy. Now it's on my whole right side including my face,arms,hand. It is super itchy but then is burns if I lean on it or scratch it.

my hubby said the same thing. I didn't think it was because it's not blistered,but it is painful. I'm on stand by for my PS. He is in surgery all morning,it will be sometime after 12.

You know I spent Thursday and Friday throwing up with bad diarrhea. Late Friday I began cold symptoms. Sneezing like crazy. Which I will add sneezing when you have new incisions and expander freekin kills. Today I'm still snotty today.

SHINGLES would make sense since benadryl is not helping at all..😢

haha dark cloud is my mantra..lol

I was misdiagnosed in November due to the biopsy being done incorrect.

After finally getting most drains removed,the last drain was awful. They attempted to remove. They yanked I almost threw up,sweaty,dizzy. Accidentally my staples were suck in my drains also. Finally got it out but then needed a few stitches to get the opening to stop bleeding.

Our little girl kitten was diagnosed with cancer the same day I was.

Had hemorrhoids thrombost,3 days apart,then it created a rectangular tear..no pain like that in the world..I mean non..

I am a dark cloud always full of drama.. I literally could go on and.on. it never stops.😑

Girl..preach it!

Still waiting for the docs to call.. still itchy,still in pain... gggrrrr

Finally home.. the rash,sweet Jesus it's killing me. He has no idea. But does not want to give me a steroid,due to steroids lowering your resistance. I had a 101 fever also. I didn't realize it. I was so distracted from itching g and pain I didn't even notice feeling flush.

Anyhow,70 ccs of fluid later. To be honest I do not feel much better. He also removed 25 ccs from my expander also. It was only my right side. The left is swollen also but nothing like the right. He tried different areas to get fluid but it's not happening. He said sometimes inflammation is so bad it's hard for the patient to feel a difference fluid and inflammation. I cannot take Nsaids by south,due to gastric bypass,as well as a history with peptic ulcers.. he wrapped me over the bra. Told me to keep it on there until noon tomorrow. Remove it and see how it feels. If it still hurts to go to Surgicare at the hospital. He will ultra sound my breast to check and make sure all is ok.

The rash .. it is not his area of experience. He told me to take Pepcid AC because it's a histamine block? Maybe? Also take benadryl and use Caladryl. If not better tomorrow call my dermatologist. I'm not itchy constantly. It seems to be super itchy,then tender like a bad sunburn. He did not think it was Shingles though. However he said I am his most challenging of ever.. Gee,I'm so surprised.

to top off my day we are having plumbing issue. The first floor tub is full off all the other bathrooms toilets..we have 3.5 bathrooms. Nice... hubby tried so hard to unclog them but it is not happening. This .is.my.life.

Yes Jo I do feel like him..lol

Here is my current allergy med. Zyrtec 2 x daily, benadryl every 4 hours,singular 10mg daily, pepcid ac 2 x daily. Every 2 hours 8 need to alternate cortisone,steroid cream and falsely. It is a mess!

To answer you,yes it could be stress. After complete hysterectomy on June I began taking meds for hot flashes,effexor the sweats went away but the effexor dehydrated me awful. I was taking laxative a few times a day,fiber,stool softeners, everything. Oh MOM at night. I re tore a rectal tear from Jan. That pain is so SOS bad. All of my skin was so dry I was cracking and bleeding. It was awful. So we changed tp Paxil. Good no side effects except my ambien stopped working. We tried Ativan. This combo was good but Latvian gave me wild dreams. A change again.. however the new med, visaril, is not working at all. So anxiety is high. Surgery alone is intense,add problems-more anxiety,so it makes sense if my anxiety has caused this rash. She thinks it's actually from a antibiotic I took right after surgery. I am super sensitive to so much stuff. I was on benadryl before surg and right after,but maybe not long enough. Who knows.