Home from arm lift surgery.....all is good :)

I had my surgery in Belgium (I'm a Canadian living in Germany for those who didn't know) and they gave me an Intravenous Sedation instead of General Anesthesia and man what a difference!  I feel so much better than I have after previous surgeries as I was not intubated and I breathed on my own.

Surgery was less than 24 hours ago and I feel pretty good.  DH fed me some meatballs last night as I was not able to lift my arm to feed myself but I just ate bacon and eggs on my own.

I'm surprised at the wound care instructions as I've not heard of anyone having it like this on these forums.  I have a large bandage covering the wound site and then an elastacized compression mesh type thing from my armpits to my wrists. 

This stays on for TWO WHOLE weeks without cleansing, rebandaging, etc.  I asked three times for clarification on this as I was so surprised.

Well that's enough typing for now.  Off to read the boards and see how everyone else is doing :)

Mickie

glad to hear your surgery went well and you're home resting comfortably!!

Good to read that you are doing well and it's interesting to see all the differences between after care instructions.

I'm glad everything went well and you are feeling so good. Rest up and don't try to overdo it. No stretching!

So happy you are feeling pretty good and that it went well.  Continue the happy healing, and don't forget the stool softeners! 
Cindy

Glad to hear all went well.  I was wondering how you were...thanks for the update!