I'm on an actual computer so I can upload some photos!
This is me in the hospital post-procedure, just about the first thing I remember.
The rest of them are in spoiler tags for the squeamish - they show my wound vacuum some other medical stuff but I just want to warn people who don't want to see that sort of thing. (I also totally understand if a mod thinks these are too much and need to be taken down.)
Me with my super awesome surgeon - she's checking out my drains in this photo, I can't remember why (if we had a question about them or something...) but there you go
Me just today having my wound vac taken off! It's so nice to be free of that big thing hanging off my belt and tethering me to things....
This one is questionable as to whether I can post it because it's technically of me topless, but there's nothing there nudity-wise (and actually less then a man would show if a male user posted a shirtless photo) but since it's questionable and has potentially gross medical stuff I'll let the mods be the arbiters of this photo (y'all know I'm not intending to post nude photos or anything inappropriate but if a mod deems it inappropriate then take it down, I'll understand).
This is basically me with my scars uncovered after a week of healing under the wound vacuum. It looks far less scary than I thought it would!
Right now my two scars are covered with Steri-Strips and I still have my three drains so I'm not entirely free of all medical devices and I'm still not allowed to shower but I'm getting closer and closer!
This is me in the hospital post-procedure, just about the first thing I remember.
The rest of them are in spoiler tags for the squeamish - they show my wound vacuum some other medical stuff but I just want to warn people who don't want to see that sort of thing. (I also totally understand if a mod thinks these are too much and need to be taken down.)
Me with my super awesome surgeon - she's checking out my drains in this photo, I can't remember why (if we had a question about them or something...) but there you go
Me just today having my wound vac taken off! It's so nice to be free of that big thing hanging off my belt and tethering me to things....
This one is questionable as to whether I can post it because it's technically of me topless, but there's nothing there nudity-wise (and actually less then a man would show if a male user posted a shirtless photo) but since it's questionable and has potentially gross medical stuff I'll let the mods be the arbiters of this photo (y'all know I'm not intending to post nude photos or anything inappropriate but if a mod deems it inappropriate then take it down, I'll understand).
This is basically me with my scars uncovered after a week of healing under the wound vacuum. It looks far less scary than I thought it would!
Right now my two scars are covered with Steri-Strips and I still have my three drains so I'm not entirely free of all medical devices and I'm still not allowed to shower but I'm getting closer and closer!
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.