I got the call from Becky the scheduler on Monday, and she said the doctor will be on vacation the same week I am on Spring break. Great. So we decided to schedule it for Friday, March 23rd so I can have the weekend and week off to recover. It sucks I have to take a Friday off before a holiday break, but it was the best we could do. I also see the doctor on the 13th (10 days prior) for my pre-op appointment at 9 am. According to Dr. West's secretary, I cannot take any medications during the 10 days prior either, including my vitamins and Tamoxifen. But according to Dr. Link's PA, I'll stop taking Tamoxifen during 3 days prior and then I can start it up again as soon as I'm walking around actively. I wish I could get a consistent answer. I figure I'll ask Dr. West at my pre-op what I'm supposed to do.
Dr. West hesitated when he approved my surgery to be scheduled during my spring break (last week of March). He wants to see me one more time, approximately 10 days before surgery, so he can make sure the skin under my left breast has healed more than it is now. I have been exfoliating and lotioning like crazy, and it already seems to be improving. He also said to work on my posture, because my being hunched over doesn't help the healing process because air can't access under my breast. That's only been a life long problem, but ya, I'll work on that.
I got the call from Becky the scheduler on Monday, and she said the doctor will be on vacation the same week I am on Spring break. Great. So we decided to schedule it for Friday, March 23rd so I can have the weekend and week off to recover. It sucks I have to take a Friday off before a holiday break, but it was the best we could do. I also see the doctor on the 13th (10 days prior) for my pre-op appointment at 9 am. According to Dr. West's secretary, I cannot take any medications during the 10 days prior either, including my vitamins and Tamoxifen. But according to Dr. Link's PA, I'll stop taking Tamoxifen during 3 days prior and then I can start it up again as soon as I'm walking around actively. I wish I could get a consistent answer. I figure I'll ask Dr. West at my pre-op what I'm supposed to do.
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Jason
2/27/2012 03:56:05 pm
Two words - 1,000 ccs
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