Hey all, I just got back from Dr. Brownstein's office so I wanted to give you an update. After he pulled the drains on tuesday, I started getting some swelling under my arms, which caused me to be more sore and tender. I called his office on Wednesday (yesterday) and was told that is normal and nothing to worry about. Anyhoo, todays appointment was to get the stitches out of my nipple graphs. That went smoothly and I gotta say my nips look great.
Now I have to keep the binder on for a couple more weeks, but I can shower if I want, I just can't let the water hit directly on my incisions. I have to change the dressings on my graphs and use antibiotic ointment on them. He said all my incisions look really good.
As for why Dr. Brownstein uses the drains, if any of you saw him in Chaz Bono's documentary,
Becoming Chaz, there he explained it to Chaz and his girlfriend. Basically the build up of fluid slows down the healing process.
If you guys have anymore questions for me I am happy to answer. I am so psyched for you Linus, you are almost there! Whoohoo!