lördag 30 april 2011

2. Operation and the first day

I arrived at the clinic at 8am and was welcomed by BrittMarie, who also was and is the nurse who explained everything during our first consultation and who I could/can contact in case I have any problems or questions. She escorted me to a three-bed room and asked me to take off all of my clothes (all but my panties) and change into slippers and a bath robe. Here a "time line":

8am: arrival, change of clothes, filling out a paper about pre-conditions, etc. BrittMarie told me that I would have to meet and talk to Dr. Letterfors and Björn, the anesthetist. Another nurse entered the room and gave me some pills I had to take right away. What she didn't know was that I hadn't met my surgeon by then. So BrittMarie came in, saw the empty vessel and kind of freaked out, haha.


9am: I finally met my surgeon, Dr. Ivan Letterfors, a white-haired, tanned, smiling man who found it pretty funny that I was high due to the "to-early-pills" incident. We talked about different sizes. From the start I wanted to have 350cc (about 300gr) but he recommended 375cc (400gr) and I agreed to go with that. He doodled on my chest and followed me back to my room.


Some facts about me:


Length: 163cm
Weight: 57kg
Cup-size: A (C after surgery)
Implant: 375cc, behind muscle
Sort: "Hallongelé", round, silicon, rough surface, moderate profile, firmness (Swedish: kohesivitet) 1 - pretty soft 


I didn't want to have big boobs because I don't want that kind of attention. I just wanna be able to wear any bikini and a top without having to wear a push-up bra. And believe it or not: boobs make you feel more like a woman, haha.


12am: Finally! There was another girl who head breast surgery before me and she seemed to feel fine but she had gone through that a year ago and just wanted to have bigger breast this time. So I had to lie down, breath in some gas and I was gone. And suddenly Anders told me that everything had gone well and that he'd role me back to my room and bed. Anders was another anesthetic assistant and the "night nurse". It really hurt but not as long as I could lie down. 


Rest of the day and night: Getting up was the hardest. Hard to describe the pain, it's like having the worst muscle soreness ever! But Anders and my neighbor Ulrika helped me up and down. I couldn't really eat much that day and I made the poor mistake not to get up and move, because when I wanted to brush my teeth I got up, walked around, got everything fixed and sat down on my bed. And then I threw up the little food and water I had consumed. But afterwards I felt fine, ate and drank something and walked around even more. Ulrika showed me how to stretch my muscles without hurting myself and it really helped. At night I forgot to take my meds and couldn't get up without help but what I can recommend is to drink as much water as possible. It really helps to get you going.


The next morning I woke up at 6am and had some breakfast and took a shower. Anders gave me my recipes for my meds and showed me hoe to massage my breasts. There were really stiff, hard and firm and the implant were really high up but he told me that it was quiet normal and by massaging them I would help to avoid capsular contracture. 


I took the train home to a friend and now I'm sitting here, writing and getting tired. The meds make me kind of high and really tired. Me breasts feel fine, firm and a bit sore but it's ok. Can't really lift up my arms and am not allowed to lift or carry heavy things. I have to wear a soft bra without "bails" (or are they called frames? Well, German: Bügel, Swedish: bygel), sports bra or just a tight tank top which is really nice compared to those clinics that make you wear a so called "torture"-bra. Otherwise I just have to follow these rules:


- shower, no bathing until the stitches have been removed
- take meds
- massage three times a day
- no working out the first week, only going for a walk
- stretching
- wearing a soft bra or tight tank top that supports your breasts
- sleep a lot and drink a lot of water
- no nicotine, alkohol for at least two weeks 









1. The Clinic

Clinic: Medical Center, Jönköping
Doctor: Ivan Letterfors
Costs: 37 800 SEK (Swedish crowns)
Appointment: 21/2 (consultation) 29/4 (days of surgery)


Additional costs

1. first consultation: 300 SEK
2. traveling: 1000 SEK
3. Pills: 400 SEK

There will be two additional meetings: the stitches be removed and "after"-pictures taken. Don't know if there will be any costs for those two meetings. All in all the whole procedure costs about 40 000 SEK or about 4 300 €. (1€ = 9.8 SEK - 2011/4/29)

I've been doing a lot of research and after a couple of conversations with different clinics I decided to book a consultation with BrittMarie from Medical Center in Jönköping. She explained everything in a short and factual way (I do prefer that), showed me some pictures from other patients and we decided on a date for the surgery (29th of April, 2011).
The clinic is a private clinic which was established by Ivar Letterfors. There are four more Medical Centers in Falköping, Linköping, Göteborg and Stockholm or just have a look at there home page: http://www.kosmetiskkirurgi.se/

If you have any more questions about the clinic just ask me!

Plastic Surgery - The Boob-Job Project

Ever since I was 16 I wanted to have bigger breasts but I never had enough money or courage to take it a step further. Now that I am 26 I actually did it (yesterday) and I know that there are thousands or maybe even millions of girls and women out there wanting to do the same or at least looking for information. So did I but all I found was one blog after another with girls showing there new breasts and new bras but what I really wanted to know wasn't there:

- all about the clinic (price, doctor, etc)
- the operation and first day
- medication
- after-care instructions
- pictures (first day, second day, ...) 
- days to come, first week, etc.

I'll try to take up everything here but if you think I've missed anything, have any questions or suggestions please don't hesitate and ask me, even in Swedish or German, doesn't matter :)