One of a Kind
It’s been a bit of a while since I’ve written, though really, nothing much has happened. My drain was removed about 3-4 days after it was put it, which was a HUGE relief. And things were relatively uneventful after that.
Until now.
Sometime last week I noticed a growing redness on the underside of my breasts. I didn’t think much of it since I had an appointment coming up for this Thursday (21st) and my PS could just look at it then. Well, between Friday and this morning, the reddening worsened, part of my skin started looked abrased and chafed and a blister developed on my left breast. So, I called my PS’s office and went in today to have it looked at — especially since it was becoming quite painful.
Apparently, I have become an anomaly. My PS has never seen anything like it, and this is coming from the man that performs ~150 breast reductions a year for at least the past 8-10 years. His first assumption was that I was having an allergic reaction to something, but I have no known allergies and haven’t changed anything in my regimen except for one thing: I’ve been using Hibiclens, an antimicrobial skin cleanser that was recommended to me by him in order to keep possible infections at bay. As he put it, “I’ve never heard of someone being allergic to Hibiclens!” Well, maybe I am!
So, I was told to put an OTC hydrocortisol cream over them, cease using Hibiclens for the time being and come back on the 2nd of September (or call them if it doesn’t approve by then).
We’ll see how it all pans out. But for the time being, as far as my plastic surgeon goes, I’m one of a kind amongst all his other cases.
I haven’t decided if this is flattering or not yet.