BAHA 1 week post-op visit!

[kma]

Had my 1 week post-op BAHA visit this morning.  Dr. LaRouere took off the healing cap and pad/sponge thing.  Ahhh.....now I can itch itch itch away without worrying about screwing anything up.  Joy!  Everything is healing well and other than thinking that I'd get my stitches removed today and finding out that they are disolvable and will come out on their own.....I am a happy camper.  I never felt any pain but oh my gosh did the itching drive me nuts.  I felt like a dog ~ scratch, scratch, scratch!    I keep feeling it with my fingers and have this urge to whip the stitches out ~ but no worries.........I won't reeeeeeally do it!  Two more days of not washing my hair like "normal" (thank goodness for my baha survival kit CUP) and the only new thing is using my brush to "scrub" the post with peroxide.  Next check-up in a month and then I think that will be it until my 3 months of healing are up!!  Hard part is over and it wasn't even hard!!  Happy day!

[NancyMc]

Great journal entry, kma, for those of us who may some day be able to share your experience.
Here's hoping,
Nancy

[Sefra22]

Glad to hear things are going well!
I still get some itching occasionally. What I do is scratch my scalp around the area that wasn't affected by the surgery, and it really helps.

Lisa

[kma]

Oh my gosh ~ I have to tell you one more funny thing........the surgery was really great ~ I didn't feel a thing and I didn't get sick or anything.  Truly great and coming from me (big chicken) that is something!  The funny part is that the nurse could not find a vein and she tried and tried and so when I got home, my arm was bruised from wrist to the inside of my elbow ~ well, last night I took myself out to the mall for a bit of shopping and a pedicure (gift from my mom ~ thank god she understands the value of good toes).  Well, I went to Nordstrom's make-up counter and was at the MAC counter~~~~just looking.  You would have thought I was a shoplifter the way this woman followed me back and forth and all around.  I couldn't figure out what the scoop was ~ I'm an average looking person ~ nothing special - nothing crazy ~ I was dressed in dress as I was coming from work ~ so, after being "sharked" by this woman for about 20 minutes ~ I left.  I couldn't figure it out at the time but I really think she saw my bruised arm and must have thought I was some crazy drug addict!!  I really really think so.  Makes me lol every time I think of it.  I'm 43 years old and have never even had a drink ~ too darn funny!!!  I think I'll have to go back and test the waters again!!   

[Jim Scott]

Kathy ~

Congratulations on surviving (with aplomb) the BAHA surgery and follow-up. 

Your account of the salesclerk 'shadowing' you at Nordstroms because she (probably) assumed you were a drug addict (and potential shoplifter) is amusing.  It underlines the reality that we often make snap judgments based on appearances, even though we may like to think that we don't.  Of course, with shoplifting being a real plague for retail stores, I can understand the clerk's suspicions when she saw your heavily-bruised arm.  Still, it's weird to be seen as a 'threat' when you're far from the person this woman likely assumed you were.  You could have felt insulted but I'm pleased to note that you saw the experience as ironic and, ultimately, amusing.   

Jim

[mikjul1]

OH yes the itch I rememeber it very well  good lick on the healing it goes fast but  seems like forever, if that makes sense.

[grega]

Hi Kathy ....... perhaps the clerk was looking at your arm and drooling for the opportunity to apply makeup to cover the bruising ......... 

A possibility at the make-up counter
Greg

[leapyrtwins]

The itching drove me crazy 

I actually called the doc's office and asked it if was normal post op.  Someone on his staff told me she'd never heard of it, but I'm thinking that just isn't true!

You mention a needle, Kathy.  So does that mean you had general anesthesia? 

Also, have you tried the fun trick yet of rubbing your index finger very lightly over your titanium abutment just to hear the noise your finger tip makes?  Extremely cool 

Jan