In the box for a moment from the surgery that stayed with them, there was a story about anesthesia. They had been fasting since the morning and worried the anesthesia might not work well, but they wrote, "Contrary to that worry, I closed my eyes, and when I opened them the surgery was over."
Fasting is preparation for doing anesthesia safely. If food remains in the stomach, it can come back up during anesthesia and pass into the airway, so we advise not to eat or drink anything, including water, from the time we specify. Having kept the fast is not a reason for the anesthesia to work less well. The anesthesia is handled separately by the anesthesiologist, and the director performing the surgery enters the operating room after the anesthesia has taken effect. It is normal for there to be almost no stretch that the patient remembers.
They said they had no particular worries before surgery. They were someone who had looked up recovery reviews in advance. People who come knowing what is a normal course and what is not are less shaken during the stretch when swelling and bruising rise and fall. Bruising usually fades within about two weeks, and it takes longer for the remaining swelling to settle. In the meantime, how it feels to the touch and how it looks keep changing, so we schedule several follow-up dates.
They wrote that on first coming to the clinic, the facilities were neat and the staff were kind, which left a good impression.
Saying that after surgery they could probably wear a wider variety of clothes, they wrote, "I'm happy at the thought that I no longer have to feel mental stress because of my body shape." They also wrote that the chest pain they used to feel when running had gone away. When glandular tissue has grown, some people feel pain from it being pressed or pulled when they move. It is easy to assume people come only because of the shape, but in reality some come because it hurts. Exercise that makes the chest bounce, like running, should be started lightly after the wound has stabilized, and movements that put force on the chest come last. As long as you keep to that order, most people return to the exercise they used to do.
In the box for others with the same concern, they wrote that they had been stressed by this problem for nearly 10 years, and wrote, "With this surgery, I said goodbye to that trauma." This is their experience; gynecomastia is also divided by degree and type, and there are cases that do not go as far as surgery, so it is something to decide after confirming your own condition through an examination. I hope they now run without pain.
