#reconstructive surgery

you'd think the geniuses at these fancy institutions would get the basic facts of their study written down correctly when it's literal child mutialiation they're trying to cover up. I really enjoy how they're attempting to call a girl child's mastectomy a "masculinizing chest reconstruction" too. as if the natural state of the girl's body is the same as a burn victim or a cancer survivor's state; ruined and in need of desperate help in order to salvage something useful.

In 1955, women from Hiroshima whose faces had been deformed by the atom bomb flew to New York for reconstructive surgery. Dr. William H. Hitzig, the plastic surgeon, took them to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on May 9, 1955.

Revealing Vessel Variance

Anatomical study of the incidence of variants in arteries of the adult hand provides detail that will aid orthopaedic, microvascular and reconstructive surgery

Read the published research paper here

Image from work by Marko Simić and colleagues

University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in Scientific Reports, January 2024

I got plastic surgery 2 weeks ago,

Well technically my doctor called it "reconstructive surgery" but there is in fact a hunk of plastic in my face now.

Pretty much it's the first part of what I'm sure will be a long process to fix the left half of my face that got janked up in an incident a decade or so ago.

I wasn't really planning on talking about it but I know there's a stigma around cosmetic surgery and I thought this might help other survivors in similar situations feel a little less shitty ❤️❤️❤️

To anyone interested of why it was done:

I had a collapsed foot. Basically my arch fell, and I was walking with my ankle rotating in a contorted position, and the right side of my foot (left foot) just completely on the floor. Basic flat foot. It couldnt be fixed with orthotics or any other conservative therapy. It was very painful..

I have three big incisions on my foot. One on the left to saw my heel bone in half to push over and screw in place for a new replacement of an arch/ankle not being strained. One on the right to fix a torn ligament and to transfer a new tibial tendon. And one on the back of my calf to lengthen my achilles tendon, which helps the foot walk better. Pain was AWFUL when I got out. The nurses however? Love them... I was so loopy I kept asking for more pain meds even though they already gave me extra. One went and asked the doc if she could give me more 🥴😂 oopsy! In retrospect I know I should have just waited but anesthesia is weird to wake up from lol. Since my mom couldnt come in with me, (covid restrictions), one filled up a glove with hot water so I could hold it like a hand. Oddly comforting.

Anyway just thought I'd show yall. I'm currently sipping on a chocolate peanut butter milkshake (thank you daddy-o) and my pain level is much more manageable now that the painkillers have kicked in.

Crutches? Horrible to walk with. I have no upper body strength and standing up and sitting down for the bathroom is....challenging. at least I'll get an arm workout I suppose LOL (Now pushing myself up with my arms and good leg on my bum when going up stairs). We macgyvered a wheely computer chair for me to scoot around in order to get to bathroom until I can get a little knee scooter.

Love yall 💕💕💕