ALL ME AUGMENTATION
Your Recovery
The Enhanced Recovery Programme is an evidence-based approach to help improve your condition and recover from your surgery more quickly.
Research indicates that after surgery, the earlier you are out of bed and walking around, and eating and drinking, the better. This will speed up your recovery and reduce the chance of developing complications.
We need you to take an active part in your recovery and work with us. It is important that you talk to us during this time so please ask questions if you do not understand anything.
Overview of your Surgery & Hospital Stay
Anaesthetic: General Anaesthetic will be administered by an accredited anaesthetist
Time: the duration of your surgery can vary, however usually takes 4-6 hrs
Duration of stay: You will be required to stay in hospital 3 nights as an inpatient
Medicare/Health Fund Rebate: Yes, if you have appropriate level of insurance cover. Depending on the indication. This will be a small component of the total overall cost.
Your Recovery: In-patient hospital stay for approximately 3 nights. Full recovery is expected at 6 weeks post-surgery.
Going home from hospital
Following your recent surgery, when you leave the hospital, you should try to rest, however daily gentle exercise (walking) is important and will reduce your chance of developing a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). You should continue to wear your supportive stockings until your mobility is the same as it was prior to your admission. Ease yourself gently back into your daily routine as you feel able. You must remember that you have had major surgery and that your body is still recovering from the effects of the anaesthetic as well as the surgery.
In the early days following your operation, your body will need a vast amount of ‘internal’ energy to repair itself. This leaves you with small amounts of energy for the rest of the day. After each activity you carry out, you may find your energy levels dipping and you may need a rest while your body recovers. As the days and weeks pass, your energy store will increase so that after four to eight weeks you will have returned to your normal daily pattern.
Do not drive initially after your surgery, but please ask about resuming this at your first outpatient appointment. Do not to smoke after your operation as smoking will increase the risk of wound breakdown