I Wish I Had Never Done This!!! - Arkansas

I'm so sorry you had this experience. I truly hope you start to feel better soon. Is the pain the only issue? Are you unhappy with your appearance as well? I think you should contact your Dr. right away about your pain. Please keep us posted on your healing. Again, I'm sorry you are going through this, but you have all of our support here if you need it.

Thanks, FitLuv. I feel a little better today. I'm not sure why I've fallen into this depression.... I'm hoping it eases up. The pain is easing. I did call the dr office on Tuesday about the pain and they told me it was normal for one to hurt more than the other - burning and stinging like it has been. I wonder if I tried to do too much too soon. I only took off Friday for the surgery and went back to work on Monday.... I appreciate the support. I'll continue to post how I feel because maybe I can help someone make the right decision or at least feel better about their own feelings.

I felt this same way the day after mine. I attempted to do to much and felt guilty about spending the money and taking the time off for myself. I would let yourself heal before you make any decision about what to do. I am going on four years and I really do love them now. I probably would have went smaller and will at some point, but I am happy. Try them out and if it's not for you, take them out. Big hugs!

I'm sorry you're so unhappy, but please try not to hate yourself for doing this. You just got caught up in the excitement, and I think we're all guilty of that from time to time!

Give it some time to heal. If you still decide you dislike them, visit RealSelf's breast implant removal community, which is a great resource and full of very supportive ladies.

Hang in there! Virtual hugs.

I'm sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience. Post operative depression is quite common. I too experienced a bit of depression after surgery. I do think you need to rest up some more. Doing too much too soon is never a good thing after surgery.

Hi! I cried reading your comment .........I'm 2 months post op now, just really starting to feel like myself now. It's time for us now..........I agree with you..............I have 2 kids too, seems like we lose ourselves for a few years while we be moms. Give it a few weeks , maybe a month, until they settle and look a little normal............the burning pain is nerve pain. You didn't do anything, don't overdo it, do what is comfortable and do what you can. the nerve pain will get better with time.........maybe a little while until swelling goes down and your nerves heal up. I love mine......wish they were a little bigger, but don't we all say that....hehe. Keep your good spirits, it will improve. :)

Wow! Thank you guys for all your support!!!

Reading5920 - I'm sorry I made you cry! You sound like me. I totally sympathize with people like that too. Thank you so much for caring. You were completely right. My pain is pretty much all gone now and I feel fantastic!!

Tinahp - It feels good to know that others felt depressed too! I'm sorry you went through depression though, like I have. It's crazy how our bodies can affect our outlook so drastically! :)

I go to get my stitches out tomorrow and learn how to massage them down.

I'm completely back to being excited about them. Who knew that the depression would get me the way it did last week.

Thanks for sharing your experience, my surgery is soon and it's good to mentally prepare for some sadness/depression. Sounds like it is normal and glad you are happy with the results.

I totally can relate to everything that you posted here. I hated how tiny my breasts were before, but they were small, natural, and ultimately fit my body best. I paid for the procedure myself so it feels even worse, I could have done so much more with the money and my savings account would be so much nicer too right about now. My right breast hurt soooooo much more than my worst to the point that I didn't want to even move, so I laid in bed medicated for 7 whole days so much by the point that I got up, it had me too winded to sit up straight by myself. I cried so much and so hard and just wanted anything to have these horrid things out of my body. They feel so big, I think I should have listened to myself and did 275 cc or 300 cc at the most but my doctor kind of pressured me by saying if he were spending that much money on a procedure he would make it worth it. When i first got home my muscle was compressing the implant so much that they looked so small and I was happy but then they got sooo swollen out of no where. No they are giant hard rocks ;-/ everyone keeps telling me to wait til they drop and the swelling goes down and reevaluate, but I am trying to force myself to like them because the recovery was so awful, I'm not sure that I can go back and get them smaller even if I wanted to come out of thousands of more dollars. I see that your post was written in 2012, I'm wondering how you are doing now, or if you ever adjusted. (I hope you feel better now :-) ) I totally understand what you are going through, and I am very glad you decided to share your story. From one woman to another…thank you