Unsure - Atlanta, GA

Today is my 6th week post op. This is the magic number that I have been shooting for! I would like to start wearing a different, more flattering bra, up my activity, and start feeling more normal. I am still using the neosporin on both sides on places where a few stitches popped and opened up the incisions, My left side, which was the one I was most concerned about is looking really good and the incision that looked horrible just a few weeks ago looks so much better. I am a little concerned that my previously perky self is a lot less perky now that the swelling has gone down considerably. I know I look more normal this way, but it was fun to have the super perky breasts for awhile. All in all, I am still glad i did this.

Today I turned 50. My BR was on June 11th and I am 2 days away from 5 weeks. Just returned from a trip to Nova Scotia. The day we left, I had a small place which had been scabbed over that began to bleed. Of course, I stressed out, since we were about to leave the country for 8 days. I put gauze in my bra and kept a close eye on things. It has since bled again several times, but doesn't seem to be infected. I go back to the PS on Wednesday, so hopefully he will tell me all is well. I think my right breast is quite swollen, probably due to using that arm more, but otherwise, the right side seems to be healing a little better than the left, which is where the scary spot is. Still haven't found a bra I like. My husband still refuses to look....but otherwise, all is well. I am glad I did this. It was a bigger surgery than I planned for....I had a hysterectomy last year and bounced back much, much quicker. But, if I had to do it all again, I would. I would definitely do it again!!

Today I am three weeks one day! I went to my PS yesterday to get him to look at one of the places on my left breast. I wasn't sure if the incision had been compromised, but there was a dried bloody spot. He pronounced that all was okay. We are going on a long-planned trip out of the country to Nova Scotia on Friday (I'm a Southern girl from Georgia) and I wanted to know my limitations for pulling my luggage, etc. He said I was cleared for that. Sometimes, he is so laid back, compared to other PS I read about on this site that I get worried. He also said that I didn't need to do anything for the scars. The right breast looks good, no raised scar, but the left, is still scary, I think. He wasn't worried at all. He said I am still swollen, so hopefully my dream of a B cup will eventually come true. I am in a 34C right now, but still can't find a bra I like. So....I am continuing to do my layering thing.....the Ahh bra on bottom which comes down below my incisions, with the Balj Revolution on top. My husband thinks I am crazy for wearing 2 bras, but it seems to give me just the right amount of support. Either bra by itself doesn't feel like enough! So that's the big joke in my house right now...I paid for breast surgery and now have to wear 2 bras...go figure! Last but not least, I got sick last night. I think it was something I ate. Anyway, I was nauseated and ran a fever. Now here is the bad part....for the last 25+ years, the day after I run a fever, I have a rash on my torso. Praying that the fever rash will be kind to my new breasts!!!