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Almost 9 weeks post op!
Hi girlies!
I was going to do an update at 8 weeks, but then I didn't. So here's my update for 9 weeks post op!
Firstly, I didn't end up going to get that ultrasound after all. A few days after I saw my GP about the stitch poking out of the incision, something white and mushy came out of that incision in the shower. I couldn't feel the stitch in my incision anymore after that so I think that it was just my stitch finally dissolving. I haven't had any issues with my incisions since, although the scars are lumpy and still a bit red. I've seen some incisions on this site that are healing a lot better than mine and yet are fresher, so I'm trying not to compare myself to others because everyone's body is different. But it's so hard to look at other people's journeys and not compare!
Morning boob is all but gone, thank god. I think it stopped about 2 weeks ago. I can sleep quite comfortably on my side now.
Pain wise, I still get random pain in the lower poles, near the outer corners of lefty and sometimes of righty. Sometimes I experience that pain for no discernible reason. Other times, I think it's due to me carrying my handbag for too long. I had hoped to be able to return to gym by now, but carrying groceries is enough to make my chest sore, so I'm going to give myself a few more months to recover (and get fat in the meantime! Seriously I still eat as if I still go to gym 3 times a week!).
My biggest concern is that my boobs are far too wide apart. Not only at the cleavage, but I feel as if at the base, they don't fill out the width of my chest, and so naked, I look like I have these two round things stuck to the sides of my chest. It's so unnatural, and sometimes I convince myself that I hate how my implants look. It can look so fake and botched sometimes. However, most times, they look fine naked and good in clothes (yes I have noticeable lady lumps now in clothes - I love that!). I just know I would LOVE them if they were spaced narrower, as opposed to just being kinda meh and liking them. Unfortunately I understand that my natural anatomy was always going to dictate how my implants would sit, but still... I wish there was something I could do now to help it! Although I admit that I don't always massage my implants for as long as directed - sometimes only 5 minutes instead of 10. But I've read that since my implants are textured, that I don't need to massage them too vigorously, as you don't want to displace them, and that they're designed to sit where placed. So I've been conservative in my massages. Hopefully I haven't increased my risk of getting capsular contracture, because I do worry about that - it's been 9 weeks post op now and the lower poles are still rock hard. Is this normal?
Also, my nerve endings are so weird, every time I massage my boobs with a certain amount of pressure, I get really sleepy! A funny story: the other day I was lining up at the bank. I was my usual cheery self when I said greeted the teller, but as I approached the teller, (not being used to these things that protrude from my chest!) I bumped into the edge of the counter, which immediately made me sleepy. It must have been so weird for the poor teller because there I was smiling and saying "hi" one minute and then immediately the next, almost fell asleep instantly! Ah, nerve endings.
Anywho, I still have concerns about the angle that the top inner corner of righty curves away from my body - it's not 'round'; it's somewhat unnatural looking. Of course, I could be worried over nothing, but we are our own worst critics and when you've gone through all of this, it's not unreasonable (although unrealistic) to want to love your new boobs completely and think of them as perfect!
Kim Pitkins from Medi Makeovers sent me an email asking me how I was going, which was nice. She also informed me that I could email any questions I had and she would pass this on to my surgeon, which is so good to know as I feel that I now have some kind of post op care from my surgeon like most patients would. This is a relief. There's nothing specifically wrong or causing me any real concern, but I know it would give me peace of mind if I had indication from the surgeon that I'm healing well and that he's happy with how the implants are going. So I've sent Kim a list of questions to run by the surgeon, and will send him pictures of my breasts now so he can make an assessment. Obviously, this is not as good as a face to face consultation, but this is the next best thing and I am glad for it and will take it!
On a good note, I've been having SO. MUCH. FUN going into lingerie stores and trying on bras! I had my first ever proper bra fitting a few days ago - I am officially an 8C/8D cup! I've bought quite a few bras already, including my first ever Victoria's Secret bra (I've heard not so great things about their fit, but the bra I bought was super cute, so I didn't care!). Hopefully I'll get the all clear to start wearing (non push up) underwire bras soon. I am so tired of wearing the hideous compression bra, and my wirefree bras don't give me enough support. My chest is always sore at the end of the day if I don't wear my compression and just wear the wirefree.
I've posted a "few" photos of the bras I've bought, excuse the bad lighting, and a few shots of my incisions from last week. They still look kinda the same now. Some days they're less red though. Still trying to remember to wear my silicone strips everyday to keep the scars flat, but once I take them off to shower, I usually forget to put them back on. Also, sorry for so many bra shots, I just love the fact that I can buy all these purdy bras and they fit!! I feel so womanly now. In some bras though, because my implants are so widely spaced, I still look flat chested, but I fill out the cups.
I will update again in a month's time, if there are any significant changes, but I think from here on end, it should be pretty much set! The implants feel more and more like my own tissue now (except when I push them together hard), and I kinda forget about them most of the time, until I put my hands at my side and can feel them at the sides of my chest. When I look down I also forget that I have them because all I can see is my gaping gap! But overall, they become more a part of me everyday, and the whole thing has still been worth it!
Happy healing!
PS. This is random but I forgot to mention in my earlier posts that immediately post surgery and for a few days, I was really hot. People talk about being cold, but I was in a chilled and air conditioned room and I am always the first one to be cold, but I was kicking off blankets and basically wearing nothing whilst my partner had blankets, socks, two jackets and jeans on just to stay warm. I wonder if anyone else experienced this? I think the anaesthesia really affected me. I'm still losing my hair - it's growing back slowly so it's still really frizzy on top, but I am hoping to god my hair will stop falling out!
I was going to do an update at 8 weeks, but then I didn't. So here's my update for 9 weeks post op!
Firstly, I didn't end up going to get that ultrasound after all. A few days after I saw my GP about the stitch poking out of the incision, something white and mushy came out of that incision in the shower. I couldn't feel the stitch in my incision anymore after that so I think that it was just my stitch finally dissolving. I haven't had any issues with my incisions since, although the scars are lumpy and still a bit red. I've seen some incisions on this site that are healing a lot better than mine and yet are fresher, so I'm trying not to compare myself to others because everyone's body is different. But it's so hard to look at other people's journeys and not compare!
Morning boob is all but gone, thank god. I think it stopped about 2 weeks ago. I can sleep quite comfortably on my side now.
Pain wise, I still get random pain in the lower poles, near the outer corners of lefty and sometimes of righty. Sometimes I experience that pain for no discernible reason. Other times, I think it's due to me carrying my handbag for too long. I had hoped to be able to return to gym by now, but carrying groceries is enough to make my chest sore, so I'm going to give myself a few more months to recover (and get fat in the meantime! Seriously I still eat as if I still go to gym 3 times a week!).
My biggest concern is that my boobs are far too wide apart. Not only at the cleavage, but I feel as if at the base, they don't fill out the width of my chest, and so naked, I look like I have these two round things stuck to the sides of my chest. It's so unnatural, and sometimes I convince myself that I hate how my implants look. It can look so fake and botched sometimes. However, most times, they look fine naked and good in clothes (yes I have noticeable lady lumps now in clothes - I love that!). I just know I would LOVE them if they were spaced narrower, as opposed to just being kinda meh and liking them. Unfortunately I understand that my natural anatomy was always going to dictate how my implants would sit, but still... I wish there was something I could do now to help it! Although I admit that I don't always massage my implants for as long as directed - sometimes only 5 minutes instead of 10. But I've read that since my implants are textured, that I don't need to massage them too vigorously, as you don't want to displace them, and that they're designed to sit where placed. So I've been conservative in my massages. Hopefully I haven't increased my risk of getting capsular contracture, because I do worry about that - it's been 9 weeks post op now and the lower poles are still rock hard. Is this normal?
Also, my nerve endings are so weird, every time I massage my boobs with a certain amount of pressure, I get really sleepy! A funny story: the other day I was lining up at the bank. I was my usual cheery self when I said greeted the teller, but as I approached the teller, (not being used to these things that protrude from my chest!) I bumped into the edge of the counter, which immediately made me sleepy. It must have been so weird for the poor teller because there I was smiling and saying "hi" one minute and then immediately the next, almost fell asleep instantly! Ah, nerve endings.
Anywho, I still have concerns about the angle that the top inner corner of righty curves away from my body - it's not 'round'; it's somewhat unnatural looking. Of course, I could be worried over nothing, but we are our own worst critics and when you've gone through all of this, it's not unreasonable (although unrealistic) to want to love your new boobs completely and think of them as perfect!
Kim Pitkins from Medi Makeovers sent me an email asking me how I was going, which was nice. She also informed me that I could email any questions I had and she would pass this on to my surgeon, which is so good to know as I feel that I now have some kind of post op care from my surgeon like most patients would. This is a relief. There's nothing specifically wrong or causing me any real concern, but I know it would give me peace of mind if I had indication from the surgeon that I'm healing well and that he's happy with how the implants are going. So I've sent Kim a list of questions to run by the surgeon, and will send him pictures of my breasts now so he can make an assessment. Obviously, this is not as good as a face to face consultation, but this is the next best thing and I am glad for it and will take it!
On a good note, I've been having SO. MUCH. FUN going into lingerie stores and trying on bras! I had my first ever proper bra fitting a few days ago - I am officially an 8C/8D cup! I've bought quite a few bras already, including my first ever Victoria's Secret bra (I've heard not so great things about their fit, but the bra I bought was super cute, so I didn't care!). Hopefully I'll get the all clear to start wearing (non push up) underwire bras soon. I am so tired of wearing the hideous compression bra, and my wirefree bras don't give me enough support. My chest is always sore at the end of the day if I don't wear my compression and just wear the wirefree.
I've posted a "few" photos of the bras I've bought, excuse the bad lighting, and a few shots of my incisions from last week. They still look kinda the same now. Some days they're less red though. Still trying to remember to wear my silicone strips everyday to keep the scars flat, but once I take them off to shower, I usually forget to put them back on. Also, sorry for so many bra shots, I just love the fact that I can buy all these purdy bras and they fit!! I feel so womanly now. In some bras though, because my implants are so widely spaced, I still look flat chested, but I fill out the cups.
I will update again in a month's time, if there are any significant changes, but I think from here on end, it should be pretty much set! The implants feel more and more like my own tissue now (except when I push them together hard), and I kinda forget about them most of the time, until I put my hands at my side and can feel them at the sides of my chest. When I look down I also forget that I have them because all I can see is my gaping gap! But overall, they become more a part of me everyday, and the whole thing has still been worth it!
Happy healing!
PS. This is random but I forgot to mention in my earlier posts that immediately post surgery and for a few days, I was really hot. People talk about being cold, but I was in a chilled and air conditioned room and I am always the first one to be cold, but I was kicking off blankets and basically wearing nothing whilst my partner had blankets, socks, two jackets and jeans on just to stay warm. I wonder if anyone else experienced this? I think the anaesthesia really affected me. I'm still losing my hair - it's growing back slowly so it's still really frizzy on top, but I am hoping to god my hair will stop falling out!
30 days (4 weeks ish) post op!
So I forgot to post at my 4 weeks post op mark!
Anywho, alas, I too am affected by boob greed! From the side, I still look slightly flat chested as I don't have that much projection. I am hoping once the implants drop into their final position, I will have more projection. My implants were the largest size I could safely go, so I have to keep reminding myself that there was no physical way I could have gone any bigger, so there's no point wasting energy on regret and wishing they were bigger - it ain't gonna happen! But still...
I'm still hoping that the implants will drop closer together so I can have more cleavage too - I'm getting used to the gap between them, but my boobs would look so lovely if the gap were a little bit narrower.
Psychologically though, it's still weird to look down my chest and see these lumps! Although they don't physically FEEL like foreign objects in my body; they feel like my own body part, I don't THINK of them as MY boobs. To me, I still feel like the same flat chested person! I know when I look in the mirror that I have curves now, that I have boobs, but there's a disconnect between my eyes and my brain - my eyes see the lumps and curves but by the time it reaches my brain, it's like, oh there's flat chested you again. It's a weird thought process. I suppose it will just take time to think, know and believe that I am no longer flat chested (the small side projection and wide gap isn't helping).
Righty looks a little smaller than lefty, but my surgeon told me that would happen given my pre-op conditions, and he couldn't fix the small asymmetry as the next size in the Mentor implants, a 250cc, would make righty noticeably larger than lefty, as opposed to looking only slightly smaller with the same sized implant. I can also feel the size difference in righty compare to lefty; lefty is more than a handful whereas righty just fits into my hands. Righty is also still higher than lefty, and peculiarly, the upper pole near my cleavage curves away at a sharper angle than lefty. I'm not sure why, but I think the implants just need to drop to fill up that gap and then the angle of the curve would be more circular rather than angular...
I bought a few new tops for work that show off my lumps nicely, and it gives me such thrill to see myself with womanly curves and looking much more proportional now. So yeah, shopping has been fun, especially now that I can move my arms to try on clothes without pain or restriction!
I barely have any pain now, and can do most things. I still avoid lifting heavy things for prolonged periods though. But aside from the lifting restrictions, it's good to finally feel pain free and independent again.
Morning boob is still a pain in the arse. Can't wait until I can sleep flat and wake up without tightness and soreness. Also getting real tired of my ugly compression bra which I'll have to continue to wear for the next 2 months. Any suggestions on where to get NICE compression bras would be welcomed. I hate that I have to dress to hide the top of the bra; it limits what I wear and that's so annoying because it defeats the purpose of having breast augmentation in the first place! I want to be able to wear more clothes, not less!! But, patience, patience.
I have started using scar oil during the night and wearing silicone sheets during the day, and still doing morning and nightly massages. During one of these massages I discovered that I had a stitch poking out of my right incision, which the forums assure me that it's quite usual to have happen - except I don't think dissolvable sutures were used on me... I'm seeing my GP this week to have it removed before it becomes infected, will let y'all know how it goes.
I'm also going to get her to check out these hard lumps just above my left incision. I think it's just scar tissue that will require massaging to flatten, but I want to be sure it's nothing serious. Have any of you ladies had the same near your incisions? I do not want complications seeing as my surgeon is in another country! Praying for a smooth healing process.
My surgeon has got my brief perfectly - I told him I wanted a small C cup/large B cup. The other day I tried on a few bras at Target, and now I fit snuggly into a B cup (spilling a bit over) and comfortably looseish in a C cup. Needless to say, that made me so happy and brought a smile to my face for the whole day when I think of the fact that I fit into adult bras!! I didn't buy any though, I am going to wait until I fully settle before I embark on the fun task of refilling my bra collection.
Speaking of which, for a person who was flat chested and rotated 4 bras regularly, I threw out 38 bras when I cleared out my bra drawer. 38! There were some pretty lovely ones too that now don't fit, but oh well, time to start again on my collection and actually have them fit this time!
So in summary, whilst I'm still trying to reserve judgement until they heal and drop into their final position and shape, and trying not to think about them too much, I'm overall quite happy with how my boobs are looking and healing - the whole procedure has still definitely been worth it!
Anywho, alas, I too am affected by boob greed! From the side, I still look slightly flat chested as I don't have that much projection. I am hoping once the implants drop into their final position, I will have more projection. My implants were the largest size I could safely go, so I have to keep reminding myself that there was no physical way I could have gone any bigger, so there's no point wasting energy on regret and wishing they were bigger - it ain't gonna happen! But still...
I'm still hoping that the implants will drop closer together so I can have more cleavage too - I'm getting used to the gap between them, but my boobs would look so lovely if the gap were a little bit narrower.
Psychologically though, it's still weird to look down my chest and see these lumps! Although they don't physically FEEL like foreign objects in my body; they feel like my own body part, I don't THINK of them as MY boobs. To me, I still feel like the same flat chested person! I know when I look in the mirror that I have curves now, that I have boobs, but there's a disconnect between my eyes and my brain - my eyes see the lumps and curves but by the time it reaches my brain, it's like, oh there's flat chested you again. It's a weird thought process. I suppose it will just take time to think, know and believe that I am no longer flat chested (the small side projection and wide gap isn't helping).
Righty looks a little smaller than lefty, but my surgeon told me that would happen given my pre-op conditions, and he couldn't fix the small asymmetry as the next size in the Mentor implants, a 250cc, would make righty noticeably larger than lefty, as opposed to looking only slightly smaller with the same sized implant. I can also feel the size difference in righty compare to lefty; lefty is more than a handful whereas righty just fits into my hands. Righty is also still higher than lefty, and peculiarly, the upper pole near my cleavage curves away at a sharper angle than lefty. I'm not sure why, but I think the implants just need to drop to fill up that gap and then the angle of the curve would be more circular rather than angular...
I bought a few new tops for work that show off my lumps nicely, and it gives me such thrill to see myself with womanly curves and looking much more proportional now. So yeah, shopping has been fun, especially now that I can move my arms to try on clothes without pain or restriction!
I barely have any pain now, and can do most things. I still avoid lifting heavy things for prolonged periods though. But aside from the lifting restrictions, it's good to finally feel pain free and independent again.
Morning boob is still a pain in the arse. Can't wait until I can sleep flat and wake up without tightness and soreness. Also getting real tired of my ugly compression bra which I'll have to continue to wear for the next 2 months. Any suggestions on where to get NICE compression bras would be welcomed. I hate that I have to dress to hide the top of the bra; it limits what I wear and that's so annoying because it defeats the purpose of having breast augmentation in the first place! I want to be able to wear more clothes, not less!! But, patience, patience.
I have started using scar oil during the night and wearing silicone sheets during the day, and still doing morning and nightly massages. During one of these massages I discovered that I had a stitch poking out of my right incision, which the forums assure me that it's quite usual to have happen - except I don't think dissolvable sutures were used on me... I'm seeing my GP this week to have it removed before it becomes infected, will let y'all know how it goes.
I'm also going to get her to check out these hard lumps just above my left incision. I think it's just scar tissue that will require massaging to flatten, but I want to be sure it's nothing serious. Have any of you ladies had the same near your incisions? I do not want complications seeing as my surgeon is in another country! Praying for a smooth healing process.
My surgeon has got my brief perfectly - I told him I wanted a small C cup/large B cup. The other day I tried on a few bras at Target, and now I fit snuggly into a B cup (spilling a bit over) and comfortably looseish in a C cup. Needless to say, that made me so happy and brought a smile to my face for the whole day when I think of the fact that I fit into adult bras!! I didn't buy any though, I am going to wait until I fully settle before I embark on the fun task of refilling my bra collection.
Speaking of which, for a person who was flat chested and rotated 4 bras regularly, I threw out 38 bras when I cleared out my bra drawer. 38! There were some pretty lovely ones too that now don't fit, but oh well, time to start again on my collection and actually have them fit this time!
So in summary, whilst I'm still trying to reserve judgement until they heal and drop into their final position and shape, and trying not to think about them too much, I'm overall quite happy with how my boobs are looking and healing - the whole procedure has still definitely been worth it!
Worried
Today I was supposed to go back to work, but having arrived home from Thailand the previous day and not being able to sleep, I decided to sleep in and go into work late.
But then I snuggled in with my partner and for the first time since surgery, slept on my left side with our arms resting on my right implant. It hurt, but I ignored the pain and fell asleep. When I woke up about an hour later and was assisted to sit up, oh man, the pain on my right implant! It hadn't felt this painful since day one post surgery, and then again, I don't remember the pain being that bad! It felt like my incisions were being ripped opened!
But the incisions were fine. However, for the rest of the day, both sides felt sore to touch, and in a particular spot on my chest muscle. They're now so so sore and stiff, it hasn't been this bad since a few days post surgery! Now I'm worried I've done something to my chest muscle which has then in turn impacted on the implant, and I feel like I've damaged something and now my healing has gone backwards. Someone tell me this is normal; that you have a run of good days and then you'll have a really painful day. It's a roller coaster right? Not an even and straight line of healing?
I paid a visit to the doctors to get my incisions checked out, and it's all healing fine. The nurse put a gauze pad on my incisions, but this came off in the shower later. I've started the scar oil on the incisions - is this too soon??
And this sleeping upright is getting old. I'm constantly tired from lack of good sleep, yet I can't sleep when I try because I'm not comfortable. I've got so much work piled up for me tomorrow, I'm just dreading it and feeling quite down in the dumps to be honest. In clothes, the implants don't project much and I don't have much cleavage, so I look as flat as I did before the surgery, but naked, my boobs look huge and round and high.
So right now, I'm not feeling so great emotionally, mentally, or physically. I hope this passes as soon as possible, because I'm getting real tired of my own whinging and complaining, and I just want to be able to enjoy having boobs already!
ARGH!
But then I snuggled in with my partner and for the first time since surgery, slept on my left side with our arms resting on my right implant. It hurt, but I ignored the pain and fell asleep. When I woke up about an hour later and was assisted to sit up, oh man, the pain on my right implant! It hadn't felt this painful since day one post surgery, and then again, I don't remember the pain being that bad! It felt like my incisions were being ripped opened!
But the incisions were fine. However, for the rest of the day, both sides felt sore to touch, and in a particular spot on my chest muscle. They're now so so sore and stiff, it hasn't been this bad since a few days post surgery! Now I'm worried I've done something to my chest muscle which has then in turn impacted on the implant, and I feel like I've damaged something and now my healing has gone backwards. Someone tell me this is normal; that you have a run of good days and then you'll have a really painful day. It's a roller coaster right? Not an even and straight line of healing?
I paid a visit to the doctors to get my incisions checked out, and it's all healing fine. The nurse put a gauze pad on my incisions, but this came off in the shower later. I've started the scar oil on the incisions - is this too soon??
And this sleeping upright is getting old. I'm constantly tired from lack of good sleep, yet I can't sleep when I try because I'm not comfortable. I've got so much work piled up for me tomorrow, I'm just dreading it and feeling quite down in the dumps to be honest. In clothes, the implants don't project much and I don't have much cleavage, so I look as flat as I did before the surgery, but naked, my boobs look huge and round and high.
So right now, I'm not feeling so great emotionally, mentally, or physically. I hope this passes as soon as possible, because I'm getting real tired of my own whinging and complaining, and I just want to be able to enjoy having boobs already!
ARGH!
Provider Review
Dr Chatpong Sastarasadhit
Dr Chatpong presented as professional, if a little cold. There was hardly any personal interaction; it felt more like a conveyer belt but I suppose he does that many surgeries, which is a good thing. So, in terms of what you really want in a surgeon, he ticked all the boxes. He answered my questions (although he could have gone into more and concise detail with the answers, and there is a very minor language barrier) and importantly, did a great job on the surgery. I have exactly what I wanted and I was treated with care and professionalism by both himself and the hospital staff. I have no hesitation recommending Dr Chatpong, or the hospital, to anyone, with the above proviso.