39 Yr Old. 38E/36G to 38B/36C. Should've Done It Years Ago!-Beverly Hills, CA

My schedule prior to the reduction was so busy, so sorry if this first one is going to be long till I get caught up.

I started growing my boobs in the third grade, by the time I was in 5th grade I was already pushing a B-C cup. I guess that's when my insecurities started, getting teased by your classmates about my boobs didn't help. I know that by the time I graduated middle school and entering high school, I was a D-cup. Since growing up in Alaska, I wore sweaters a lot, and I was able to hide my ever changing boobs under them.

I'm also only 5'0, so even at my skinniest and having a inverted triangle frame, I was top heavy. While others around me freely showed their cleavage, I hated mine. Being a clothes horse, I hid behind tops that wouldn't bring attention to them. But if I wore something that was too big, I looked pregnant!

Freshman 15 gave me DDs. Since I was still covered by my parents insurance, I saw a couple doctors, who all said I should lose weight first. I didn't entertain the idea again till my early 30s when I hit DDD. I found a doctor that I was comfortable with but lost my insurance because I lost my job.

Fast forward 6 yrs, I got Obama Care and this time I was a G cup cup. I decided to finally go through with it easpecially since now it was medically necessary. Three years ago, I got into a big accident where my car got hit from behind and pushed me into an SUV in front of me. I was already experiencing back pains and headaches prior, then the accident gave me 2- herniated disk & a disk bulge in my neck, a herniated disk in my lower back, and a busted shoulder. So the extra weight to my chest, didn't make me feel better. I've been getting a massage and an alignment every week for the past three years just to get relief for my
discomfort.

I saw three more surgeons before I met with Dr. Andrew Cohen on May 27th. The first thing I asked him was if it was possible to go from a G cup to a Small C cup. I was happy to hear that it was! He examined me, took pictures, and submitted to my insurance. Within a week, I had gotten my approval! I was finally going to go through with it after more than a decade of wanting to go through with it. I schedule the operation on July 9th.

Dr. Cohen and his staffed worked with me to prepare for the big day. On the 9th, I showed up at 6:30 at the surgery center. Virginia, my French nurse was so sweet and very nurturing. The anestelogist came in and 15 minutes later Dr. Cohen came to mark me. I was done within three hours but during recovery time, I went to the bathroom, and told the nurse I was having a hard time peeing. That's when the nurses notice that my right breast was bigger than my left. I had a hematoma in my right breast. Thankfully, the doctor and everyone who was there for my surgery was still there. They put a catheter in me to go pee and went in again for surgery to take care of the hematoma. So I had two surgeries in one day!

I got home late afternoon and I comatosed slept for a couple of hours. I slept more than I should, maybe because I was put to sleep twice in the surgery room. When I woke up to go to the bathroom, I felt woozy, and I was having a hard time going to pee; it stung from the catheter. I was still feeling woozy every time I stood up, until I threw up. After that, the dizziness went away. Since Dr. Cohen lipoed my axilla, the most discomfort I felt that night were at my armpits. Thank god for the painkillers!

I saw Dr. Cohen the morning after, right before his late morning surgeries. He said that everything was looking good, I didn't have any bleeding or any oozing. He was still keeping the drain on my right chest to make sure that the all fluids/blood from the hematoma were draining.

When he put on my post-op bra, it hit me that I now had normal sized boobs! I was able to see my feet directly without moving my boobs. And the weight! I felt such a difference in my posture! I asked Dr.Cohen about the sweeping and the bruising in my armpits, he said that it would fade away. Crazy, the incisions on my boobs weren't the ones that were bothering me, it was the lipo of the axilla; my armpits. I feel dullness at front but it's the armpits that is sore!

On my way home, I realized that something cold was running down my side, and it was blood. I called Dr. Cohen immediately and was able to see him at the surgery center before his afternoon surgery. He looked at it and said that the stitch to the drain was intact and it wasn't loose. He cleaned me up and I was ready to go.

When I got home, my body was telling me I needed a nap. After I woke up, I took a picture, still bruising on my right chest

I was real tired the night before and slept more than 8 hrs. It's uncomfortable to sleep sitting almost upright this long, so I thought that was why my head was pounding.

I took my temperature and it was 100.3. Took my painkillers and antibiotics but after an hour it still hadn't gone down. So I decided to take a Tylenol and take a little nap. It went down after an hour.

I also felt yucky, so I gave myself a sponge bathe. It's hard to do this yourself when you can't bend that easy but I had to do it. For my hair, my dad said he would take me to get it washed at a salon since I was still having a hard time
lifting my arms up for a long time.

Sorry for the TMI, but I just realized that the last time I pooped was Wednesday and it's now Sunday. I took a stool softener yesterday but still
nothing. I'll take two and see what happens.