Nervous Nelly -Dublin, Ireland

Hello all, as its one year tomorrow I thought I would make a little update. I am very glad that I had this surgery. I was thinking today that it doesn't cross my mind to fold my arms over my chest to hide it anymore,and walking in the sunshine without a big camouflage coat on is a joy. I do have some very raised scars under my breasts and I'm not sure that they will improve much but they dont bother me. I have found a lump in one breast recently - not sure if it is a cyst or a stitch - so going to see the dr and I think he'll send me on for a mammogram, am still quite tender so not looking forward to that. I think if the lump is not from the surgery I wouldnt have been able to find it in the old breasts so at least now I can get it checked out.
I was wearing a 36GG bra before and am now in a 36E, would have liked to be a bit smaller but this might be because I am carrying a stone more of weight than I'd like. When I lose the weight I might go down a cup size. Anyway, overall I am very happy that I did this. I worried a lot about it beforehand but it was fine. I had a good surgeon and good care which I am grateful for. Best of luck to all on this site and thanks for all the support I had - Peediewife was great, look her up!

Hello all. I am at 6 months today (I just realised), and while things had been going well mostly I have been having quite a bit of soreness in my left breast, around the T part of the scar, for a few days. It feels like there are splinters inside. The skin outside is pink. I've had a few spitting stitches before but none for ages, and I think there must be a big area underneath waiting to surface. I didnt think it could happen this far on. This is where i had most of my original delayed healing. I am due a 6 month check up in a few weeks. Not sure if I will stick it out til then - might ask to be seen sooner depending on how this goes. I can handle this myself if they will just surface and I can dress the area and keep it clean.
Also, i still have very little feeling in the right nipple - there are little darts from time to time, but it is numb to touch. At this point I wonder is there any chance that feeling will return? This nipple is not as lively looking as the other one, its a paler colour and looks like it needs a tonic!
I hope you are all doing well. I still notice small things, like not having my breasts flop around when I am naked (used to hurry to cover them up, even when i was alone) but now I feel more confident.

...were required in order for me to finally work out how to put up new pics on my new phone. Here they are. It did occur to me that my reluctance to post them might have created the impression that I was some sort of nut who pretended to have had a reduction, a sort of reduction 'Catfish', well, I am a nut but not that sort!
I have been thinking a lot about the whole process since yesterday and how disappointed I was to be sized at 36E. I am wearing a 36e in the most recent photo and it fits well and is comfortable.
I think my expectations of the surgery were very unrealistic in some ways. On the positive side (and these are real positives) -I got through it without dying, we were very lucky to have health insurance that paid for it, my neck problems are improved, and I feel much more invisible in a good way when eg. walking down the street without a big camouflage coat or jacket on. Clothes fit better and i think I am more proportionate.
On the downside (and these things are mostly to do with my vanity I suppose), I feel i am quite badly scarred and that the shape is not as natural as i hoped. I have little or no feeling in my right nipple and am quite numb and strangely also quite tender still over the rest of my breasts.
I have to hand it to my husband who is very quiet but very astute - he said that his main concern before I had the surgery was that I thought it would fix everything in my life, and it would not do that. He knows me well and he was right. In some demented way i imagined that I would a) resemble Kate bush in 1982 (one of my small breasted icons), b) magically lose 2 stone and become toned with no effort, and c) become supremely confident, relaxed, great at my job and also would look 10 years younger. Incredibly, none of this has come to pass. I am still myself. With a lot of work to do, both physically and mentally.
Overall i am glad I did this. I see large breasted women who look uncomfortable and tired and I want to whisper in their ears...what about a reduction? ...but this would possibly be a bad idea. I faced a lot of fear and anxiety over the surgery and it was fine. Also, i disobeyed my mother (only took 45 years!). Sorry it took so long to update the pictures. I will do some more at 1 year.