Breast Reduction: Stories
Write a ReviewI Got a Date! - Eastern Saskatchewan, Canada
- Lori in Canada
- posted 1 year ago
- updated 1 year ago
- Worth It
- Sask Health (Eastern Saskatchewan)
When I had my children, the good Lord decided to...
- 16 Feb 2012
- 1 month pre
When I had my children, the good Lord decided to "bless" me with rather large breasts. Went from a 36C to a 36EEE and stayed that size for a number of years. As my weight crept up and dropped over the past 18yrs, the girls continued to grow and are now a 38HHH. I have been waiting for over a year for the surgery and finally got a date yesterday...March 21st. I haven't lost near the weight I had hoped to but am down 15 pounds from my consult date in Nov 2010 and have a month to lose hopefully 10 more.
I have spent so much time online looking at breasts I'm feeling like a teenage boy! I've read everything I can get my hands on about the proceedure and what to expect and I'm still oh so nervous I could hurl. This all said, I'm still going through with it. I'm battling my fears and have come to realize my biggest one is "How will people look at me after the surgery?" Vain, I know. But, pardon the play on words, my breasts have been huge part of my life for most of my adult years. They're "there" all the time. I fear people looking at me after the surgery and laughing. "what a cow!" and "why would she do that? She looks stupid!" Including my husband. Although, I KNOW he would never say that...it sits in the back of my head as a 'what if?' Sorry for the ramble but this is finally happening and everything I've shoved aside regarding my feelings on this have jumped to the front of the line and have consumed my every thought for the past 24 hours. It's going to be a LONG month till the big day!
Added pics of the oh so sad looking 'girls'. Have...
- 24 Feb 2012
- 25 days pre
Wow...off for my pre-op today.Chest x-ray and...
- 13 Mar 2012
- 8 days pre
Wow...four more days....can hardly believe it. I...
- 17 Mar 2012
- 4 days pre
Still working on losing weight. Since I found out my date, I've lost 10 pounds. :) I'm psyching myself up for the fact I'll likely put ON weight immediately after the surgery due to swelling and fluid retention and from the sounds of things...constipation.Yuck! Will be picking up something from the pharmacy today to have on hand just in case. Oh and I got my bras yesterday. Hopefully they will work for me. I got one in the size I am now and one about 3 sizes smaller. Both "fit" as they're cotton and stretch but of course one is way tighter than the other.
I'm sure I'll be back to ramble some more Tuesday night...I know I won't be sleeping much that night!
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Dr is very busy as most ps are in the province. He's a great surgeon, very to the point but thorough.
All in all things are good. No regrets as of yet and really hope it stays that way!
And if you are shocked with your pictures now, just wait until you see yourself in a random snapshot after. I was just a couple of weeks post-op when we were at the school for a football game. It was Parent's Night and the newspaper took our picture with our son and when I saw it the next week, I had a hard time believing that was me with the t-shirt that wasn't straining across my chest!
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I was shocked when I took my before pictures. I didn't know I looked like that! And there was no way those things hanging by my belly button could be considered attractive. I hadn't realized how uneven they were and it totally solidified my decision to have the surgery.
If you have any trouble with the upload let me know!
The pain is really nothing terrible. A couple of days of pain medication was all that was necessary and I took Tylenol more than I took the prescription meds. You are more uncomfortable than anything.
And I know what you mean about being obsessed with boobs. My husband would ask me what I was looking at online and I would say, "Boobs." He would huff and ask me why I got to look at them and it was ok but if he did it was considered porn! We would just laugh :-)
Just take a couple of deep breaths and try to relax through this. In a few weeks this will all be behind you, but in the mean time, when the anxiety does grab a hold of you, just turn to us. We are here to support you and encourage you, and this is the perfect place to ramble about your concerns!