Breast Reduction: Stories

I did update my progress. Not sure it makes much scense yet. I'm pretty drugged up.

Well hello, happy to hear from you, it's okay take your time we will wait until your good and ready okay.. Happy recovery welcome to the flat side . You did it.. Clap!clap!clap!

Thank-you. Hopefully I will be able to post a few "after" pictures on Friday. My PS surgical center is in a very nice hotel and so they pay for 1 night in this nice hotel after surgery. So I should be out of surgery early afternoon, we'll spend the rest of tomorrow and tomorrow night and get home sometime on Friday morning. I told my husband I wanted him to take pictures after I'm all marked up for my surgery and his response was "why"? He doesn't understand all the sharing we do on RS and would never consider taking 1/2 naked pics of himself and posting them on a website for the world to see. Gee after I say that it doesn't sound so great does it? Ha,ha I'll be posting more 1/2 naked pictures I'm sure in a couple days. Thanks again I'm excited and quite calm I believe about tomorrow.

Ok and good luck ok, no rush when you feel up to it post it. Take your time

Birch: We need eachother since men just don't have the emotions to understand and comfort us like we need. My husband still thinks I'm crazy to put myself thru all this expense,surgery, pain & time recooperating for something so vain. Hopefully he'll like how I look "on the flat side".

Thanks, I'm sure I'll be posting along the way.

ShirleyPWD :I'm extremely happy with my BR, it was also more serious and longer healing time than I expected which was my own fault I guess. I felt so good immediately I thought it would stay that way. I had some bumps along the road. It's been 5 mos. now and I couldn't be happier. The only thing the BR did was show me all the fat I have on my middle-roll after roll that I couldn't see before (I didn't look very hard either) with my 46 DDD's blocking my view. That's the reason for my TT on March 28th to remedy that problem. I'm sure as I fix one thing, I'll find something else I want to "fix". I'm already thinking about an arm lift/liposuction, thigh lift/liposuction and the list goes on & on. At "our" age things just want to sag and no amount of diet and exercise seems to help anymore. So are you all done now with plastic surgery now that you're perky? Why do you have a scar under your arm? Did the PS do liposuction under your arms or was it part of your BR to make them round? My incision is on the bottom of my breasts, nothing on the sides. I think this makes them a bit flatter but I didn't know any different and the PS didn't mention any other techniques to me. I would of liked to have him do lipo under my arms at the time so I'm wasn't so big around (46-48 C now). I mentioned doing lipo with my TT under the arm and he didn't act like he wanted to. I guess he doesn't think $11,000 is enough to do that also.

Yes, I am done ... I don't do well after I've had surgery ... lots of vomiting etc. I don't know why she went about 3" into my side. I did not have lipo, but I was hoping she would throw that in ... that never happened LOL. I'm going to start Weight Watchers as soon as we return home (we have been in Florida since Jan.1). I also have a roll that I didn't know was that big because of the large shelve blocking the view of my lap. I didn't realize the surgery was as serious as it turned out to be. I remember the next evening after the surgery I was laying in bed and asking my husband what the hell did I do to myself ... I wasn't happy for a good two weeks afterward.

I've been sick after scope down my throat, carpal tunnel & gallbladder surgery. I keep telling everyone before surgery how sick I get and they give me extra stuff to keep me from being sicker. I remember hurting and being dizzy and nauseuas after my BR. The nurse would give me more of the good drugs & I'd go back to sleep. I finally had to force myself to get up and pee so they'd let me go home that night from the hospital. Luckily with the TT I'll be staying the night at the Amway Grand Hotel (where the PS office is and so is their surgery dept) and checking in with the Drs. in the morning to make sure I'm okay before heading home. This will be nice to be able to sleep all night without having to go home. 3 days after my BR my Mom had a stroke so we headed to the hospital and then I spent the next 3-4 days there with her. I couldn't take the good drugs because I was driving and had to stay awake. I know I was miserable at night and finally remembered I had vicodin for pain and started taking them again so I could sleep. It was rough for awhile.

I know what you mean I told them I get sick to my stomach and they gave me 3 different things for that and nothing worked until Iwas so sick after surgery they gave me a shot of Benydryl in my IV. That did the trick.

I ended up in the hospital with the flu (we thought it might be my gallbladder) the day before my gallbladder scheduled surgery. After throwing up and having diarrhea all night (bless my husband who cleaned up all the messes and stayed with me) I showed up at the hospital and they gave me drugs to make it all quit-sure wish they had some of that for at home. I think I still have some zofran in the cubboard which is prescription for upset stomaches and works good if I need it after I get home.

My husband didn't want me to have the surgery so there wasn't much sympathy from him ... he was good and helped me with the drains and getting meals for the first week, but after that I was on my own. When I started this journey I just asked him for his blessing and told him he didn't have to carry the girls around and neck and should pain at times where awful.I guess at this point in my life I needed to do this for myself and not worry about what he wanted. I bless this site ... it is great to talk to people that have gone through this and now I want to pay it forward and encourage others to make the leap to the "otherside".

ShirleyPWD it's great to hear from you since you had a very similar story. This website has been such a blessing. My new RealSelf friends are encouraging me and letting me know after years of doing for everyone else that it's okay to do for myself without feeling guilty or like I have to ask for their blessings. Since my surgery is on Thursday I know my hubby will be here for me until Monday then he has farm work (hauling corn) to get done. By then I figure I'll be pass the blood clot danger and should be able to manage. I've had friends offer to come and help and will ask them if I'm still unable to get up and to the bathroom, etc. by myself.

Where is your Dr. located? Dr. Alfonso I go to is on the 7th floor of the Amway Grand. They do all their surgeries (except insurance which requires hospital surgeries) there. I had my BR at Spectrum Health, having this one at their surgical center since I'm paying for this. I'm sure you are enjoying your smaller girls already. It was a life changing surgery for me, no more hiding my large breasts after surgery. Congrats Tara Lynn.

Dr Hammond is at Partners in Plastic Surgery, which is at E. Paris and Lake Dr. Even with insurance, my operation was done in their office, and it was AWESOME- very private and personal. I was his only surgery that day, so I pretty much had my own team of nurses, my own recovery area, and there was no waiting around for anything. I'm very happy with my experience. :) Good luck with your next surgery!

I'm not really sure what to expect having my surgery in their surgical center but they said I will have my own nurse and since their floor is only up 1 floor they are there if I need them. I'm so glad you had a very positive experience. So far I've also had good experiences with Dr. Alfonso.