Getting there! - Miami, FL

5 WEEKS on Wednesday ~ Feel good. Been on the bike several times and have not had any issues at all other than the fact that when I use my pec muscles UP come the boobies. I really find this gives me the chuckles... I was doing massage on my boyfriend and I was showing him what my boobies can do when I use my pecs... we had a good laugh. Said I'm very talented... ha ha ha...! I still get burning issues but again, just like a sunburn. Tolerable. Have not used any meds at all since I think around day 19 or 20. Somewhere around there. I do get sensitivity to touch and still have tender spots but I know it's just the way it's going to be for a while. They are definitely more relaxed and the swelling, at least to my eye, is non-existent. The left is still high where the right is more relaxed. I don't think the right is where it should be 100% but at least it looks more like my own and it belongs. Yesterday I went to put the seat on the motorcycle and got it stuck and couldn't get it off and tried and tried until I pulled my pec muscle. Crap! So, I got my gear on, got ready to go, sweat my butt off messing with the seat and all for nothing! So tonight I plan to hit the bike again as my bo fixed the problem. Cool! Every now and again I'll get zings or a deep burning sensation but it goes away just as quickly as it came. So let's see... I've been called Dolly, Barbie and Boobs.... HA! All in good fun! I love how my clothes fit and I'm much more proportionate. Yes, I will put pics up again. And I truly am very sorry to the lady if she was offended at all by my breach. I would explain my world here on the other side of boobie land, but I won't bore any of you. I hope she will reach for support here on realself.com and not feel as though there has been a damper. I was wrong and that's all I can say. It is never my intention to offend even by chance....Peaceful wishes, peaceful thoughts, Speedy healings, Happy droppings! ha!

Almost 1 MONTH (tomorrow) So let's see... I mowed the lawn Sunday. My right pec was a bit tight at the end of the mowing but my mower is self propelled so that was huge in getting it done. Had no issues to speak of. I definitely listened to my body. I was a bit sore in my left armpit and have been for a few days now. That's a new one on me! Pec muscle attachment. No problem though. Went to the Red Sox game last night and jumped up and down many many times! ha! Yeah! We kicked the Rangers' butts! A beach ball found it's way to me and when I went to hit it I spilled beer between my new girls! Yeeeee! Chilly!

I did have a few concerns with the crowds bumping in to my boobies but always kept a defensive vigil and only a couple times did I have to raise my arm for deflection from elbows or whatever but the bump never happened.

Last night was the first time I slept without my sports bra during the night and I was a little concerned as I didn't know if during the night I would roll on to the them and wake up in pain but it did not happen. Woke up with morning boob this morning. I considered tylenol but now I've been up for a couple hours and I'm better.

The nipples are the most sensitive. It's my chief issue. And it's not a big issue really.

When I use any sort of pressure my pecs rise up and so do my boobs. Kinda funny. Pecs are still tight around them though.

My breasts do look much more relaxed and I do wish I could post pics because those of you that saw them in the beginning could really appreciate how they look now. No longer are they oblong or frankenboobish. The swelling is essentially gone at least to my eye and now they just need to drop and relax more.

That's it for now! Today! Is motorcycle day! Yeahhhh!

Day 24 ~ First let me state that I had to remove my photos as some creep was creeping around. It never ceases to amaze me the level of audacity that people will stoop to since there is the ability to hide behind his/her computer. Keeps things impersonal. That's easy for creeps! Just wrecks it for so many. I'm CERTAIN it wouldn't be stated face to face!!

Ok, the nitty gritty... Feeling really good. Sometimes I wake up on my stomach. Not sure how this goes on but when I roll back over I feel ok. I was looking for my after-care documentation and for the life of me could not find it. I really should advise the doctors and nurses not to give me instructions after I just awaken from anesthesia. I get short term memory issues after anesthesia and even though I mentioned this to them I think it's just standard procedure for them to give instructions straight away. So! Anyways...! I found my after-care stuff - it said not to sleep on my stomach for ....4 MONTHS! Oh brother! I did on day 10 or 11. I felt ok afterwards but still... I've woken up a few times on my stomach since then.... What does this mean for me and my healing purposes?

Where the incisions were were very itchy for a brief time last night but ok today. That's the first time throughout all this that I wanted to scratch them. The areolas are still quite sensitive to most types of touch so scratching is out of the question! Some areas become sensitive around the breasts but I find light and rhythmic massaging helps immensely.

The only issues I can say I'm having now is sometimes theres a feeling on the tissue itself along the sensation of a sunburn. It's really the only way I can describe it. Nerves still need a little more time to fully heal. But it doesn't last all day and night like it was. Yesterday, day 23 was the first day I went without ibuprofen. Today, so far I have no plans to take anything. I know it takes 6-8 weeks for the swelling to completely go down so I'm still 2-5 weeks away. They are both soft with the right being very soft and giving and the left.... Wellll.... Needs more coaxing ! I massage them quite often and usually afterwards there is a marked difference in the softness and pliability (so-to-speak) so I know the tissue is responding well just needs some more time to allow the body to fully accept the big boobie change.

When I first had the ba I could only put 3 fingers from the collarbone to the top of the swelling of the new boobie on the left now I can comfortably fit 4 fingers. So I'm getting there. Just a few extra doses of patience and some more time and it will all work out. Wednesday is motorcycle day! Yeahhhhh! (maybe even monday! teeheehee) Tomorrow is bikini donning day and a couple of Capt and diets at the pool! Happy Boobie Girl I am!