I was scared, but I'm very happy now - Montreal, QC

I posted pictures before and after! I'm very happy. They're small enough to fit into normal people clothes and I don't have to buy xls just so my chest fits. The man is happy, I am happy, everything is going well. I still have sharp pains sometimes. I started driving again a few days ago and it hurts... probably from keeping my arms pressed in slightly and raised. I am sleeping on my side, though I don't know if I'm allowed to. Its a relief to my back and I sleep so much better on my side. Things are going very well :)

The surgery went really well! I went in at 8am and was in surgery by 10:30am. I was out around 12:45 and then stayed in the recovery room for 2 hours. When I first woke up I was moaning and the nurses shot me with morphine twice. Apparently I was in a lot of pain the second I woke up. But a few hours later I was happy as a clown. I was home by 3 and basically slept the day away.

The second day I was walking around the apartment. I couldn't move much but it wasn't horrible. The third day I took a walk down the street to the coffee shop for internet. Its about a block away. Am I supposed to? I don't know but it seemed fine. I was exhausted and in a lot of pain afterwards but worth it. I had a check up 4 days after surgery and the doc said they are healing nicely. Each day I walked more and more. I have basically been sitting watching downloaded shows and taking short walks. Yesterday I went to the grocery store (had my sister pick stuff off the shelves and carry everything). The bandages are on until Friday, so 8 days after surgery.

It has now been a week!!! There are sharp pains when I move too much. Sometimes when I don't move it hurts too. But the pain is definitely manageable. I can walk around holding my boobs in place and its fine. I'm pretty sure I'm super bruised. I think I'm a D but there's probably a lot of swelling. The bandages are still on so I can't really tell. I saw my massacred nipple under the bandages and its super gross. Really cool, but super gross.

I'm planning on taking a picture a day for the recovery after the bandages are off so I can make a video of the progression. Just a cool project :)

I had my pre-op appointment today! It was really long, but I suppose that's just the hospital. A secretary from the hospital called and told me to come in at 10:30 on july 3rd, and so I did. I went to the hospital and waited about an hour to be seen by a nurse. She explained the full procedure and what I had to do before. She gave me two sponges (the cool antiseptic ones that doctors use before a surgery) and I am to wash with them the night before, and the morning of the surgery. She gave me a pee cup that I have to bring in the day of to check if I'm pregnant. Understandable.
She told me there might be drains, and it'll be decided during the procedure. She said that I won't be able to move my arms above my shoulders for 4 weeks. I live on the 3rd floor of my apt building and she said I can't carry anything, including my purse up those stairs. I think that's a little overkill, but my purse is pretty big. I'll figure that out when the time comes.
Then I went and had a "physical" where they just took my blood pressure and pulse. Then to the blood-test area and they took 3 vials of blood.
My surgery is next week... I'm more excited than nervous now. My family is being super supportive so I think I'm ready!!! :)