One month post op - Chicago

Of course, I developed early. Immediately being labeled as the girl with the big boobs. As I grew, and they grew, the words used to describe me became more vulgar and insulting. I became less and less of a person in others eyes and more of a set of boobs.

Back problems followed suit. I have pain all over my back after leaving over just to pick something up off of the floor. Doing the dishes is incredibly painful and I have deep ridges in my shoulders from my bra strap digging in for years.

I had consultations when I was 16, 18, and 20 with surgeons. I was never approved. When I went for my consult on October 5th, I decided I needed to make it happen this time. I heard back from insurance within about 2 weeks. They were requesting “more information”. I had been seeing the chiro 3x a week since august and has an xrayreport sent in along with my initial submission. After they wanted more information, I requested that my gyno write a letter saying that I needed to reduce the weight of my breasts and describing the symptoms I was having. Within 2 days after they received that, I got word that I met medical criteria. I was then able to schedule my pre-op appt for December 6th and my reduction surgery for December 19th.

Yesterday, I was one month away from surgery. I was feeling really anxious. Today I am feeling excited. I am sure that I will go back and forth until I walk in there and go to sleep. However I do have a ton of questions:

Do the pain pumps numb the breast entirely?
how long are the tubes from the pain pump?
how scary is it to take them out yourself?
How can I avoid a hematoma?
how long will I be drugged out? On meds at all?
Will the anti-nausea meds that I plan on requesting do the trick?
Will I be able to shower?

Now, I know that some of these will be answered at pre-op and some I will just need to figure out for myself but I want to stay focused and on top of my game here.

I will add some before pics soon but I am around a 34/36 F/G

Surgery has been moved up! I plan on heading out of town on Friday, the 21st so I called yesterday to see if I can schedule surgery for the 17th or 18th. I got the 17th but only at 5pm. She said that he doesn't start surgery until 11am that day so I am hoping they might be able to get in super early that day instead of waiting all day and not being able to eat or drink. I doubt I will have an appetite but I will definitely be thirsty. Also, I will have to be there like 2 hours early anyways so I don't think it'll be the worst thing ever to have it later to get the day that I want. My post op appt is already schedule for that Friday as well before I am off to Wisconsin and I have already set an appt with my hairdresser for Friday as well so I can have a nice cut and more importantly a wash since I don't know when I can shower and I know I wont wash it well even if I can. 20 days! I am feeling so positive and excited. I wish it was happening tomorrow!

Eeek! Just posted before pictures as all of you amazing women have. Kinda scary though. I hate them being out there for the world to see! 18 days until the big day!