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34G to 34(D?) reduction - Ontario, Canada
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I got my first "you've lost weight" comment this...
KCinCanadaJune 11, 2012
WORTH IT
I got my first "you've lost weight" comment this weekend! This is from someone that I'm not telling about the surgery so I just say yes, I've lost about 5 pounds... and the person got a strange look on their face so I quickly changed it to '5 or 10' and they said, no way, it looks like way more than that! So I said "maybe it's the shirt" and they said "yes.... maybe, but it still looks like you've lost a LOT more!" Isn't it amazing how 3 pounds off in this area changes the whole look of a person?
UPDATED FROM KCinCanada
Sorry I haven't updated since my appointment, I...
KCinCanadaJune 7, 2012
Sorry I haven't updated since my appointment, I have been wiped out by a massive head cold these past few days. I'm starting to feel better now. My appointment on Monday went well, everything looks like it is healing perfectly and she said I can resume my normal exercising and routine next week! So I plan on starting with incline walking on the treadmill and maybe a pilates DVD. I'm not going to return to yoga yet, but then the session is out until July so I will begin that then. I can also start scar treatment (lotion and massaging) next week and she also said no restrictions on bras either, but I still find that I feel better wearing the surgical bra for the majority of the day and night. My right side is still more swollen and a bit tender. Left is doing awesome, and I'm so surprised since I had 705 g removed from that side! Just one quick photo today because I'm still not feeling 100% thanks to this cold. I hope everyone else is doing well!
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June 7, 2012
Wow KC! What a difference with swelling down so much! You're looking even ,more fabulous woman! You must be thrilled to bits! So sorry about the cold - bummer - but if it kept you even quieter than usual, maybe wasn't an entirely awful thing (*ducks and weaves*). Anyway, glad you're on the mend and healing so beautifully. Keep up the good work - lol!
June 7, 2012
Haha, you're probably right about the cold keeping me on the couch more than I would have been without it :-) Always see the positive!
I just looked at my befores compared to this new pic and WOW, I look so different, I am so happy! I feel much better but seeing it in photos is amazing. I'm finally starting to see my pics in the way I see others on this website. The right side is still swollen so not dropping as much yet but I can tell that they will settle out just like everyone else's. I can't believe I'm actually an AFTER now... it still doesn't seem completely real.
Yesterday I was wearing a 36C bra but the band rides up because a 36 is really too loose for me, and a size SMALL t-shirt. Wow!! I used to buy large t-shirts to accommodate the boobs, and they would still have to stretch out, lol!
I just looked at my befores compared to this new pic and WOW, I look so different, I am so happy! I feel much better but seeing it in photos is amazing. I'm finally starting to see my pics in the way I see others on this website. The right side is still swollen so not dropping as much yet but I can tell that they will settle out just like everyone else's. I can't believe I'm actually an AFTER now... it still doesn't seem completely real.
Yesterday I was wearing a 36C bra but the band rides up because a 36 is really too loose for me, and a size SMALL t-shirt. Wow!! I used to buy large t-shirts to accommodate the boobs, and they would still have to stretch out, lol!
June 7, 2012
Honestly, it's simply ASTOUNDING how big breasts age a person. Yours were gorgeous beforehand (honestly! I would have loved those to be my "afters"!!), but nonetheless, your new ones take 10 years off your midriff...not that you needed the years off, but hey...take it where you can get it...you'll be happy for that aspect when you're my age! And perfect shape and totally PERFECT size and they haven't even finished transforming yet. You get to be very, very vain right now!!! Revel in it. Strut. Seriously. Welcome back to your 20's!!!
June 7, 2012
That stinks about your cold. Feel better. The boobies look beautiful! Take it easy with the exercising.
June 8, 2012
Thanks Ana! I will ease into the exercising, it is just super hard sitting still when I'm used to running with 2 young kids all day and then doing yoga for relaxation and running for fun, haha :-) Walks with the kids are probably the best (and safest) way to get active again.
June 8, 2012
You look great! What a difference:-) Sorry about the cold, but just think...it will be gone soon, but you will still have amazing tatas!
June 10, 2012
Hey KC! Hope that cold gas cleared up by now. I find summer colds, for some reason, even more annoying that winter colds. It's as though the viral Gods are laughing in your face. The sun is next to impossible to take and the heat is just blech. So, while I do hope you're past it, I stand by my earlier thesis that it probably grounded you more effectively than just KNOWING you shouldn't do much.
Selfishly, I want to know how the girls are doing. You looked so good immediately post-op, I'm living vicariously through what appears (touch wood, cross fingers etc.) to be your fairly uneventful recovery. Are you noticing daily change? And of CRITICAL importance, do you see a place in your future where you may be able to sleep on your side?
Hope you're getting close(ish) to that first major shopping spree, just don't rush it......the cutie-patio tie bras and tops aren't going anywhere!
Selfishly, I want to know how the girls are doing. You looked so good immediately post-op, I'm living vicariously through what appears (touch wood, cross fingers etc.) to be your fairly uneventful recovery. Are you noticing daily change? And of CRITICAL importance, do you see a place in your future where you may be able to sleep on your side?
Hope you're getting close(ish) to that first major shopping spree, just don't rush it......the cutie-patio tie bras and tops aren't going anywhere!
June 11, 2012
My cold gas is much better... hahaha! The cold itself is still lingering, but it could also just be my allergies (bad time of year for me) but I am overall feeling pretty good.
I haven't bought any new bras despite temptation, but I imagine I will in the next couple of weeks! I'm still feeling the best while wearing the surgical bra so that is keeping me from running out and loading up the car with bras :-)
Side sleeping is still difficult, I can roll part was on to the left side because it has been healing quicker all along but it is still quite sore on my right. I think my body is now used to back sleeping so I don't need the nest of pillows now, I just stay on my back. I am finding myself waking up with my arms stretched over my head which isn't sore now but I still worry about doing it.
I will do another photos update soon, but overall yes, I still see improvements every day. Scars are going down to thin lines in some spots and the breasts are getting softer and settling more each day which I love. I do still get swelling at the end of the day depending on how much I do.
I haven't bought any new bras despite temptation, but I imagine I will in the next couple of weeks! I'm still feeling the best while wearing the surgical bra so that is keeping me from running out and loading up the car with bras :-)
Side sleeping is still difficult, I can roll part was on to the left side because it has been healing quicker all along but it is still quite sore on my right. I think my body is now used to back sleeping so I don't need the nest of pillows now, I just stay on my back. I am finding myself waking up with my arms stretched over my head which isn't sore now but I still worry about doing it.
I will do another photos update soon, but overall yes, I still see improvements every day. Scars are going down to thin lines in some spots and the breasts are getting softer and settling more each day which I love. I do still get swelling at the end of the day depending on how much I do.
June 11, 2012
Glad to hear the cold is clearing up, leaving you ONLY with your allergies - how lovely! NOT.
Funny you should mention the sleeping challenge. As I rotate through my list of things to worry about (trying to ensure everything gets equal worry-time!), sleep has worked its way into the top 3. I'm a restless sleeper at the very best of times and I am also exclusively a side sleeper...so this should be fun. When I find out the PS was doing Lipo too, I just sort of mentally gave up trying to figure out the sleep thing. I'm buying a wedge pillow, a body pillow, a few memory foam pillows and one of those airplane/neck piloow things which I'm hoping will help restrict my movement if I (WHEN I) try to to roll over. I'll just make it up as I go...if I don't smother myself first - lol! (You didn't have Lipo, did you? I'm asking because I just realized that you are 4 weeks out TODAY!!! And selfishly, I also realized that if you DIDN'T have Lipo and are still having trouble doing a full side sleep, I'd better get used to the idea of 6-8 weeks on my back - UGH. But better to be prepared up front, I guess.)
I have to tell you, that in my incredibly superficial mind, (pain etc. aside), your boobs are PERFECT. In my after-boobs book, you're part of the Rosie/Kate club...there are now 3 sets of new 'uns that I lust after (in much the same way I lust after a great Creme Brulee or a fabulous pair of Louboutin boots!) I'm so happy for you that you still have an entire summer to NOT SWEAT UNDER THEM!!!! How do YOU spell jealousy?!?
Strong work holding off on the bra shopping! Must be KILLING you, but you'll enjoy it all the more when you're feeling slower to 100%. Kind of like tantric shopping, I guess. Cruise around the bra sites online to take the edge off and then BAM! Another couple of weeks and it's just you and your credit card and a big 'ol store (or 5)!!
Keep us posted on recovery. You're my canary down the well and I've following your healing with great interest. Feel free to lie :)
Take care KC....you are looking simply FABULOUS (dahhling)!!!
Funny you should mention the sleeping challenge. As I rotate through my list of things to worry about (trying to ensure everything gets equal worry-time!), sleep has worked its way into the top 3. I'm a restless sleeper at the very best of times and I am also exclusively a side sleeper...so this should be fun. When I find out the PS was doing Lipo too, I just sort of mentally gave up trying to figure out the sleep thing. I'm buying a wedge pillow, a body pillow, a few memory foam pillows and one of those airplane/neck piloow things which I'm hoping will help restrict my movement if I (WHEN I) try to to roll over. I'll just make it up as I go...if I don't smother myself first - lol! (You didn't have Lipo, did you? I'm asking because I just realized that you are 4 weeks out TODAY!!! And selfishly, I also realized that if you DIDN'T have Lipo and are still having trouble doing a full side sleep, I'd better get used to the idea of 6-8 weeks on my back - UGH. But better to be prepared up front, I guess.)
I have to tell you, that in my incredibly superficial mind, (pain etc. aside), your boobs are PERFECT. In my after-boobs book, you're part of the Rosie/Kate club...there are now 3 sets of new 'uns that I lust after (in much the same way I lust after a great Creme Brulee or a fabulous pair of Louboutin boots!) I'm so happy for you that you still have an entire summer to NOT SWEAT UNDER THEM!!!! How do YOU spell jealousy?!?
Strong work holding off on the bra shopping! Must be KILLING you, but you'll enjoy it all the more when you're feeling slower to 100%. Kind of like tantric shopping, I guess. Cruise around the bra sites online to take the edge off and then BAM! Another couple of weeks and it's just you and your credit card and a big 'ol store (or 5)!!
Keep us posted on recovery. You're my canary down the well and I've following your healing with great interest. Feel free to lie :)
Take care KC....you are looking simply FABULOUS (dahhling)!!!
June 11, 2012
Oh, good Lord. Okay..
1. when I FOUND out he was doing lipo
and
2. when you're feeling CLOSER to 100%
and, finally
3. I'M following your healing
Should NOT be allowed near a keyboard.
1. when I FOUND out he was doing lipo
and
2. when you're feeling CLOSER to 100%
and, finally
3. I'M following your healing
Should NOT be allowed near a keyboard.
June 11, 2012
Piggles, your typos are half the fun of your posts! (ok, maybe a quarter). I, too, was worried about the back sleeping, but so far it's not been the issue I thought it would be. Two reasons:
1. I'm camped out on the couch, with a big cushion under my knees and lots of pillows behind me (that's gradually changing). Being on the couch is cozier and allows me to sort of cuddle up to the back of the couch a little. Not sure why it works, but it does.
2. I listened to my meditation mp3 every night before my surgery lying on my back. This wasn't intentional, it just would have seemed weird to try to meditate lying on my side or stomach. I almost always feel asleep doing the meditation, so I think this might have kind of trained me to be able to fall asleep in that position.
Hope that helps!
1. I'm camped out on the couch, with a big cushion under my knees and lots of pillows behind me (that's gradually changing). Being on the couch is cozier and allows me to sort of cuddle up to the back of the couch a little. Not sure why it works, but it does.
2. I listened to my meditation mp3 every night before my surgery lying on my back. This wasn't intentional, it just would have seemed weird to try to meditate lying on my side or stomach. I almost always feel asleep doing the meditation, so I think this might have kind of trained me to be able to fall asleep in that position.
Hope that helps!
June 11, 2012
Thanks Self; totally get the couch thing. It's also one less side to worry about flipping towards. This back thing should create a whole new category of "extreme snoring"; similar to extreme sports. I know I don't snore usually, but my husband has audio hallucinations in which I do :) (and that's on my side....)
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Got my period yesterday morning and I am so...
KCinCanadaMay 31, 2012
Got my period yesterday morning and I am so uncomfortable with swelling! I actually took two Tylenol 3s last night it was so bad. I've always experienced swelling and breast soreness before and during my period so I expected this, but it is a bummer because I had just started to feel normal again. Oh well, this will pass. The good thing is I feel comfortable taking my bra off for the first time in my life so that helped! I am able to sleep without the incline now and partially on my side which is also nice.
Part of the tape around my nipple finally came off and I am surprised at how nice and clean they look, like no stitching or incision marks at all. Not sure what method my surgeon used for them but I'm impressed! I will probably wait until Tuesday to do my week 3 pics since I have an appointment on Monday and am hoping the nipple and vertical incision tape will all come off then. All of the lower underneath tape has been off for a few days. I will ask about starting some type of scar treatment at my next appointment.
Part of the tape around my nipple finally came off and I am surprised at how nice and clean they look, like no stitching or incision marks at all. Not sure what method my surgeon used for them but I'm impressed! I will probably wait until Tuesday to do my week 3 pics since I have an appointment on Monday and am hoping the nipple and vertical incision tape will all come off then. All of the lower underneath tape has been off for a few days. I will ask about starting some type of scar treatment at my next appointment.
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And to think all of us are worried about how pudgy we will look after our monstrous bazongas are gone, but everyone thinks we lose weight...how does that work?