Breast Reduction: Stories

Have only considered it for about a year! I didn't realize how low my boobs hung until I started looking at my friends new twins. (Both had augmentations but their new twins are so beautiful) My two girlfriends new boobs are called Tia and Dia mine r gonna be Mia! My bras, bathing suit tops, dresses and button down shirts never fit. I exploded out of all my tops my whole life. It never bothered me cause they were so firm. Now its another story and i never realized how badly ( guess I just lived with it) I'm 45 years old, 5 feet nothing and 160 lbs I'm a 36 DDD maybe bigger. My surgery is 11/1/12 and I'm so scared. I have never been cut before. OMG sometimes i think I'm crazy for doing this. I have great support from my girlfriends Tia and Dia and my husband. I am gonna do a whole post cause I really appreciate the people who posted on this site for me and I am hoping to help someone else on their restless nights with their decision. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THAT! Now let's take a ride down my journey...Here we go

SIX DAYS! I AM FREAKING OUT! I have always loved my boobs but the ladies just can't stand on their own it's exhausting. I have never been embarrassed or cared what people thought...I wore a string bikini at 9 months pregnant... LOL but this is for me I took pics today so I can have some inspiration of what the girls r gonna be soon. Your pics helped me so much so I'm gonna post as much as I can

Hey Everyone! I don't know how everybody feels before surgery but I am friggen freaking out. I am thinking I am nuts and want it all at the same time...Hope I can do this

My surgery is Thursday...I went to my doctors office because I was a mess! I had no appointment and I was really thinking that I couldn't go through with it My friend told me to go in and look at his pictures. The receptionist told me to come in. They put me in a room and another girl who knows me came in and went over all the pictures with me. The staff each came in to assure me of how amazing he is. Then the doctor came in and told me to relax cause he is gonna do all the work I am gonna be napping LMAO. They gave me pills for bruising and after about an hour I felt better. LO a friggen hour I was there...I still can't believe I have been there so many times... I did feel better and stopped buying stuff today! so my credit card is in my office cooling off! Thank you ladies for your support and your updates knowing how well you r all doing really helps me on these sleepless nights! You are all the best and I have never blogged or did anything like this! I also saw Tia and Dia today they always make me feel good and I said after I'm done we r gonna post all our girls on the site cause we r going JUST THE GIRLS on a three day cruise to celebrate all our beautiful "GIRLS" YAY!

This is for the Person who sent me a private message: I do feel the need to share it with the rest of the women on this site:

I don't mind you telling me about my body because I agree my body is beautiful. I don't get intimidated easily (which I am sure that is what you were trying to do) so your opinion is something that you should try to control and keep to yourself. I do however think ( and this is a professional opinion) that you need psychological help because the cognitive thoughts that you feel about yourself seems to be expressed by the need for you to tell others what they will regret doing. I think that psychoanalytical therapy is something that you need to seek because it is obvious that you have a lot of unresolved issues about past experiences. I also feel that hiding on a site behind a keyboard shows how you lack social communicating and control in your own life. Medication and proper therapy can help theses cognitive distortions you have. For your own sake seek professional help. BTW I usually get paid for my professional opinion. This one is on the house!

Hey Ladies!

OMG one night to get through! I so love having all of you and your support! I have to be in tomorrow at 6 a.m. and should be home by 3 I will take pics and update all of you! especially my new friends who are going in on the 6th and 2nd! I know that you will be waiting for photos and experiences...I am so nervous and don't know how I am gonna get through the nigh...I hope I don't bail! OMG OMG OMG still can't believe it Say goodbye to the "GIRLS" I am freaking out ladies totally freaking out!

i ill be mini-mia lol hehehe im mia's daughter :) i love my mommy and im so proud of her! :) she is in fabulous condition ;) and so r the twins lmao she is awake and seems normal but u can never tell with her shes crazy :) jkjk shes perfectly normal and she said to tell you guys that a couple people r going in tomorrow and a few going in on the 6th and she wanted you guys to have an update :) i know how much you guys have helped her and i just wanted to say thank you so here i go THANK YOU :))))))) she also says that the pain is minimal and she is walking carefully and is using the "potty" without anyone help lol and that the pillow and blanket on the ride home helped SOOOOO MUCH!! and a thank you to whoever suggested it she hasn't napped yet and she went in at 6 and came out at 2 and she has been working on her phone, she doesn't like to email the site from her phone so here i am doing her dirty work for her ;) she says she has A-MA-ZING support from her gorgeous husband FABULOUS daughter and husky 120 pound doberman ;) (i know im great with adjectives) she also wants to thank her two bff's tia and dia for all there love, humorous loud comments, support, and friendship. And BTW she wore her hottest shoes to surgery (im jealous) and again please don't be worried about your procedure and shell post pics tomorrow of what she took of her boobies ;) and a big THANK YOU to every single friend she has on this site

hi everyone I am still not working fast cause of the meds im on I don't TAKE ANYTHING SO THESE ARE MAKING ME LOOPY JU WANT U TO SEE SOME WILL POST THE REST TOMORROW IM EXHAUSTED

Good Morn everyone, I haven't been on cause I have been having a lot of issues with managing the pain I feel like I wake up in pain and go to sleep in pain. all night long I'm also in pain. Everything is exhausting to do even just being on the computer. I haven't had the strength to even take any pics. I hope everyone is doing well Mia

I took some pictures...I'm very glad I started taken meds I was in so much pain and now I can function. My pictures look so sad I am not use to the scars and cuts. I can't believe that I am so swollen and hurting but I am liking the size so I know I have to be patient with the healing!

Ladies the meds r helping me recover and thank you all for telling me to take them. I really have no idea wtf I was thinking. Today I feel as though I an recovering not perfect but in the right direction going looking for places for my daughters sweet 16 I tried on so many things but had to think comfort cause I'm swollen Its so funny cause I think I have about 200 dresses and I use to squash my boobs in them. I am wearing one I got from walmart for about ten bucks I got it two years ago and I never wore it cause my boobs looked terrible I will take a pic but of course got it in two colors but it is comfy ok I gotta go but feeling good mahwah and thank you bye post pic later

Had a great day took three pain pills through the day to get me by. But I was out from 12 till around 8 and still going strong gonna do some work and get to bed around 1...I was so glad I was able to get done some stuff. I never realized how much I did until I couldn't do it anymore. But will take better pics tomorrow of my ladies. Good night and good luck to my friends who r healing and prays to those going in tomorrow!

HELLO TO ALL THE GIRLS FROM "MY GIRLS"
Everyday I'm a getting better went to lunch with my gorgeous friend Tia! now I'm home and gonna be up late studying and working cause of the days I lost recovering. But I am getting stronger and less tired...back on track eating well and gonna start walking this weekend. I took a few pics 12 days for you haven't had time to do a proper photo shoot but will soon. The girls r looking better everyday and the raised incisions r going down so SLOWLY lol...but they r! and A LOT less swelling today! started rubbing E oil on my boobs suggestion of my friend Tia but my added suggestion to you ladies would be a few hot men to help in the hard to reach places! I crack myself up...love it!

CAN WE TALK MEDS PLEASE...am I healing slower then I'm suppose to and how much pain meds r u taking cause I'm still in pain unless I take the meds...Ladies please let me know and I have been doing everything driving, laundry, cleaning working am I not suppose to?

Hey Ladies... I feel great Today and I'm loving my new Girls they are looking beautiful and scars r healing nicely! Pretty good in my LAND today...LMAO love it

HELLO TO ALL MY LADIES ON THIS SITE! I SO LOOK FORWARD TO LISTEN TO YOUR JOURNEYS AND LOOKING AT YOUR BOOBS!
Well let me begin that I am 14 days today and as you know yesterday I felt great I went to my Dr. appointment and he snipped some stitches that made me scream! He was shocked I was in pain cause he just did the stitches (no skin) I told him about my recovery and he said that he was surprised I was on any meds. He said everyone heals differently and I am definitely on the end of the much slower side :( He also said that I had the densest breast tissue he ever did ( I mean men has made comments on my boobs but that was a first I said to him) LMAO and he said I had a lot of breast milk also. When I left his office the girls were hurting big time I went home took a pill and went to bed. I was up at midnight in dying pain till around 530 am I slept for an hour and went to class. I have to say today was so brutal on my body and I am surprised I am recovering so hard on some days. I wanted to take pics for my two week anniversary but I feel like if I take the bra off my girls r going with it! I am still sore and I'm gonna Ice tonight and tomorrow and just really baby myself and understand my recovery is gonna be slow and my girls definitely have a mind of their own! I just feel every little thing in them...anyway I will post pics when they r feeling better. NITE Ladies

GOOD MORNING LADIES! I am recovering still slowly I am looking forward to spending the next two days recouping (doing pretty much nothing) then I have three short days of lectures and the I'm gonna just take the holiday very slowly. I realized that even though I thought I was taking it easy I really wasn't and I feel that is why my recovery is slow. I am still very sore and tired quickly looking forward to how I am gonna feel after some truely restful long days. I really want to take some new pics of the girls for you but even that is a project for me so I am gonna wait for the photo shoot LMAO and the runway walk. As my new friend Sassy says Good Healing..Love when she ends on that note!

REAL LADIES....I have read so many blogs and I have to say you have all justified my emotions and pain. I have been reinforced by what I am going through from all of your pain and honesty about it. I want to thank you because of this I have stayed positive and will continue to heal. :) and the added bonus is DAM MY GIRLS are gonna look friggen smoking in a bikini ...Love you all

Hey Ladies Really was planning on doing Pics but OMG feeling every ache today. I am really trying to stay away from the meds and doing advil. I cant do anything but sit in the chair. I'm over two weeks in pain and this really sucks! My girls are looking prettier everyday but the aches, zingers, swollen belly, restless nights, and constipation SUCKS I can't wait to be through this part. I feel like this is gonna be at least a three month recovery at this rate. It's Sunday and I cant work, read, swim go out I know I gave myself two days off this weekend but I don't feel less in pain but I am not more in pain which was what was happening when I did stuff. anyway sorry I'm just bitching. LMAO It's not like I can go out and complain!

HELLO LADIES AND ALL "THE GIRLS" Day 19 and my girls are looking beautiful...But the Pain is still there I was in school from 800-12;15 went to lunch and that was all I was able to do today starting getting tiered and the girls were ready for ice packs and the bra was digging I have came up with a brilliant I idea LMAO so wait till u see my pics...BTW only Advil today! so happy to be off the meds YUK! but took a couple of pics while I was changing for you all behind me can see what you will be looking like. Hope you are all doing well! Mahwah and all my LOVE

Ladies It's day 20 and by far my best day! love it!

Hello ladies...I am updating with some new pics feeling better everyday :) still moving slower and recovering but back to my routine just on a much slower level. Not rushing to go back to the gym. I'm gonna shoot for the first of January. I want to be sure I am completely healed! I hope everyone is doing well and I thank all of you for your support...Day 24 and still healing!

GOOD MORNING TO ALL MY FRIENDS! I have been rereading all my posts that I put up and can't believe what a journey aka roller coaster ride I have been on! It is day 25 and I have come such a long way with the pain. When I was reading it I remember thinking it would never go away. I am doing so much better and it feels like a lifetime ago but only a week on some posts. The pain has subsided tremendously! I still need to go slow and rest. I really feel I didn't rest enough in the beginning (my Dr. did not tell me anything) I learned everything from you ladies "truly" and thank you! I feel great today but still have a few zingers and a couple of sharp pain from time to time but I truly feel I still need to rest, relax and healing. I am gonna do all that as I sit and look over my lake and pool and picture myself in a smoking hot bikini that my girls r gonna finally fit in properly LMAO...GOALS OF A WOMAN!..I love it! but for all of the ladies reading my post I want you to know the recovery gets better with time...and I love the new size I am! BTW Sassy I still have to take a pic of our sparkly ride for you! (I do remember a possible rode trip) OMG trouble! and I LOVE IT! LMFAO!

HAPPY 30 DAY ANNIVERSARY TO MY 'NEW GIRLS'
LADIES I HAVE TO TELL YOU GOD DAM I AM IN LOVE WITH MY TITS! LMAO WELL I AM FEELING SO GOOD MUCH BETTER AND HAPPY PRETTY MUCH BACK TO NORMAL HOUSEHOLD STUFF I ICE WHEN I HURT A LITTLE BUT NOTHING LIKE I DID. I AM STILL HEALING AND IN MY COMPRESSED BRA THE DR SAID ANOTHER 4 WEEKS AND THE POOL I CAN GO IN BUT OCEAN 4 WEEKS ALSO :( SO THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT. BUT I AM SO HAPPY! I'M STILL VERY SWOLLEN AND ONE WEEMS BIGGER THEN THE OTHER BUT THEY CHANGE EVERYDAY SO I CANT WAIT TILL THE FINIAL SIZE AND SHAPE R GONNA BE! ANYWAY I WILL KEEP U POSTED AND HOPE YOU ALL HEAL AND FEEL WELL...THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND LISTEN TO ME COMPLAIN THOUGH ALL THIS IT WAS SO WORTH IT...NIGHT GUYS I POSTED SOME PICS WILL POST MORE OVER THE WEEKEND

Hello Ladies,
Hope you all are well! I have to tell you that I am so excited with my girls! I feel better everyday and can not get over how much easier it is to wear clothes...the scares are healing so much quicker then I expected...I am getting ready for the holidays and have been buying myself bras and bikinis every time I go out...LMAO....My girls fit in everything...Love it Ill keep you all posted

Hey Ladies and "GIRLS" I have been doing so well I feel like I had this surgery done years ago and Its 35 days today...I am so happy and feel like a new woman! I love that I can wear small dresses and my boobs aren't bursting out at the seams of my clothes...I have become a shopping monster and have bought the most sexiest braless smallest shirts possible...I can not believe how I fit into bikini tops and can't even tell u how many I bought. I have been catching up on work and I cant even believe that I was in such bad shape a few weeks ago. Thank you all for your support and my new girlfriends and friendships I have made being on this site. Truly an amazing journey with all of you,,,Mahwah love you all

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!
Today is the first day I am going to do some exercise and I have gotten clearance to go to the pool! (No real swimming) but dunking and floating is cool! Hey what's a girl to do LMAO (works for me!)...So I am heading to the beach for a 2 hour walk and (haven't been cleared for beach water until another 4 weeks) I'm gonna suffer and go to the leisure pool! LMAO but my girls will be in a swimsuit in public! I'm so excited...I have very limited choices cause of the scares on the side ( no sting bikinis) but I'll manage...hmmm maybe the red one in previous pis will do ..I will take pics later after my walk..enjoy everyone and Pics later xoxoxo btw Sassy YOU WILL BE MISSED!

HEY EVERYONE,
I HAVE TO TELL YOU I CANT GET OVER MY BEFORE PICTURES...I ALMOST DIDN'T GET THIS DONE BECAUSE OF NERVES AND I WAS LOOKING IN THE MIRROR THE NIGHT BEFORE SAYING TO MYSELF, "THEIR NOT THAT BIG" LMAO I AM LOOKING AT THEM IN THESE BEFORE PICTURES AND THEY WERE THE SIZE OF MY HEAD! I NOW HAVE A 1/3RD NOW AND I AM LOVING IT...THE SCARS ARE HEALING SO QUICKLY AND I HAVE NO ZINGERS AND LIMITED PAIN! SO FOR EVERYONE WHO IS BEHIND ME THERE IS A POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW.

Hi everyone
So funny I use to be on this site every second of the day! looking at everyone boobs and getting support from all of my friends. The journey is going fast and now that Im on the recovery side even faster. I love my body and I am still healing (scar wise) but no pain and the scars look amazing. I really don't know what I would have done without everyone here. THANK YOU...I also want to wish Divine Diva tomorrow good recovery and all of my best! I can't wait and am so excited for you. You will be great and truly know the feeling of this freedom that you will have. Again all my thanks ladies...IT"S BEEN REAL!