Literal Giant Weight Lifted...or Surgically Removed

WOW its been more than two months since my surgery! I really can't even believe it haha. It's hard for me to remember what my boobs were like before, which is weird but good I guess. So it's been a terribly long time since I've updated because school is constantly keeping me busy and then I had a PS appointment last week but it had to be moved to yesterday thanks to the ridiculous amounts of snow we've been getting, ugh. So I'm gonna catch everyone up on what's been happening since my last update. First, I've been applying my scar cream almost every night, expect for when I crawl into bed from the studio at some absurd time haha. I think it's been working very well and has kept my scars mostly flat and pretty light. My boobs have still been going down in size and they keep getting less dense feeling and more breast-y. The right side of my right breast is still a little hard and the skin is still numb there, but other than that I have total sensation everywhere. One nipple is a little more sensitive than the other, but that's really not a problem to me haha. A few days ago I had what looked like a small blood blister on my vertical incision on my left breast and when I pressed it, blood and a little bit of puss came of a pore about an inch over from the blister. So I pressed until all the blood was out and then put on hydrogen peroxide and neosporin. I called my PS and he said not to worry, it was just another stitch. It looked totally fine the next day so I wasn't worried about it, but that's really the only semi-bad thing that's happened lately.

I haven't had the chance to start really exercising yet because the weather has made everything slippery, but I've been lifting things with ease. I still occasionally get zingers, but not all the time. Wearing clothes is like a whole new experience because now it's just get up and get dresses, second nature. I guess I never noticed that when I was getting dressed in the morning it was like this whole process with frustration and trying on different outfits to hide my boobs and now it's like "This matches and it's warm, all done" haha.

Fast forward to today when I had my PS appointment. After waiting for a loooong time to get this appointment with all the snow days and school scheduling, I finally saw my PS today. He said the my breasts looked great and the scars were healing well and I could stop using the scar scream because now my body would take over for me. I think I'll continue with the cream just so I know I'm doing all I can for my scars. He also said that I have the go ahead to lift and exercise however I want and that I can officially wear wired bras! He said I still have some swelling to go down so I shouldn't be surprised if my bra size changes over the next few months. So of course I went to the mall immediately to go get fitted at Victoria's Secret. I brought my also busty friend who used to work there so I basically had two associates helping me haha. The girl was wonderful in helping me figure out which bras were the right ones for my new boobs and she even expressed interest in a reduction and asked me a bunch of questions, which was pretty cool.

I have to say that putting on a 34 D bra and having it fit perfectly was one of the most amazing things that I have ever felt. I was so happy, I was on cloud nine. Bras were fitting the way they were supposed to for the first time in almost as long as I could remember. Amazing. I didn't buy any bras today because I know I can fit in cheaper ones now, but it was nice to get professionally fitted and try things on. I did buy some new summer clothes and try on a bunch of bathing suit tops that would never have fit before which was so fun. I took a bunch of pics, bare and covered, to show you guys my progress!

So I've been back at school for the past two weeks and it's definitely been keeping me busy! As for the girls, they are fantastic. I've been trying to be really diligent on doing my scar treatment every night before I go to sleep and I think it's working pretty well. I"ll post pics with this post so you can see for yourself and I'll also post some more tonight since these ones are a little old. My scars are basically red or pink everywhere, some lighter and some darker. The ones around my areola are pretty unnoticeable to me at least, and my friends have commented that all of the scars are pretty faint to them too. One thing I did notice that on both of the "T" intersections of my scars there was some dry skin that almost resembled a flesh colored scab. They didn't hurt so I would gently rub my scar cream on them and last night they both came off when I rubbed, which I was a little concerned about, so I took a closer look and called my mom. Now there are just two little divets where the dry skin was and mom reassured me that I am too far in the healing process for infection and that it was just my skin building up fluids and such when it was healing and probably some of my scar cream that dried up in there as well. Whew, crisis avoided haha. So I cleaned them out and put neosporin on them with a bandaid over night and this morning they looked perfectly fine, so I'm not worried.

My breasts have gone down in swelling half an inch so far and hopefully they continue to do so fast. They feel very breasty, except for the very center behind my nipples and the right side of my right breast, which has scar tissue inside and is still more swollen than the left to me. But basically all is great in boob land and I'm very happy with them. Getting dressed for school in the morning is now a happy (once I drag myself out of bed) affair, where before I would stress and get frustrated over what I could wear and just end up with a sports bra and baggy sweatshirt. This was the best decision I could have made for myself.

I haven't had internet since my last on PS appointment on the 20th, so sorry for the lack of update! Like I said, I had an appointment 4 days ago and this is basically what's happened. Before my appointment I had been wearing the gauze on my two problem areas and applying neosporin every night like I had been told to do. So at the appointment my PS took a look and was really impressed with how my breasts are looking, yay! He said that I no longer needed to wear the gauze and that I could begin using my scar cream on those two areas. He said that at this point the ball was basically in my court as far as scar treatment goes, meaning I have to make sure to apply my scar lotion every night for a good result. He also said that I could exercise however I wanted, as long as I don't lift over 30 lbs, but to try and just not put too much strain on my chest muscles while doing it. Also, I sadly can't sleep on my stomach for another 2 weeks :( which is becoming quite an issue because I wake up on my stomach at least three times a night! He also confirmed for me that I am still swollen and have about a cup size to go down still, so in a few months I should be a C cup, which makes me very happy!

Other than that everything is about the same, but going very well. My breasts are looking pretty good, aside from some small red areas along my scars, they're awesome! I do still get some zingers, but not many, and still have some numbness in a few areas. I also get these terrible itchy fits along the outside of my horizontal scars which is a little annoying in the middle of class haha. Ill be sure to post some more pics later!