3 1/2months and feeling WONDERFUL!!!!- Portland, OR

Well I have made it 2 weeks so far and no problems with spitting stitches. Yay!! I feel so much better physically AND emotionally. I have a follow-up appt on Thursday just to make sure everything looks ok and then discuss getting rid of this belly and loose skin. So the adventure continues!! lol I have posted a new pic of "The Girls". Hope all is well with my fellow July Brest Reduction friends. I have not heard from any of you for a while.

It has been a while since I have been on here. I have had a couple set backs in the healing process but nothing serious. About 3 weeks ago I went into the PS office because I was having severe sharp pains in my scar and it was inflamed and filled with blood and I could not take it anymore. He said I have a blister that has formed under the scar and it has filled with blood and some pus. He said I probably have sutures in there that are not dissolving and causing irritation. So he suggested opening up the scar and seeing if he can find a suture or just drain off the blood and let it try to resolve on its own. I opted to drain it and let it try to take care of itself. He then put me on antibiotics for 5 days. So I was to return in 2 weeks for a f/u appt but ended up going back in the following week because the other breast was red, inflamed and extremely painful on the scar on my breast crease and it was leaking fluid and some pus. So he suggested trying to remove any sutures that might still be in there that have not dissolved yet. I said "go ahead but please make sure it it's numb." No problem there. He opened up one spot on the inner side of the scar and pulled out a 3 inch piece of suture material and he said there was a small infection. It was stiff like a piece of wire. It was not even close to dissolving. He then proceded to do the same thing on the other end of the scar and pulled out another long piece of suture material. I could not believe it!! No wonder I have been having so much pain since my surgery. I felt wonderful in the days that followed and realized I have not felt this good since BEFORE surgery. He decided to put me on antibiotics AGAIN. So everything was great and healing fine now until I started having pain in the other breast again in the same spot I had the blood blister and it was starting to look very puffy like it might have pus in it. So I took a sterile needle and opened it up and a huge amount of pus came out. I went back in last week and he opend the scar up in 5 different places and pulled out another long piece of suture material. He does not think the pus is from bacteria but from the piece of suture that was still in there. He put in 5 stitches and said to return in 10 days, which will be on Monday.
He confessed to me that I am his only patient in the many years of practice that has ever had this bad of a sesitivity to sutures trying to spit themselves out. He felt bad for me. I am so glad he is the kind of Dr that truely cares for his patients and wants to make sure they are getting the best care possible. He also told me that I am the only one he has had to remove large pieces of suture from. He said, "If this had ever happened to anyone else before, I promise you I would have told you before the surgery. So I apologize that this has happened." I told him that I feel bad that I have had to come in almost every single week since surgery. I feel like he should be charging me rent or something! lol He reassured me that he will continue to see me for as long as it takes to get me better and feeling back to normal. I am hoping that since he removed all of the sutures that I will keep getting better and finally be able to heal from the surgery. I feel like I have been at a stand still for 7 weeks now. I hope this does not happen to anyone else. It is frustrating because you feel like you are not getting better like everyone else is.
He was hoping that after all of these "bumps in the road" that I am still happy with the outcome of the surgery. I told him, "Absolutely, and I would do it again if I had the chance!" I have been walking on the treadmill and just the other day was able to do some light running and it felt really good. Not much pain and the girls did have a small amount of bounce to them but not like before. Yay!!
I posted a recent photo

Not much has changed since last week except my infected stitches are cleared up. I went into Victoria Secrets on Monday and they took my measurements. I am a 36C or the sister size 34DD so I ordered a couple of the Body Demi bras. They were so comfortable and I felt very supported. I will check back later if anything changes or if I have new photos. Happy healing!
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