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Well, I'm about 3 weeks out from the surgery- about 24 days. This week has been rough- I ain't gonna lie.
My breasts hurt. They are swollen and tender. They are bruised. they "burn" some days. And I can feel weird stuff going on in there. Movements of some sort that arent painful, just truly uncomfortable.
I've had a lot of ups and downs this week. I can say, this week has been a struggle.
I am doing more things for sure because I have to. I drive with a pillow behind my back when i must go out.
I still cant truly sleep on my side. I do have some oozing still at the "T" junction.
I've been using polysporin and non-stick bandages.
My scars are redder than they had been. I dont know why really. Feel like I'm getting worse before I get better. I dont think anything is truly "wrong" though....
Its like you feel better enough to do things, then feel like crap when you do. Its very frustrating.
This has been the toughest week for me so far I think. I will be so happy to be feeling better.
One day at a time...patience....keep telling myself.....
Well, I'm about 3 weeks out from the surgery- about 24 days. This week has been rough- I ain't gonna lie.
My breasts hurt. They are swollen and tender. They are bruised. they "burn" some days. And I can feel weird stuff going on in there. Movements of some sort that arent painful, just truly uncomfortable.
I've had a lot of ups and downs this week. I can say, this week has been a struggle.
I am doing more things for sure because I have to. I drive with a pillow behind my back when i must go out.
I still cant truly sleep on my side. I do have some oozing still at the "T" junction.
I've been using polysporin and non-stick bandages.
My scars are redder than they had been. I dont know why really. Feel like I'm getting worse before I get better. I dont think anything is truly "wrong" though....
Its like you feel better enough to do things, then feel like crap when you do. Its very frustrating.
This has been the toughest week for me so far I think. I will be so happy to be feeling better.
One day at a time...patience....keep telling myself.....
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So I'm 10 days post-op today. I feel good.
Went for my first post-op appt. yesterday. The 1.5 hr. car ride each way sucked. I do NOT think I would have been able to drive it safely if I didnt have a ride...I held a pillow to my chest most of the way...
The Dr. took the steri-strips off, said I was looking good and then I had about 16 stitches taken out. The nurse then snipped the ends of I guess the absorbable sutures under the fold of my breast, where there were knots sticking out.
I was a little freaked about having the strips off because I felt like they were the glue holding me together, but he said I will feel much better without them. It didnt hurt at all when he took them off. But now I can really see the "frankenboobs". Wow. Didnt look too long, its a little creepy....
So today, I woke to some weeping under my breast fold. I called them and told them, the Dr. phoned in a script for some more Cephalexin just to be safe and said to put Bacitracin on it, & that I can put some gauze there.
So, I took a shower & just left that bra off for awhile. My intuition is telling me the tightness of the bra is making the irritation worse. They need AIR.
I put some of my healing salve on the redder spot (its plant based and I prefer to use naturals when I can. I love my salve and have had great experience with it).
The tattoo is now parallel to the vertical incision. He said to wait a year and then we can address it. So its almost all gone.....
Did my first solo drive to the Rite Aid to pick up the meds. Its about 14 miles, one way. Then I went to the grocery store to get some stuff. By that time, I had enough and really wanted to get home. So even though I can drive, I'm not doing it again tomorrow cause it was really uncomftorable for me.
Lets see- I've developed some yellowish bruising...... from what I'm not sure.
The interior stitches feel really creepy- like I'm corseted inside. And you can feel them under your skin. It bugs me, but, I know I'm weird like that. Just knowing its there makes my skin crawl....
Other than that, I feel pretty good at day 10- sleeping is still crappy- still a bit swollen- but overall, doing just fine.
Uploaded a Day 10 photo to document the process
So I'm 10 days post-op today. I feel good.
Went for my first post-op appt. yesterday. The 1.5 hr. car ride each way sucked. I do NOT think I would have been able to drive it safely if I didnt have a ride...I held a pillow to my chest most of the way...
The Dr. took the steri-strips off, said I was looking good and then I had about 16 stitches taken out. The nurse then snipped the ends of I guess the absorbable sutures under the fold of my breast, where there were knots sticking out.
I was a little freaked about having the strips off because I felt like they were the glue holding me together, but he said I will feel much better without them. It didnt hurt at all when he took them off. But now I can really see the "frankenboobs". Wow. Didnt look too long, its a little creepy....
So today, I woke to some weeping under my breast fold. I called them and told them, the Dr. phoned in a script for some more Cephalexin just to be safe and said to put Bacitracin on it, & that I can put some gauze there.
So, I took a shower & just left that bra off for awhile. My intuition is telling me the tightness of the bra is making the irritation worse. They need AIR.
I put some of my healing salve on the redder spot (its plant based and I prefer to use naturals when I can. I love my salve and have had great experience with it).
The tattoo is now parallel to the vertical incision. He said to wait a year and then we can address it. So its almost all gone.....
Did my first solo drive to the Rite Aid to pick up the meds. Its about 14 miles, one way. Then I went to the grocery store to get some stuff. By that time, I had enough and really wanted to get home. So even though I can drive, I'm not doing it again tomorrow cause it was really uncomftorable for me.
Lets see- I've developed some yellowish bruising...... from what I'm not sure.
The interior stitches feel really creepy- like I'm corseted inside. And you can feel them under your skin. It bugs me, but, I know I'm weird like that. Just knowing its there makes my skin crawl....
Other than that, I feel pretty good at day 10- sleeping is still crappy- still a bit swollen- but overall, doing just fine.
Uploaded a Day 10 photo to document the process
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Day 6 Post OP
Thanks everybody for the encouraging words-it means alot to me!!
Well, sleeping is still a buzzkill. Now that I ditched the pain meds, sleeping on my back is even harder.
And today, I just feel incredibly swollen. I dont know, I dont think I'm doing too much. I mean, some laundry, emptying dishwasher, light animal chores, and cooked some chili--nothing major the last couple of days.
But, I have my first post-op appt. on friday so I'll ask him if I'm coming along normally or what.
Day 6 Post OP
Thanks everybody for the encouraging words-it means alot to me!!
Well, sleeping is still a buzzkill. Now that I ditched the pain meds, sleeping on my back is even harder.
And today, I just feel incredibly swollen. I dont know, I dont think I'm doing too much. I mean, some laundry, emptying dishwasher, light animal chores, and cooked some chili--nothing major the last couple of days.
But, I have my first post-op appt. on friday so I'll ask him if I'm coming along normally or what.