Getting Nervous Before the Big Day...
Hello everyone! I've been considering a reduction...
Hello everyone! I've been considering a reduction for easily 15 years, and now the stars have aligned and it's going to happen in about 10 days, if all goes as planned. This site has been of great help to me leading up to the decision, so I'd like to thank everyone who has taken the time and effort to post. I will try to put up some pix as well.
I'm a 38DDD+ and would like to reduce to a C or a D, haven't decided yet. I'm wondering if a D will droop more as time goes on. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
I am so looking forward to less weight on my shoulders, more freedom of movement, being able to fit into tailored clothes and attractive bras, and overall feeling lighter.
Despite my efforts to calm my mind, I can't help but feel anxious. While I have confidence in my surgeon, I guess my biggest fear is not the surgery or the scars, but that I won't like the shape or that they will come out assymetrical or something and that that will bother me for the rest of my life. Also, I made the mistake of watching the youtube video of live BR surgery, despite advice received to the contrary. Don't do it! I've got all those images in my head now, and it really didn't serve any purpose to do it, except to satisfy morbid curiousity....
BTW, has anyone heard of the 'ultimate lift' technique? No vertical scar, but it seems there is only one surgeon in Texas who does it..
Wish me luck ladies!! All the best to all of you out there is the BR sisterhood.
Hi everyone, I just posted a picture of day 7...
I just posted a picture of day 7 post-op. They are still pretty bruised up and stiff, but I think the shape will be nice once they settle in.
Yesterday, I tried on a couple of my favorite suit coats that I had never been able to button. They fit BEAUTIFULLY! I think I'm a C. Happy, but honestly feeling kinda flat chested--for the first time in my life I have a sense of what it's like on the other side, i.e. 'not enough'. Not complaining though! Am loving it.
Looking back at the hospital experience, it was actually kind of fun, except for the part I mentioned about the 'vagal response' (basically, I fainted and my heart rate went down to 26 bpm, blood pressure dropped to something like 60/40. That was when he was putting the IV in and he messed up).
Can't believe I have to go back to the office in just a few days...
More later, M
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I feel like the doc made the nipples a little too 'forward looking' (like headlights), even tho i specifically asked her to err on the side of 'outward looking'. Can I ask your opinion? based on the post-op pic i posted, would you agree? You can be honest, i won't feel bad ;-). Overall I think they are fine, just wish they were a tiny bit wider...
Best of luck with your healing too. Your incisions look really clean and straight! Mine seem more butchered up...
M.
Hi everyone, I've hit the two-week post-op mark...
I've hit the two-week post-op mark and things are going well--i feel a little bit more mobile and energetic each day. Posted a new pic, above--as you can see, incisions are almost entirely closed up and breasts are starting to look a bit less stiff and more natural.
I went back to the office Monday and while many said, 'you have lost an incredible amount of weight!', no-one seems to have made the boob connection! :-)
I am thrilled with the new fashion possibilities and feeling so much more confident, and light--what a weight off my shoulders! As soon as I can exercise again, I think I'll really be feeling good.
Doc said i could stop using dressings over incisions, but they feel a bit raw today so i may go back to using the vaseline gauze.
Hope all are feeling well and healing well--and to those getting ready for the big day: you will feel much less anxious once it has been done!
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Haah! Love your screen name! It is a worry about what they will look like afterward. I just kept reminding myself that if something doesn't heal quite right or I don't like the look of something that the PS can do a revision to correct almost anything. I would just check with your PS and see what the contingency plan is. You are going to love the freedom and comfort you have after this surgery. Good luck and keep us posted!
"Jeepers if only I do it myself, because in my head I kinda know what I want but I reckon I would find DIY operation boob shrinky a little tricky!!" I literally busted out laughing!
I may end up a C, as the doc has to take off 500g for insurance to cover...
I can totally relate to 'my mind is jumping all over the place.' You know what my latest obsession is? That I'm not really 'that big', and that maybe this isn't necessary, who knows if my back pain is really caused by this, etc, etc. I'm sure that is fear talking, trying to back out of it. But you are right about the situation only getting progressively worse. It's all 'downhill' from here, literally..