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Thanks, Chibbey. I also developed an allergy to the surgical tape I was using to dress my wounds and my breast tissue got so dry and irritated and painful. Then, my skin didn't like the stitches and started trying to spit them out and finally I developed an allergy to the Silvadene cream the PS had me dressing my wounds with. Ay-yi-yi!! It's been somewhat challenging for me but the wounds are finally all gone after 4 months. Yay! However, I wake up every day SO grateful for the difference this surgery has made in my life. (Oh, and I'm having some sensation in my right nipple...still none in left.) Hope you are able to sleep well tonight! Thanks Chibbey.

My sister had a BR and she is very pro-med and told me to keep taking the Tramadol to "stay on top of the pain." However, by day 4, I felt terrible...woozy, faint and nauseous. I thought I was having some kind of infection or something from the wounds on my areolas or that I was getting dehydrated from not eating/drinking much. (I hadn't been eating very much because I was sleeping all the time and didn't feel hungry most likely due to the Tramadol.) Called my PS and he said to get off the Tramadol, that I should have probably only been on it a couple of days and to just take extra-strength Tylenol from then on. I felt better and didn't have the pain I thought I was going to have. However, I had some significant pain in my breasts for at least 3 months that was aggravating but not excruciating due to fat necrosis in my breasts and wounds on my areolas. It has finally stopped pretty much except my incisions hurt and I can't wear a regular bra for very long before my breasts start hurting (especially the right one just underneath where the wound was). This is getting better with time, however. Just thought it would be good to tell others who might be reading here about my experience with the pain med after surgery. I kind of complained to his assistant that they should have given me better guidance as far as the meds beforehand, but she said everyone is different....some need it for longer but most just for a few days.

Chibbey, make sure you are in close contact with your surgeon if you are having ANY issues whatsoever. It's important that they be addressed sooner rather than later. There may not be anything to worry about but she should at least know what's going on with you. Also, when you pee, reach through your legs from the front rather than the back to pat yourself dry. I found it easier this way after my surgery for when I just peed...just pat starting from front then towards the back, drop the tissue, flush and repeat if needed. Hope this helps! Sorry you're having some pain. My incisions felt really tight, too, and like they had no give....It still feels this way to a certain extent. I accidentally stretched to readjust a pillow in bed in the first couple of weeks and it felt like I had ripped out my stitches! Anyway, be sure to mention this to her. She should be available to you any time to answer any concerns you have.

So glad to hear all went well Chibbey! Yeah, when I woke up from my surgery, the thing I felt was very excruciating back pain (my sister said she did too when she had hers). The nurses put something in my IV and it went away almost immediately. (I think it was probably morphine.) Can't wait to see your results!

See this: http://www.webmedlit.com/conditions/fat-necrosis It sometimes happens with breast reductions when the blood supply is compromised (which can happen if too much tissue is removed.) Apparently, there is a delivery system in the breasts that brings the blood in and one where it goes out. My damage was the latter and the nipple complexes have wounds that have taken a long time to heal (finally almost healed 4 months out) because of this. I guess the lack of blood flow caused them to almost die in some spot and this is what the wounds are. I also have lumps in my breasts (from the necrosis) that are somewhat painful but getting better. It hurts to wear a bra right now. My PS says they will most likely soften over time and become less painful and this indeed is what is happening. I've read that they can be removed with local anesthesia if they don't go away and the remaining tissue rearranged. I hope I don't have to do that! I'm not sure how common it is. Some PS say it is quite common, other places I've seen on the Internet say it is infrequent. Again, from what I've read, it is more common the larger the reduction is and also in the case of breast lifts which I had as well. I wish I had been more informed because I might have had him go a little less small had I known of this risk.