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Breast Reduction from Army Medical Center - El Paso, TX

Great to hear you are doung well!!! Here is a potential foreshadow for you. CTwo weeks, four days post op... I went back to work today. Feeling tired and a little sore. Two weeks out there are still sections of the breasts that hurt... kind of an overly stressed chest workout, or for women who had sensitive breasts during pregnancy - the don't touch them feeling. Swelling is down lots and have started sleeping on my side again for short periods.

I had beeping issues with one of mine and shut it off. Tomorrow go back to the Plastics office, they might be abe to replace the actual unit. good luck!

My husband has drove me everywhere since the surgery. I did take a short drive down the block this evening by myself, but nothing further than a five minute round trip. Mobility is really good and I have found the post-surgical bra the hospital provided has the best support at this time. I swapped it out for about an hour while putting it through the wash for a sports bra, which was supportive, but not as tight. Right now the tightness provided from the post surgery bra is more comfortable to me and helps me not notice some of the post surgery soreness.

WBAMC Plastics provides you with a surgical bra. They will want you to wear it for at least two weeks and then suggest that you wear sports bras without underwires for four-six weeks beyond that for incisions to heal. The surgeon and his team will tell you not to buy bras for at least six weeks. I did leave the same day. Some of it will depend on how you do with the anesthesia and how you are feeling. They may use vacuum seals on your incisions which help the healing process, they were not bothersome and came off at the post op appointment.

They used an anchor cut to reposition the nipples and heighten the level of my breasts. He used three layers of dissolvable stitching to close the wounds, which he covered with this vacuum seal equipment that is suppose to help promote healing. Thursday the drugs had me pretty out of it. Friday, I spent a lot of time in and out of sleep and was able to move around a little. I still felt pretty woosy and weak when trying to move around, so stayed pretty immobile. This morning (Saturday) I have run out to the store with a friend and am preparing to go to the salon to have my nails done. I am sore, but feel good. I will continue to take it easy and am looking forward to my post op when they take off the vaccuum seals.