I have wanted to do this for several years and am so excited and nervous! I have an 11yr old and 8yr old. I gained 50 lbs with my first pregnancy and that wreaked havoc on my body! I haven't worn a bikini since my honeymoon in 2003! I had my pre surgery consult 2 days ago and I feel more ready for my surgery! Got my scripts for antibiotics, nausea meds, pain meds, and muscle relaxers. I asked about stool softeners and he suggested milk of magnesia but I have always taken miralax in the past, any thoughts or opinions on that? Updated on 28 Jan 2017: Finally found a power recliner that I like and that was in my budget! Going to pick it up next week when there's better weather! Also borrowed a walker from a friend. It's getting closer!! Also uploaded some more before pics. Updated on 28 Jan 2017: I wish you could just add photos without writing something lol Updated on 8 Feb 2017: Ahh! Tomorrow is the big day and I'm so excited and nervous!! I think I have everything ready! Got all my scripts filled Saturday. Pain meds, muscle relaxers, nausea meds, and antibiotics. My son was diagnosed with strep throat this morning so I started my antibiotics this morning! The fun part will be navigating the kids to their sporting events and someone sitting with me! Updated on 9 Feb 2017: I'm officially on the flat side! The surgery lasted about 6 hrs. Got home ate some jello. Have been sleeping most of the evening but have been up to pee and walk around a little. My boobs aren't too sore yet but tummy is very sore around the drain tube! Got sick and vomited an hour ago (THAT WAS FUN)!! Just ate some chicken noodle soup and getting ready to take meds and go to sleep!! Updated on 11 Feb 2017: Doing ok, super sore and the drain was really burning last night but that has stopped now. My boobs are waking up or it's that my binder is rubbing them. I'm not crazy about the binder because I can't see my incisions and it rides up. Getting up to walk every 2-3 hrs. It actually feels really good to walk after getting up. Updated on 12 Feb 2017: It's getting better everyday! I'm not as sore but I did have to loosen the binder a bit. My back is bothering me, I'm sure from all the recliner time. I feel like I slept better last night though! I have follow up tomorrow morning with PS. Cant wait to really get a look at everything!! Still no BM but I've been taking milk of magnesia and miralax. Updated on 12 Feb 2017: Finally had a BM and it was no fun folks! I even started stool softeners a day before my surgery!! Now I have diarrhea and terrible gas! Other than that feeling pretty good just really sleepy today Updated on 13 Feb 2017: Saw my PS this morning for follow up and he is very pleased with how everything looks! He says the boobs will look better once they settle. Took the bandages off and removed the drain! That was the weirdest feeling ever btw!! So I can finally shower but still need to act like a grandma (his exact words). Lol I'm feeling way better than I expected so I hope that continues! Updated on 14 Feb 2017: Finally got to take a shower last night! It felt great but it was quite a chore! I had a shower chair but really I didn't need it. I was able to wash everything including my hair by myself, and shave underarms. Stepping in and out of the tub was the hardest part. I did get wore out from the whole ordeal and then covering incisions with antibiotic ointment and gauze and getting back in the binder. I'm not taking the pain meds as often as I'm not very painful just uncomfortable, mostly everything is numb. This morning swell hell is here!! Belly is very swollen and boobs are very itchy! Updated on 15 Feb 2017: Swell hell is real. My upper belly is really uncomfortable from swelling! I only took my prescription pain med & muscle relaxer at night yesterday and today. I took Tylenol during the day and I can definitely tell! Took another shower this evening and it was great! Updated on 16 Feb 2017: Today was a good day. I slept all night without getting up. I got dressed and went to my sons school for an awards program (pain meds on board though). Did a little around the house. Feeling pretty good. Still have swell hell though lol. Updated on 17 Feb 2017: I'm getting a little better everyday! My upper abdomen hurts way worse than down where my actual incision is. Don't know what that is about. Took a shower and got dressed (with binder) completely by myself! My boobs have been a little more painful this evening but not too bad. Updated on 19 Feb 2017: I've had a very busy weekend and now I'm paying the price. Saturday I was at basketball games all day while my daughter cheered then we took her to softball batting practice an hour away. Today we went to the movies and shopping. Just took my shower and I'm fairly positive that I have a seroma. ???? Guess I'll call Dr. Jackson in the morning. Updated on 21 Feb 2017: Went to the Dr today and it was a seroma. He drained 80cc's off and said hopefully next week will be about half that. He numbed it and I didn't feel a thing! Not feeling too bad today at all. I even drove my daughter to gymnastics (1st time I've driven since sx). Updated on 27 Feb 2017: Today was my first day back to work and it was not fun!! We were so busy and I had a girl call off and 2 that had to leave early. So needless to say I'm exhausted! I'm a little worried about one of my breast incisions. It looks kind of yucky. I see my ps on Wednesday morning to drain my seroma again so I'll have him check it! Updated on 1 Mar 2017: I thought everything was going great minus the small seroma but night before last I noticed my breast incisions looked a little bad. Went to the Dr. today and he thinks they will be fine just delayed healing from the high tension area. I have to put SSD cream on them twice daily. Of course I am freaked out and think they look terrible! Good news is he didn't get any fluid off from the seroma but he stuck the needle in the opposite side of the seroma which I thought was weird? It really feels like there's fluid in there though. Updated on 7 Mar 2017: So everything seems to be healing nicely now. Still have a little ways to go on my left breast incision but it will get there! TT incision is still bumpy too, hoping that will smooth out! I just really wish I had asked about lipo on my flanks! They look so fat now!! I will ask him at my next appointment in 2 weeks! Updated on 12 Mar 2017: I went without my binder yesterday only wore shapewear, and was finally able to wear jeans!! This makes me super happy!! Updated on 22 Mar 2017: I had my 6 wk check up today! Everything is going great, I don't have to wear the binder anymore!! Yay!! The spot under my left breast is healing nicely. I go back in 3 months to evaluate my tummy incision and see if needs a revision. I don't like how it pouches out where the seroma was. Updated on 11 May 2017: Everything is going great! Did my first ever 5K a few weeks ago! It was a little tough but I made it lol. I go back to Dr. in June. I'm thinking I'll need a revision on tummy. Updated on 11 Jul 2017: I finally found swimsuits that I LOVE!!! Venus online, got a DD top and bottoms were true to size! Saw my ps the other day and he agreed that my skin has stretched some and I need a revision. He had told me at the beginning that if I needed a revision and he was able to do it with a local it would be no charge. But his scheduler gave me a quote of $1400!! So I called back and questioned it, just waiting to hear back. Ugh!
Hi! I had a breast lift one year ago (Jan. 29, 2015). It was the best Christmas gift ever! So by summer I was already thinking about THIS Christmas! Decided very quickly that TT was next. I have never had a flat belly. I can remember in high school doing 200 sit-ups a night for a loooong time because someone had made a comment about my belly that made me paranoid. I swear I got more toned but that little pooch never left! i was a small gal--118 pounds for years. At 27 I had my first son and in the following 7 years had three more children. (haha-thus the need for the breast lift! I SO enjoyed breastfeeding all of them!) With all those kids and trying to maintain a work schedule (sometimes part-time, other times full) the next few years were so very busy and I, as I so often do, put everybody else first. Therefore, didn't take care of me much. In July of 2014 after I left my super busy job and found myself with a lot of time on my hands (in addition to all of my kids living out of state, my husband had to take a job several states away) I decided it was time to take care of ME! It was kind of weird at first, but as each day went by and the extra pounds I had been carrying started to fall off with my new exercise regimen and diet I found that I REALLY LIKE THIS TAKING CARE OF ME STUFF! The breast lift wasn't bad at all and I healed really well. You can hardly even see the scars now. So, the journey continues. My TT is scheduled for Jan. 21. I went for my pre-op yesterday. I am very comfortable with the surgeon. I have known him for years. We discussed everything in detail and he explained why he doesn't like to lipo other areas when he does this surgery (a bit of a disappointment but I understand his logic--I had hoped to hit the back roll particularly) He is a big advocate of cool sculpting and feels that will work just fine for the back. I hope he is right!!! I have my prescriptions in hand and one of my daughter's has arranged her schedule to come and stay with me for several days. Hubby is now based back home but has to spend a good bit of time out of the country now. He is not as on board as I wish he were--he keeps telling me that I'm 57 and it's ok to have a belly when you are 57. Yuck-not when I have dreamed of this for years!!! Besides--this daughter is getting married this summer and as you know, the mother of the bride needs to shine!! Ok--countdown on--9 days til the flat side!! Updated on 20 Jan 2016: I'm a lot excited and maybe a tiny bit nervous (mostly because our weather forecast for Friday-Saturday is 24 inches of heavy snow). I have wanted to do this for such a long time. My daughter is here and will be with me tomorrow and she is staying for a week. She is an RN like her mommy. Hubby is now on board--just doesn't want to see the drains...I can handle that! I think I have everything I need. Except I keep forgetting to take pictures. Better hurry, huh! That flab will be gone this time tomorrow!!!!!! Prayers much appreciated. Updated on 22 Jan 2016: I was just too sleepy yesterday to post anything. My surgery was scheduled for 8:30 and the last time I remember looking at the clock was 8:40 and I told my anesthetist (an old friend) that I loved her and knew she would take good care of me. That is the last thing I remember and suddenly I was in recovery and she bent down and said, "you're gonna look great!' YAY!!! I guess I AM officially on the flat side. Pain has not really been an issue--ha! I haven't given it a chance! My theory is always take the prescribed pain med every four hours regardless for the first 24-36 hours. Will take it at bedtime tonight and plan to switch to Ibuprofen tomorrow. I feel more sore than anything--like I've been hit by a truck. Lucked out! Only one drain! My daughter has been so helpful. I don't know how I could do this without her. We are in the middle of a snowstorm--about a foot so far. Thank God we still have power--praying that we will keep it! My biggest surprise so far has been swelling in the peri area which made it difficult to pee--dribble, dribble. Used an ice pack for awhile this morning and the swelling has decreased, making things easier. I love my raised toilet seat with handles--makes it a LOT easier to get up and down in the bathroom. A good (and much needed) arm workout! I will try to post before pics tomorrow... Updated on 25 Jan 2016: Returned to doctor for first post op appointment today. When the binder is off I'm quite lopsided (poofed up on left side) My drain is on the right side. When I told him it was draining an average of 30cc in 4 hours now--oh please can the drain come out?!--he said he wants it to be 30cc or less in 24 hours. Dang! We are "going to let the dust settle" and wait and see on the puffed up area. Could possibly be a pocket of fluid that will need to be aspirated. I am scheduled to go back on Friday but if drainage isn't where he wants it to be need to reschedule for Monday and will hopefully get the darn drain out! I bent over a little yesterday evening to get a towel out of the cabinet and had the weirdest feeling--hard to describe--it was not painful, but felt like something rolled. I know that doesn't make much sense-I just can't find the words I need. It is a soft kind of feeling. It has continued throughout the day. When I tried to describe to the doctor he said he had never had anybody mention anything like that and reassured me that "I got it good and tight in there and there is nothing to roll around." I will try to think of a better way to describe this feeling. in the meantime, has anyone out there experienced anything like this? After appointment my daughter and I enjoyed lunch and a little bit of shopping at the mall (and I do mean a little bit! I tired easily) then came home and took a nice nap. I keep forgetting to take pictures. Will try to remember tomorrow. All in all I have no complaints, no pain, good appetite, bowels working!! One day at a time I guess!! I think I will love the flat side--when I feel like I'm really there.. Updated on 27 Jan 2016: After reading up some I'm thinking this odd sensation may be a seroma. Will know Friday I guess upon return to doctor. Not necessarily looking forward to needles but if it needs to be done, it needs to be done. Updated on 29 Jan 2016: Yeah--just chillin and trying to figure out how to upload pictures! I was supposed to go back for follow up today if drainage was less than 30cc in 24 hours. It was 150cc so I stayed home. The left side of my abdomen looked so much better this morning too! Maybe a lot of what I was seeing was just swelling. That odd soft squishy feeling is essentially gone--I 'm thinking maybe it was a small seroma along with typical swelling and it resolved itself some. All I know is I took the binder off this morning just to see what that left side looked like and make decision about going to doctor's office----and I was sooooo pleased--it was the best it's looked yet! A marked difference-even the mons area! I had only been looking at it later in the day or evening after I had been moving around--probably too much! SO--I have taken it very easy today and let my daughter wait on me hand and foot! I don't do that very well. You know how it is---Mom does everything for everybody! Ok--back to trying to upload pics! Have a great weekend everybody!! Updated on 29 Jan 2016: Updated on 29 Jan 2016: ...that I put the darn pictures there in chronological order and now they are not??! This upsets me. The really light ones are day 2. The ones with the purple bra on are day 7 and the others are day 5. I have no idea why the order would be messed up? Updated on 1 Feb 2016: Kind of a bummer day. Went for follow-up visit. Dr. said we could pull the drain if I really really wanted it out but because it is still putting about 80cc out a day I would almost for sure end up with seroma needing aspiration. Therefore-the stupid thing is still in. I am scheduled to go back Friday but he said if drainage drops down by Wednesday I can come in then. He also said (because I'm an RN) that if it got down enough and I wanted to pull it myself I could. My reply: "Hell, NO!" I've pulled hundreds of JP drains in 30+ years of nursing, but I just really don't think I can pull my own. EEeeeeee!!!!! I live an hour from his office so it's kind of an ordeal to go in but it's ok. I went to the mall and treated myself to a couple of new tops and a gorgeous watch from Chicos! My daughter went back to her home yesterday and hubby is still in Nova Scotia so that's a little depressing too. Thank goodness we have a (June) wedding to plan so I can keep my lonely little FLAT self busy with that! Let's all continue to HEAL!! Updated on 3 Feb 2016: I read a physician's explanation of the drainage (the two large surface areas--created when the skin and fat layer have been elevated off of the underlying muscle- that have to heal and seal the space between the two layers) and saying that as long as the space remains open and the raw surfaces remain, drainage will continue. He said that if there is too much activity these two surface areas continue to shift back and forth over each other preventing adherence and delaying healing. IN OTHER WORDS----I HAVE BEEN TOO ACTIVE AND NEED TO SLOW DOWN! Because other than this, I have no other problems. SO---I have rested and kept my feet up all day! It's been a "me day"--I've watched TV and worked on some things for the wedding on my computer. Drainage is down some-60 cc so far today. Still too much to pull the drain, but it is better than 80-90 cc. Fingers crossed that this works and the numbers keep going down!! I keep forgetting to take pictures. Maybe tomorrow! Updated on 4 Feb 2016: Yep-it's 14 days already! I feel I am progressing well with the exception of this drain. And I do still think it's my fault---too active. I haven't rested as much today...too much to do. I ran some errands, keeping binder good and snug, tried not to lift much or bend over. Still, while the drainage is down it's still >30cc in 24 hours. I'm supposed to go back to doctor tomorrow but I think I'll change the appointment to Monday. My little heart just can't take another disappointment---driving all the way there to just decide to wait. So I'll stick it out 3 more days. My hubby comes home tomorrow evening so it will be much easier to rest up this weekend! Updated on 5 Feb 2016: I have found that the best way to shower with a drain is by using a lanyard around your neck to secure it to. This one has a detachable bottom piece. I just loop it through the loop on the drain and snap it back on. Works great!! Updated on 15 Feb 2016: FINALLY got the drain out on day 18. Once I realized that I was being too active and slowed it down the drainage dropped a little each day until then. Removal was not painful-just an odd feeling. I'm still having to make myself take it easy--there's just so much to be done!! I'm not used to having to pace myself. I don't feel tired at all--which makes it harder to take time to rest. I'm anxious to return to ps on Wednesday so I can ask some questions. I know it's still early but I just need some reassurance that in time I will really see FLAT! I didn't want to come out of this with jiggly areas but they are there. I'm sure it's just typical swelling but I don't like it and want to hear again from him that it will all be flat in time. Feeling impatient!! Need to get back to my walking regimen and get 15 pound off--SOON! Updated on 15 Feb 2016: I'm assuming there is no way to edit? And obviously, the last update was supposed to say I had been LOST...lol. Updated on 24 Feb 2016: When I went for a follow-up last week I told the surgeon that "this is not what I signed up for". I have areas that I was thinking may be seroma but he apparently feels it's fat. I did not sign up for jiggly! He is still "waiting for the dust to settle" but said he thinks we will probably want to do some lipo around the beginning of May and there are a couple areas of the incision he possibly wants to revise. Lovely. In the meantime I am allowed to start back with my walking routine and start with some light weight work with my arms--gotta get them wedding ready!! Was told to wait til 12 weeks po before doing anything that works the core. I was also told I could lose the binder whenever I was ready. NOT YET! I feel much better with it. Trying to find the ideal compression panty/garment for me. Will try to remember to take pics soon. Updated on 4 Mar 2016: Overall--pleased. Still watching the jiggly and rump my scar on one side but know that we will fix in May. Went in for some CoolSculpting on thighs this week. So glad to be back to my walking!! I just wish it would quit snowing and warm up--come on spring!! Updated on 10 May 2016: So in keeping with the "this is not what I signed up for" statement, I had my $3,800 revision last week. That left side continued to look as it it had never been worked on and there was a fat pad upper middle abdomen that I hated. The surgery was expected to take 90 minutes but ended up going about 45 minutes over. I went for post-op visit today and he told me he "cut out a big ole slice of that left side and suctioned the hell out of the area" And that would explain the soreness! He said, "yep, it ended up being much more involved than I had anticipated and I guess we beat you up pretty bad." Hmmmm. Worst part--waking up to find that I had a DRAIN of all the wicked things! Really no pain to speak of. My only real issue has been coming down with bronchitis and coughing a LOT, but even at that I have only had a sore feeling, not painful. Of course I didn't have a lot of pain with the original TT with muscle repair. I feel very fortunate. I had also requested lipo to mons (geez never realized how fat THAT area was!) and am pleased with the way everything is looking at the moment, even with some swelling. Dr. tells me that "once the dust settles you'll be so flat you won't know what to do with yourself". Lord I hope he's right because my OR days are done! (never say never, huh...) At any rate, I hopefully can recover well enough to look like a fab mother of the bride on June 18!! Wish me luck!! Will try to post pics soon. And p.s. THE DRAIN WAS REMOVED TODAY!!!!!! Amen Updated on 23 Feb 2017: Alyssa's wedding was so beautiful and the mother of the bride (moi!) felt beautiful! There was a certain sense of uncertainty the day of the wedding that I kept dismissing as weather related (it was an outdoor wedding) among other things. Everything about the wedding day was perfect!! We couldn't have asked for anything more. I kept telling Alyssa before the big day that something always goes wrong and you must just smile and go on--we'll laugh about it someday. Well--Absolutely nothing went wrong!! My little uneasiness never left because I couldn't put my finger on what was bothering me. I had tearfully told Alyssa (the first of the grandchildren to get married) that she needed to realize how fortunate she was to have both NaNa and GrandPa there for her wedding because I didn't think they would both be there for any of the other kids (nobody has any wedding plans anytime soon). But what I didn't realize was that my 90 year old Daddy wasn't feeling well in the days before the wedding but didn't tell anyone because he was afraid it would somehow cause him to miss the wedding (which was NOT happening!). :-( Exactly 2 weeks after the wedding, on my other daughter's 24th birthday, Daddy passed away suddenly. He had been in the hospital for a few days but was getting better and felt very positive. And on this day my sister Michele and I were given a wonderful gift from God. We were at his side when he suddenly stopped breathing and we were privileged to be able to talk to him and sing in his ear in those last couple of minutes. I like to say we talked him into Heaven. My Daddy was a truly good, kind, gentle man and I know exactly where he is. I miss him terribly but he definitely is in a better place and is no longer in such a frail body. (he was frail physically but still as sharp as a tack! my Momma is very healthy physically but has Alzheimers) This just totally devastated me and I was numb for weeks. No sooner than I started functioning better one of my dogs became ill. I was literally running a doggy hospice. Roxie passed away the end of November and that was hard also. January was when I realized I needed to get a grip and take care of myself again. I have an area along the right side of the incision that is droopy (I guess dog-ear?) and bugs me to death, as well as the end of the incision on the left. Normally an office procedure, I've managed to talk him into doing a little more lipo on the upper abdomen, so will be having anesthesia. Heck, he owes me, seeing that he will not do flanks and upper back. I've asked repeatedly. Apparently he had a patient that had a bleeding problem after flank/back lipo and I guess he just doesn't take that risk anymore. It's his perogative and I understand. So for now will let that idea go. I gained 18 pounds over those rough 6 months and have been trying to get it all back off before March 6. Geez!! It does not want to leave! I'm down 11 but seem to be stuck. Not sure I can ditch the other 7 in the next 10 days but will sure try! Will post pics in the next couple of days if anyone out there is interested.
I'm 57 y.o. mother of four (all breastfed) who has wanted a breast lift for a looooong time! Up until this past July I was: first--too busy raising four kids (2 year space between each) and then--too busy working ALL THE TIME to help put them through college! I resigned from my job last July and then decided to start my rebuild project. First I wanted to lose some weight and get in better shape. By November I had lost 40 pounds and was walking 5 miles a day in addition to starting an exercise class with personal trainer. By the end of November I had convinced my hubby that all I wanted for Christmas was a breast lift! I consulted a plastic surgeon that I had known for 30+ years to see about this procedure as well as a scar revision on my face (small) caused by a childhood accident. He said I was a great candidate for the lift and that LOL my nipples were "perfect"! Then apologized for being "inappropriate"! --but explaining that because they were small it would make the procedure so much easier for him! Hmmmm...At any rate I am scheduled for January 29th and getting excited!! Had pre-op visit this past Friday, was told the nips were "perfect" again lol, got my prescriptions and we're good to go!! I also have done some cool-sculpting treatments but it hasn't been long enough to see full results yet although I can see a difference in the muffin top and my husband says he can as well. And that's only the first treatment to that area--scheduled to repeat in about a month. My biggest problem area that we are treating with cool-sculpting is flabby arms (geez I hope that works! No amount of lifting weights is going to get rid of it!) At this point I feel too old and modest to post any before pics. Who knows....I may change my mind!! Updated on 27 Jan 2015: Ok-excited but have all kinds of weird thoughts running through my mind--especially at night. Was pretty much awake from 1-4 a.m. Worrying about things that could go wrong, things I still need to do before Thursday. It's like my brain is on overload! Hopefully all will go well. At this point I wish it was already this time next week so procedure would be behind me!! Updated on 29 Jan 2015: Well--it's done! I woke up calm and with no apprehension this morning, thank goodness. I can't tell you how reassuring it is to actually KNOW the surgeon. The nurses were so nice and caring that I feel like I already know them also. And my extra surprise today was that I knew the anesthetist! She and I had worked Open Heart together years (and I mean YEARS--I'm talking early 90s!) ago. And remember, I had a lipoma (L shoulder) removal and 2 scar revisions on my face. My forehead is very uncomfortable now that the numbness has worn off. Breasts heavily bandaged of course. I've pretty much slept since surgery. Breast pain not too bad so far. Only 5 hours post op as of right now. My plan is to stay ahead with the pain meds for 24 hours or so. Sorry if this is all over the place--my daughter told me I wasn't making much sense when I tried to text a couple hours ago. Going to go back to sleep. Have a nice night.... Updated on 31 Jan 2015: I feel pretty darn good! Very minimal pain--really not even enough to mention. The occasional itching under the dressing that I 'm not supposed to remove aggravates me sometimes, but other than that, I have no complaints! I got a wedge pillow for the bed and put another regular pillow on top of that and I have slept perfectly both nights now. Taking Dulcolax 100mg every day and have vowed to eat a can of peaches each day to "keep things moving". I was a hospice nurse and used deal with narcotics and constipation on a daily basis, so I have definitely been ahead of the game there! I know all the tricks--and the first one is to not get behind in the first place! I can't wait to go back Monday and get the dressings off so I can see!!! I can detect upper pole fullness right now and hope that it doesn't go away--at least not much. Dr. knew that that was one of my concerns--didn't want to come away from it with upper pole flatness. I reminded him, the nurses and the anesthetist of this several times before going under!!!! I hope everyone out there in RealSelf land is having a great day! Thanks for your support, ladies. Will update Monday after doctor appointment. Updated on 4 Feb 2015: Went back to doctor on Monday (2/2) for follow-up. The bulky dressings are now gone! I am pleased so far. They definitely appear perky! Very boxy/square-looking but he says that is normal and they will settle into a nice shape soon. I hope so! No pain to mention since day 1 really. My biggest problem has been a headache that comes and goes from the scar revision he did on my forehead. He tells me that he really had to work on that (there was some calcification so it was like chipping off bone) so I can understand the headache. My hubby works out of state as do 3 of my 4 kids. My daughter that lives about 90 minutes from me (and is an RN) came last Wednesday to stay with me through this. She had to return home today so I'm feeling kind of down. I really miss her and couldn't have done this without her. Incisions are itchy at times and that drives me crazy! No regrets, though. Can't wait to see the finished product!!!! In the meantime, I'm just takin' it easy! Updated on 4 Feb 2015: Until I sat back and looked at these pics I didn't realize just how big and boxy these things look. Please, God, help them settle into beautiful girls!!!! Updated on 11 Feb 2015: Well, tomorrow will make 2 weeks since my breast lift. My emotions have been a little of everywhere--one minute I'm delighted, the next a little disappointed, then just glad they aren't sagging big time anymore. I know it takes awhile for things to settle in and show the finished "product", but I guess today is my turn to be impatient. They appear to be healing well. Itchy at times. The right nipple has had sensation since day of surgery. The only way I could explain it to my daughter, haha, was that it would get that old familiar feeling of when the milk was getting to drop down. (she has not had children yet so this meant nothing to her!) The left one has come along--still not as sensitive as the right but it will get there. I of course keep studying them in the mirror-I hate the shape right now. Still square-ish looking but that has improved some. I think they look droopy along the bottoms which drive me nuts. But I hope with time that will go away. Of course they look great when in a bra and I keep reminding myself that it's not like I'm going to be running around naked in front of the whole world! Can't wait til Monday for doctor follow up visit. Updated on 13 Feb 2015: Thank you ladies for your wonderful words of encouragement! When the skies are so gray for days on end it tends to drag me down a bit anyway--and then with the change in routine and being fairly sedentary--well that doesn't help either. I actually felt this morning like a was seeing a little positive change in looks since yesterday! Can't wait to go back to doc on Monday! We finally have some SUN in WV today so I'm out and about. Getting my hair done and loving it! Who cares that temps are still in the teens! HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL!!?? Updated on 19 Feb 2015: I've been too busy dealing with ungodly amounts of snow and COLD!!! I had to cancel my appointment on Monday as we were predicted to get 15-20 inches of snow in addition to the close to 8 already on the ground. It doesn't bother me to drive in snow at all but after getting stuck on the interstate for almost 3 hours several years ago (Geez--and I had to pee sooooo bad!) I choose not to take that chance anymore! We did end up getting 15 inches! Changed appointment to yesterday (2/18). More snow--3-5 inches was predicted. Now that's not enough to stop me! So I went! Didi a little shopping too--hit Chico's up for a couple of spring looking tops to give me some hope that spring is around the corner!!!! Dr. was very pleased with the healing of all my surgical sites. He said I don't need to go back til April unless there is a problem. He says it's OK to get back into my exercise regimen, even the upper body workouts. Hmmmm. Kevin, our trainer works us pretty hard on the weight machines. I can't see doing that right now. Had planned on starting today with 5 pound weights and several reps but I swear when I woke up this morning and turned in bed I felt this little tugging feeling inside R breast in one tiny area along the bottom part on incision. My first thought was that it felt like a suture pulling. Yuck! I'm just going to take it easy til Monday. Not in any rush to mess anything up! My boobs still have a squarish look and look a little bottom heavy to me but Dr. is pleased with that and swears that's the way he wants them to look right now and within 2 or 3 months they will round out. OK. I like him and I believe in him so I'm not going to worry about it anymore. Life's too short! By they way--we got another 4 or so inches of snow yesterday. Now there is a frigid cold front. Temperature outside at 1 p.m. is -1 with wind chill of -20. Unusually cold for this time of year. I'm staying put right here in the house with the dogs. I hope nothing changes with hubby's plans (flying) to come home for the weekend. Will post pics afterwhile. Have a great day! Updated on 5 Mar 2015: 5 weeks? Really? Geez, time flies! I am (actually have been) back to my normal routines. I am healing nicely. No pain or tenderness. Just still that weird numb to touch feeling. My only thing that bothers me-other than having to wait for my boobs to round out and not be so squarish (and doctor swears they WILL round out!) is the discoloration on the underside. It resembles bruising but I know it's not that. Maybe part of the healing process for the blood supply? I'll post pics. And if I can find time will scour the boards to see if I can find anyone else's pictures at about the same timeframe to see if there is any discoloration. Any thoughts? I also will mention that I had some more CoolSculpting done: lower abdomen last Thursday and upper abdomen on Monday. And then had IPL to chest and both arms for sunspots on Tuesday. I'm working on things slowly but surely!! And as always---one day at a time! My husband and my oldest son will be coming home tomorrow for the weekend. Can't wait!! I haven't seen my son since Christmas--and then he was only home for a couple of days. It's going to be a great weekend!!!!!
