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20 year old. Breast reduction from size H

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20 year old. Breast reduction from size H

awert4
So I have been on this website since I was 16, so for the last 4 years I have been waiting to have this done. My experience with the surgery itself, was amazing. I had to be there at 6 am. They took me back almost immediately. My best friend and grandmother were with me. It was great. I don't remember being at the hospital. But they said that I threw my applesauce???? So that was funny. Any ways, traveling home was kinda rough, I got to my grandmother and passed out for about 5 hours and then I went to my home and was awake and alert for a few hours and then went to be. I had a really bad reaction to the pain medication they gave me so for they day after and third day of recovery I was vomiting which caused my chest to hurt with the dry heaving - because couldn't keep anything down, I had nothing to come up. I stopped taking the pain meds and started to feel better. By Friday I was feel pretty good so I went to get my check from work and get a few grocery. Kinda over did it, who knew going to a grocery store could be driaing. Today, Saturday, has been pretty good as well. My left breast is doing very good. I don't have any pain really from it and I have sensation in it. My right on the other hand, is a very different story. It's numb and it's really odd because if I move my right arm the wrong way it sends a shooting pain through my breast. I'm very concerned by this. It doesn't matter if I take tylonel or not. It doesn't help.
And through all this I haven't been able to sleep at all. I have always been a stomach sleeper and it's so awful trying to sleep on my back. Any tips?
Also I'm having a lot of trouble dealing with this all, so many reason I need/wanted this done. But one of the biggest things was so I could feel more confident naked, I'm not very happy with the shape of them. I know they will change a lot through healing process, but I'm still very conflicted.

awert4's provider

Brian J. Lee, MD

Brian J. Lee, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Replies (2)

December 11, 2016
Omg they look great ! I'm 19 & I've wanted a breast reduction since forever ! But I'm having trouble finding a surgeon . Who was your surgeon & was your surgery covered by insurance ?
December 11, 2016
I am scheduled for surgery on the 16th and I will be THRILLED if I end up looking like your picture! I think maybe that it's such a huge change that maybe it will take some time to get used to it...give it some time, but I honestly think it looks wonderful! I hope your pains on the one side are getting better - it can't hurt to ask your plastic surgeon's office about it though.
UPDATED FROM awert4
1 month post

Week 2

awert4
Week two was absolutely hell for me. I ended up it being able to go back to work. I dehydrated myself. Ended up in the hospital for 10 hours and then went home and then I had malnutritioned my body to the point where I couldn't even get out of bed by myself. Lucky my family was there to help

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UPDATED FROM awert4
1 month post

Openings

awert4
Well on December 18 I found a small wound on my right breast. At this point I still didn't have any feeling what so ever in this side so it was a big deal to me. Besides the fact that I couldn't clean it myself because it made me dizzy.

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