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3 weeks post op. so far, so good.
Everything's going fine and my incisions are healing well. The scars don't look like they're going to be too bad, although I'm more worried about the final result, size and shape wise, than the scarring. my incisions have been itchy, but that may be from the medipore tape, I'm not sure. I have my 3 week post op appt with my plastic surgeon, so we'll see what they say.
34 DDD/F or G-ish Breast Reduction
My story is similar to a lot of other ladies on here. I developed on the later side, but still had big boobies and was wearing a D cup by high school and as I was only about 5 ft and 105 lbs at the time, they were way too big for my frame.
I have 3 children and breast fed all 3 of them. The oldest burster for 7 months, the middle for 17, and the youngest for 25. So, altogether, for about 49 months. My boobs grew with each baby, but never went back down in size, they just deflated and got longer. After I weaned my youngest and my milk dried up, I was still wearing a 34DDD. As is obvious in my before picture, one side was significantly larger and was actually maybe a F or G cup. I would just buys a size 34DDD and stretch the other cup enough that I could stuff the big one in there.
I'm about 5' 2" and weigh 132 currently, but generally fluctuate between 115-135 lbs. Due to the size of my huge boobies hanging off my small frame, I've had problems with pretty severe neck, back, and shoulder pain for the last decade or so, as well as all the other negatives that go along with having boobies mismatched to your body size (ill fitting clothes, etc)
I waited so long to have this surgery. I always knew I wanted to breastfeed my children and did not want to risk that or regrowing big boobs when I had children. So as soon as I weaned my youngest and my milk dried up, I jumped on getting the ball rolling on a reduction.
I have Aetna BCBSTX and thought I would probably qualify for a medically necessary reduction. I spoke to my insurance company, they gave me a list of 14 in network plastic surgeons in my area and after researching them, I chose one and made my consultation appt.
The consult was straightforward and to the point. We discussed goals, desired size (my goal size is a small C or full B), etc, and the nurses took before pictures. Dr Rivela's office sent a packet with the pictures and some records and a letter from my primary doc to my insurance company, and I was approved less than a week later.
I had my reduction at an outpatient surgery center on 8.7.2019 and went home that same day. I didn't have any drains and the post op pain was manageable with the pain medicine they prescribed me. I was 2 weeks post op yesterday and am starting to get back to my normal routine. I did need a lot of help for the 1st 2 weeks and had have had some issues with anxiety since the surgery. I'm prone to anxiety and knew the Frankenstein post op appearance and change in my body would be a mind@#*&. I researched, read about the healing process, and looked at about a billion post op pictures. But I was still really anxious after surgery about how they look, especially that 1st week, and what the end result will be. They looked really bizarre at first and not normal breast shaped and that was worrisome but as the swelling has gone down, they've begun to look a bit less bizarre. I'm still wearing the surgical bra and some supportive front zip sports bras and have to for about 4 more weeks (6 wks total), so I have no idea yet what size I will be.
Overall, despite not knowing the final results, I still feel like the reduction was worth it for the pain relief and physical comfort alone. My daily neck, back, and shoulder pain is already so much better. Anyone who is considering a reduction, especially for pain discomfort reason, I highly recommend it.
I know this is long, but reading other women's stories and experiences really helped me when I was researching and preparing for surgery. So I hope reading my experience is helpful to someone else.
I have 3 children and breast fed all 3 of them. The oldest burster for 7 months, the middle for 17, and the youngest for 25. So, altogether, for about 49 months. My boobs grew with each baby, but never went back down in size, they just deflated and got longer. After I weaned my youngest and my milk dried up, I was still wearing a 34DDD. As is obvious in my before picture, one side was significantly larger and was actually maybe a F or G cup. I would just buys a size 34DDD and stretch the other cup enough that I could stuff the big one in there.
I'm about 5' 2" and weigh 132 currently, but generally fluctuate between 115-135 lbs. Due to the size of my huge boobies hanging off my small frame, I've had problems with pretty severe neck, back, and shoulder pain for the last decade or so, as well as all the other negatives that go along with having boobies mismatched to your body size (ill fitting clothes, etc)
I waited so long to have this surgery. I always knew I wanted to breastfeed my children and did not want to risk that or regrowing big boobs when I had children. So as soon as I weaned my youngest and my milk dried up, I jumped on getting the ball rolling on a reduction.
I have Aetna BCBSTX and thought I would probably qualify for a medically necessary reduction. I spoke to my insurance company, they gave me a list of 14 in network plastic surgeons in my area and after researching them, I chose one and made my consultation appt.
The consult was straightforward and to the point. We discussed goals, desired size (my goal size is a small C or full B), etc, and the nurses took before pictures. Dr Rivela's office sent a packet with the pictures and some records and a letter from my primary doc to my insurance company, and I was approved less than a week later.
I had my reduction at an outpatient surgery center on 8.7.2019 and went home that same day. I didn't have any drains and the post op pain was manageable with the pain medicine they prescribed me. I was 2 weeks post op yesterday and am starting to get back to my normal routine. I did need a lot of help for the 1st 2 weeks and had have had some issues with anxiety since the surgery. I'm prone to anxiety and knew the Frankenstein post op appearance and change in my body would be a mind@#*&. I researched, read about the healing process, and looked at about a billion post op pictures. But I was still really anxious after surgery about how they look, especially that 1st week, and what the end result will be. They looked really bizarre at first and not normal breast shaped and that was worrisome but as the swelling has gone down, they've begun to look a bit less bizarre. I'm still wearing the surgical bra and some supportive front zip sports bras and have to for about 4 more weeks (6 wks total), so I have no idea yet what size I will be.
Overall, despite not knowing the final results, I still feel like the reduction was worth it for the pain relief and physical comfort alone. My daily neck, back, and shoulder pain is already so much better. Anyone who is considering a reduction, especially for pain discomfort reason, I highly recommend it.
I know this is long, but reading other women's stories and experiences really helped me when I was researching and preparing for surgery. So I hope reading my experience is helpful to someone else.
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