So Far....i Am Ecstatic....best Thing I Have Done for my Health - Phoenix, AZ

Here are some pics I forgot to add to my update

I still have scars but they aren't as noticable. My nipples are a mottled color, and I'm slightly self conscious, but nothing major. I'm still a cup. I can buy bread of the shelf, but I guess buying bras is just as bad as buying a swim suit... Still a little hard. But this I think is more due to the fact that I'm still over weight. I have lost some, but not nearly what I could have. Kind of been up and down in weight. Good news is I can work out now with it pain. No more headaches. No more back pain. No more numbness. And yeah... I'm proportionate now . I think the only thing I'm not happy about is the sides. The scarring is more noticeable I feel like I have a fat flap. It's hard to describe. But hopefully as I work it and lose weight that problem will go away. I just need to lose about 60 lbs.

I am 37 years old...38 in June. I was a late bloomer and got a training bra when I was in 8th grade just so I wouldn't be the only girl without some type of bra on.FLAT AS A WALL!!! Freshman year I was finally a b cup. By senior year I was a double d and weight was about 175. I moved out of state.lost about 40 pounds....but my books didn't go anywhere. They just looked bigger. Fast forward 10 years I ended up getting heavier...200 lbs and 38f bra...and then as of 4/23/13 just before surgery I was at my heaviest ever of 247 and a 40h. Due to back pain I just couldn't work out the way I wanted to..I would try but it took 3 days of recovery and headaches to stop so working out wasn't worth the pain.

I got approved with my insurance in a mere 4 days. I discussed with my PS that I wanted to buy bras off the rack. I wanted to get down to ac cup. This way when I work out and lose this weight I will be better proportioned...even if I lost a cup size I would still be happy.

PROCEDURE:
Free nipple graft. A lot of conflicting opinions about this technique. But because of how much had to be removed it was really the best option to avoid complications. I decided the trade-off of smaller boobs and no back pain is worth not having much sensation(which I didn't have much in the first place).

Surgery was 4/24/13. After all the measurements and making were done and the iv put in my hubby had to go to the waiting room. I remember an oxygen mask and then waking up after the procedure was done. I got nauseous and vomited several times after waking from anesthesia. So I was able to leave the hospital about 3 hours after the surgery. The pumped me full of anti nauseous meds. Fortunately home was less than a five minute drive from the hospital...so I could get laid out and stop moving.didn't really feel pain due to meds.

meds: was given percocet. Took the first 4 days. Days 1&2 I took1 pill every 4-6 hours depending how I felt and then took 2 when I went to bed so I would sleep. Day 3 up only took 2 pills the whole day and on day 4 I only took 1.

Recovery:
I go back to work today. It's a sedentary job so I am not too worried about over exertion. So far recovery has been great. I had drains in for a week the bandages were itchy the drain sites were tender.I have a huge bruise on my right side. The rest of bruising is pretty much gone now. nowI have been using non stick sterile pads over my nipples. A layer of dead skin has come off my nipples but that is part of the heading process. The tops are softer the bottom and outer sides are still feeling quite firm. Actually almost hard.....

I have to go right now...but will add morelater