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42 Y/o Mother or 2 College Boys Finally Having my Reduction! Atlanta, GA
UPDATED FROM Byebyedds
7 months post
Revision complete!
$7,800
Revision went great! Came home with very little pain even slept in my bed on my side! Unfortunately at my 4 week mark I started to have a horrible tenderness on the breast that was deformed! A week later I learned I had an infection! He had to open me up a little to let it drain. So here I am again packing and praying daily as well as taking 2 antibiotics along w/percocet & valium! Definitely feeling like whipped puppy now! Depression has kicked in and I'm seriously loosing hope!
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UPDATED FROM Byebyedds
2 months post
Forgot to post b4 pic
Here are my b4. Dr. said he removed about 350 on right and 420-460 on the left. Not certain on the left that's why I put the dash in there. Lol bad memory
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July 2, 2016
How are you doing? I have been thinking of you. I have found several ladies on this site who had similar sores and scars and ended up with beautiful results. I know you will too.
July 11, 2016
Hi, I'm ok. Still having some pain and drainage but other than that I'm good! Finally got my date for my revision. 10/29. Going to have to go thru the entire process again! Not happy about that but really no choice. Thanks for asking.
UPDATED FROM Byebyedds
2 months post
Enjoying the small boobs thing!
Still having a few issues with pain & numbness in the frankinboob! Hurts to lift the arm up or to the side all the way! Other than that I'm doing fine. Went to do my massage this morning and noticed that the 1 little opening I've been dealing with forever has finally CLOSED! Omg u just can't understand how happy this makes me. For the first time since 4/6 I will not have to wear a gauze to catch the oozing! Wow it just seems like it's been such a long journey and I have to say that Dr. Larson and his staff have really been GREAT! Assuring me that he'd be there thru the duration as well as after for the revision surgery! It's such a difficult time when u have this surgery with or without complications! I do urge everyone to just trust in the PS! If u have done your research (trust me when I say that i did a TON) hopefully you chose them for a great reason so have a little faith. I've realized that no 2 doctors are the same, plan of actions as well as their knowledge of a specific procedure! That was the hardest thing to come to terms with. My GP was saying 1 thing as my PS assuring me of another. I am still healing with each day and they r still changing day by day, so I will continue to be patient. I am looking at another surgery to revise the frankinboob. Hopefully it will happen around Sept or Oct. Cant even imagine going thru this again but then again I can't imagine myself not! Can't stand to look at it so I know it has to be done. Sorry for such a long post but I really needed to update! Hope everyone has a happy & speedy recovery!
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June 17, 2016
I'm glad you are doing better. Good luck with the revision. Do they know what went wrong? IT looks like they took too much skin in the pictures.
June 18, 2016
Hemotoma! Ty were perfect b4 the hemotoma! When it busted open I had to tape it very tight which caused the skin to roll and seal. Not sure why it wasn't restitched b4 it got to that point. I was told it was to make sure all the infection was out.
June 17, 2016
have you ever had surgery before and had healing issues? I was at 98% sure I was going ahead with the BR but this is my nightmare. Do you take any meds that slowed healing? Do you smoke or have any other health issues? This was just crazy. Glad you are finally healing up!!
June 18, 2016
I had quit smoking 6 wks prior as advised and no previous health issues. All of my previous surgeries went great and hardly any signs of scars. I had a 2 hr drive home from the surgery center and less then 2 hrs of coming home I developed a hematoma. That's basically what caused this. Had to go back next morning to get it cleaned out and that's when all hell broke loose! Started to see small blisters and the scar started to separate. This is not a very common thing according to my surgeon but it does happen from time to time. I've never been the person that was in that small percentage of people that the bad happens to (was told that there's always a chance that someone could develop a hematoma) rest assured that from now on I will put my self in that small % of COULD HAPPEN! Lol I still take an iron pill and drink the boost extra protein drinks, just in case. I'm not sorry I did this just sorry I didn't do it sooner! My life has changed dramatically and I knew the risk was there but was still willing to take the chance! If you want it bad enough and u r in good health I say GO FOR IT! Chances r u will not in the % of what might happen. It's been such a long road but as of now I know that I'd do it again if I had to just for the relief of the big boobs crap that myself and many other people have had to deal with!
June 18, 2016
Youre very positive, Im sure it will all be ok in the end. Id love to see your before boobs
June 18, 2016
Posted an update. Couldn't get them to upload any other way ha ha ha. Sorry I totally forgot to post. I kept going back to look at the b4s and that's the only thing that helped me thru this! Really didn't think I'd ever be able to post them but now I know I'll never be that woman again so I'm not embarrassed by them.
June 18, 2016
Hi I'm so happy that your wound has finally closed, I have been wondering how you were getting on. I know how frustrating it is (though nothing compared to what you have gone through) to have delayed healing, I am almost 8 weeks post op and my problem incision has only just closed. I am with you totally about going through it gain if necessary. I also was someone who has always done well with surgerys, illness etc in the past so was shocked to have complications but now realise I am not invincible and have to be patient. Good luck with the rest of your healing and revision.
June 18, 2016
Thanks for your kind words. U r so right about the invincible thing! I keep telling myself I'm not as young as I used to be but my thoughts are, if my mind catches up with my body I'd really be in a mess! Ha ha ha how r u doing, do u still have numbness in the top of your chest (just over your breasts? I still have a weird pulling on the frankinboob side, which is weird bcuz I don't remember having it on my right side? Hope you're loving your new girls as much as I'm loving my 1 lol. Wishing u a speedy recovery.
June 18, 2016
It's hard to admit to yourself your not young any more isn't it haha. I have a right old mixture of numbness and feeling but am pretty thankful as can honestly say the whole thing has not been anywhere near as painful as I anticipated. Think I have quite a high pain threshold which helps. Have numbness on the underside of my 'bad' boob and in that nipple, over sensitivity in my right nipple and varying degrees of numbness/feeling along my incisions. Think the underarm/rib end incisions have been the most painful, lots of stinging as well. I haven't really experienced the zingers people talk about apart from the first week or so. I haven't any numbness above my breasts but still experience a pulling (slightly painful) sensation across my t-junctions if I overstretch. Guess our bad boobs have more scar tissue forming? As you said it seems to change daily and if you think it takes a year to see the final result I guess we are still in the early stages. I find I'm not quite as boob obsessed as I was and don't question every little twinge, I'm looking forward to a time when I can just forget about them!
June 18, 2016
Thank you for explaining. Understanding what can go wrong makes me feel more prepared. If I knew that would happen I would still do this. Three more sleeps then it is my turn. Thank you for sharing your journey; you have helped me a lot.
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