Part Two: BR - Life Changing! Going from GG-H-I whatever it was to C/D!!!- Australia

Seen my PS today to have my tiny amount of oozing checked out -I perfer him to have a look at it early rather than worry about later. He reassured me that the HEALING PROCESS is WHERE IT SHOULD BE ! He actually told me he is very impressed with the progress of my healing - he was preparing for more issues. WOW...He keeps saying my boobs are still not small - so I probed him whether he is saying he could have removed more? He said not without sacrifisying safety. So I told him to get over it, these are right size for me :) I have boobs others ask for as BA!

Overall he said I should not do anything differently - carry on with the antibacterial soap and the gauze pads - the oozing he says will clear on its own.

he allowed me to start applying BioOil on my stiches which are under my armpit ...those are big, but on the breasts themselves yet..

I also told him that I have pain strikes from time to time in my left for no reason..Even when I am just sitting by my desk and not doing much just get a feel of knife striking my left breast for 2 or 3secs then it goes away ...then have it 2 hours later for an other 2 mins. He told me it is normal...

He still would not allow me to do any sports...I made him aware that I am desperate to go for a swim and fighting the urge really hard..I will keep to his instructions but not being able to do any exercise seems to be my biggest issue - so far

Read Part One of my story here.

Scary post coming up...
OK, so I have mentioned in my comment on Part1 I could not escape the curse of wound breakdown and fat necrosis. And despite that I think it looks horrid, I don't despair. I did have a huge reduction done and my surgeon has tons of experience. He is saying it all looks better to him then to me so I am glad.
The hardest bit for me is "going cold turkey" on exercising. I have no better way to describe how I feel but "going cold turkey". Not doing ANY exercise throughout the week whilst having a stressfull office job is the hardest for me. Yes I did a bit of biking on Sunday -YAAAAYYYYYY after 7 bloody long years!!!!- and it is enough for now I still feel the side effects of not doing any exercise. I am very much aware that it is for my benefit, yet I cannot help feeling awful about turning into a couch potato. Already missed out on my annual Sydney Bridge Run, and also on the big run before that event just the tought of not being able to do any ocean swimming this year - terrifies me..One of the reasons I decided to have the BR done now is to allow myself to do more exercise and whislt I understood that 6weeks withdrawal is aint going to be easy I was not prepared for it to be this hard. And the reason to my distress is indeed the success of my BR! The world has opened up for me, there are so many activities I could do and I feel like a child in the candy store...It is hard but i am fighting hard.

So I uploaded a scary photo (3.5weeks post Op) to show you ladies how awful my righty has become - even thought this has started out much better in the healing process. I am watching it closely and following doctor's instructions (2x7km recreational biking would still be classified as "not much" right?) and not putting anything aside from gauze pads on it. Lefty is shaping up better - for now at least, it also has some fat discharge but about half the amount coming from righty. And even righty is not oozing a lot - about 1 or 2 big drops every 4 to 5hours. I know it looks scary but I trust my doc when he says he is very happy with the healing..he kinda knows :)
I promise to come back later on the week with a new photo - just to see the progress, or decline whichever it will be.

"Everybody say that time is borrowed
And hanging down your head just ain't no good
And if you dare to rise above tomorrow
Just give yourself a chance, fight the circumstance
Rise and do it again"