40 Yrs, 125lbs, 34aa 300 cc Mentor, smooth, round, moderate plus profile gel , under the muscle

Things are coming along really well. I am only numb on the underside of my breasts close to the incision. All else is doing quite good. I tried to do push ups yesterday and was very upset. I used to do 50 in the morning and 50 at night and I was up to 13 dead hand pull ups. I was hurting at 2. I had no strength in my chest whatsoever. I felt awful. I am sure it is just still too soon since we went under the muscle and they had to separate some stuff. It is just disappointing.

Things are coming along. I am still having a lot of pain. It isn't when I am just sitting still. It is if I use my arms for something too strenuous or I lean a certain way. My nipples are extremely sore! They are on fire! I feel better when they are covered by a bra. If they are exposed to the air it is like a raw nerve ending exposed. I am just happy to have sensation so I am not complaining. My biggest concern about this surgery was about losing my nipple sensation. Thank goodness for small miracles!

As far as pain control Tylenol isn't really doing it. I am still pretty swollen up high in my pectoral muscles. My doctor said that was ok. Most likely because I was all muscle and no breast tissue. It is going to take a little longer for them to drop and for that muscle to relax. When I first get to work in the morning I take 2 Toradol. I don't take anything else until I get home. I usually have to take 2 vicoden before bed. Sadly I know I have been over doing it. The doors where I work are big steel doors that are wicked heavy, even the bathroom doors. I hurts just to try and get anywhere in the building. I try and pull a little and then use my feet to push it open. It has just been so hard. Hard to not use my arms!
God! Even closing the car door is hard and hurts.

I am still sleeping with the wedge pillow and another pillow on top of that for good measure. I keep one pillow on each side of me to keep me from rolling over and another one under my butt and legs to keep me from sliding down flat in the night. Dr. Branch wants me to sleep this way as long as possible. 8 hours on my side risks the chance of my implants migrated inside my chest. I will have none of that!

You know it's funny but they already feel like me. I have not had one moment where I have felt like there was something foreign in my body. I feel like I went to sleep and woke up whole. Swollen and in pain, but whole again. Then, having that same tingling sensation when the nerve connection was waking up and I felt like I had breasts full of milk and I was having another let down, I just felt natural. It wasn't a foreign feeling at all. It was actually kind of soothing. It was familiar and I felt like I was just welcoming back another part of myself. A part that dried up and went away after I nursed for the last time. The only thing now is now there here to stay...

I have started my post operative massage. Still really tender and I swelled up worse when I took my bra off to take pictures tonight. I had just done massage though.