Breast Reduction 35+ Years Overdue

Just a quick update...yesterday was 11 months, it's hard sometimes to believe a whole year has almost gone by since my surgery! I've been making the most of the summer and beautiful weather to go swimming pretty much every day. The freedom of being able to just throw on a little swim top still astounds me every single time. I can swim so much better not having all that boob shoved into a tight bra top! The only thing I'm having a tiny bit of trouble with is that my nipple placement ended up a little high now that they've settled more, which means that it's easy for a bit of nip slippage to happen in my tops, esp. on the right where my areola ended up a little bit bigger. So I have to check my top before I get out of the pool so I'm not flashing. But.....SMALL problem compared to years of not even swimming because every time I'd try to find a suit I'd cry, or I'd find something that was OK looking but made me be in pain after having it on for 5 minutes. I'm trying to work on losing a bit of weight now and getting in better shape-my husband's daughter is getting married in October and I want to be able to wear a really fun dress. Something classy, of course, because it's a church wedding, but now that I have much more freedom in the types of styles I wear, and I rarely get to really dress up for anything, I want to wear something I wouldn't have been able to before. So I'm already looking at dresses and online advice for what to wear LOL I don't have kids of my own so this is a new thing for me! Anyway I took a few pics, not really any more visible changes at this point but I think I'm feeling less tenderness these days. My nipples do still seem to be gradually getting more sensation, so that is good. I had resigned myself to them maybe staying numb but there's slow improvement. I will update again at the one year mark...in the meantime if you need me I'll be in the pool ;-)

This is what I've been waiting for. It's summer and our neighborhood pool is open! What an amazing feeling it is to be able to throw on a bathing suit and not have it be killing my neck, shoulders, back, cutting in, etc. Even though I've gained a few and gotten rather out of shape over the winter...in the past that would mean my boobs would be even huger, popping out of everything and basically making me miserable. Not anymore. I can still get into the top I bought last year (size L) but the bottoms are too small so I wore my one piece the first few swims and then yesterday I ventured into Target to find some higher cut bottoms. I ended up trying on a LOT of tops and actually found several I liked...ended up buying a solid black one to go with the "cheeky high waist" bottoms (that cover my belly bulge lol). I still need a top with wider sides-the string ones don't work because of too much fat around my sides and underarms. But I can wear skinny straps!! No cutting into my shoulders/neck!! And now that I'm fully healed I can actually stretch out and swim w/o worrying about hurting myself. It's sooooooooo AWESOME!!! I feel like a kid again. Also can I just say, spaghetti strap nighties and sundresses?? And NO BOOB SWEAT. In other news, the zingers I was writing about last time disappeared as quickly as they came on. So I don't know what was up with that, it was very random. Next project: I want to get back to doing some joggin/running. Made a few false starts but I'm ready to try again. Once again I will be looking for a better running bra. But I feel encouraged by my swimsuit shopping success! First time ever in my life that I've had an easier time with tops than bottoms. LOL. Happy Summer everyone!!

Well yesterday was my 10 month-iversary of my BR and things have just been cruising along with nothing remarkable. And now seemingly out of the blue, I start getting all these weird nerve pains!! Like zingers, and little stabbing twinges in places (mostly in the places that have been still kind of numb)...I'm like what the heck? Even though I've read a thousand times that it can take a year or so for everything to heal, I was pretty much convinced, and had accepted, that the varying levels of sensation I had in parts of my breasts was just going to stay that way. So! Too soon to tell, but if my nerves ARE still continuing to heal, I will be interested to see if/how the sensation changes. In the meantime I'll try not to do have any inappropriate outbursts in public...I had forgotten how those zingers can take you by surprise!