A Lifetime of Big Boobs...nearly Over! - Bellingham, WA

Well, 9 weeks yesterday and today they drained another 2+ ounces of fluid off each breast. :-/ The day of surgery, PS said my tissue was "like butter", and the engineer thinks I have the equivalent of "unsuitable soils" that won't perk! She is sending me for an ultrasound to make sure there aren't isolated pockets of fluid, and we'll just continue the march until my body quits producing excess fluid. ( Doc has been doing some reading, and (genetics being a big part), perhaps a Vitamin C deficiency. Could easily happen, as I quit taking Vit. C as a supplement about 10 years ago when I found a Chinese mushroom that has kept me cold-free siince 2003. Always took C for cold resistance and clearly there's much more it does. Doc says scurvy victims had no collagen, and that Vit C is essential for collagen production. So....great cosmetic tip! Going to resume my habit of little candy jars of chewable Vit C throughout the house. My fondness for gin lime sodas and Thai food has probably kept me from scurvy.... Booblets are aching tonight, but once again the procedure was absolutely painless. Like visiting with a couple old friends. Feel so blessed to have lucked into this situation. Great women, who have worked together 33 years. Once again, it was a treat to watch them work. Feel bad to be the practice delinquent! Even the semi-brusque woman at the desk now smiles and says hello without asking my name.

Battery low! End of post time....it's a good, just an interesting ride!



I did a similar thing with iodine a couple years ago.

Well, at 7 weeks, still messing around a bit with fluid collecting in my left breast. That was the side she took 787 grams from, so don't know if that's what caused it, or my over-activity. In any event, it's painless, and I honestly enjoy going back to see the doc and her nurse. They are such great people!

Life with normal sized boobs continues to be amazing. As Piggles commented, so THIS is how most of the world lives! BUT, quite sure most just take it for granted, and don't have the same appreciation we do after all the years of pain and hassle. I don't know if I'll ever come to a point where I take the new mobility and pain free neck and shoulders for granted. Hope not!


The kitten I hauled off the road is doing really well, considering he was at death's door when I scooped him up. He ate a bit of real food with the kitten milk replacer today, so hopefully will lose his status as my most expensive pet to feed shortly. Put up a picture my daughter took a few days ago when he discovered the computer screen. He ended up being named Intrepid, Kitty D for short. :-) I have sat for much longer periods since he came into my life than I could manage during my recovery. So....for those still in the Waiting Room, consider borrowing a kitten for a few weeks post-op! (...and I'm only half kidding...)

I might have figured out how to add more pics. 6 weeks with and without bra, and a toast to the first day I have gardened in a tank top in perhaps 20 years.

This journey is yielding far more than pain relief. The mobility makes moving a joy. And with movement comes weight loss and endorphins! Pretty demented about losing the belly that lurked, looking small by comparison, but every day is so much easier and brighter without dragging around that damn front porch! I had been so self-conscious for decades I wouldn't wear a tank top, even when working outdoors. Big smile to be doing it again. Guess it's a construction thing, but love the freedom of movement a tank provides. Some get their off-work exercise by "playing golf", I've always preferred physical exercise. Now rock climbing and riding colts are back on the table! Kids are raised, boobs are back to their prime, and I'm not past mine! It's all good.