Six week follow up! Birmingham, AL
I got the confirmation from my insurance company...
I got the confirmation from my insurance company in May and chose July so I could take the month of August to heal. I am excited and nervous. I went for my pre-op appt yesterday. Had a ton of questions to ask thanks to lurking around here for the last two months...lol.
I am 48 and since the birth of my last child at 41, I knew it was something I really wanted to do. Like everyone else, I have felt defined by the girls since I was in my teens. Well, often anyway. They have been 'tons' of fun, but the older I get the more difficult they are to carry around. At a 36G I am so tired of carting them around, NEVER findings clothes that fit, and longing to take a deep breath all the way to the bottom of my lungs. I have been purchasing really good (aka expensive) bras for a long time. It will be nice to just buy 'off the rack'...haha.
Reading here has been very helpful. Thanks to everyone that posts here about their experiences. I told my PS about this website and he said he would have to look it up!
He's really very nice and puts me at ease. He will take me down to a very full C he says. My frame is small, but I am so worried I will look down and see a pouchy belly when they are not in the way!
Hope to post here regularly. I have the entire month of August to heal and be bored. I can't wait!
My coworkers who are 'in the know' say to me "how...
Surgery is a WEEK FROM MONDAY! Don't even know where to start with getting things together around here. I went to Costco tody and got some things I thought might be easy to fix for the family to feed themselves. Will probably have to go back as they will eat all of it this week. Hubby is taking the week of surgery off to help. Trying to be unworried. Is that a word?
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Welcome, in this case, unworry is totally a word! Hubby will be a lot of help at home. That way you have nothing to do for an entire week but heal! You could always make up some casseroles ahead of time and throw them in the freezer so that honey buns can just pull them out as needed.
The belly seems to be an issue with a lot of us, but I just reminded myself that it has always been there, it was just my huge bazongas that were hiding it, and it certainly didn't make me look thinner. As I'm sure you've heard, but have a hard time believing, everone will think you've lost weight after the surgery!
Good luck next week! Will be anxious to hear about your progress!
So I told my 7 year old daughter yesterday about...
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If you do have a belly after your BR, you'll be more comfortable to exercise more! Imagine all the ways you can move and new things you can do without those breasts weighing you down! So exciting!
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