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Good photo
Forgot to add this better photo, head on. Mentioned in my last post, the left one is more swollen now which is annoying - I wish it would go down more like it was here.
More comfortable but still frustrated
I wasn't going to even keep up with this review thing, but I guess I'm just really overwhelmed and stressed out even though I'm not leaving the house much and need to vent. My family helps me from time to time when I ask but not with things like cooking, which my PS says I can't do. It seems light enough to me and doesn't seem strenuous but she was adamant about not doing it. They'll help me by putting my clothes in the laundry and lifting something heavy for me, driving, etc - but my dad wants me to clean the dishes when I'm done making food. Its just frustrating because I can do it, but the little voice in my head tells me my PS would not like it. I'm just irritated living with my family and in our house - we're all on top of each other and we have all these cats and dogs and I just want to shut everything out and try to relax but it's hard and I feel stressed out (emotionally?) even though I'm not working right now. I feel stuck. I'm glad that I did this only because hopefully after I'm healed I'll feel more comfortable to work out, get my [RS bleep] together, save up money and get out - I want to travel. I need to. I'm hoping that this weight I feel like I've been carrying around will feel lighter and I will be more motivated to work towards this. It's just this in between that has me feeling so stuck still...I'm not even two weeks out. I have money saved up to cover my bills for the next month or two but because I ant to save to travel in the next 6+ months I don't want to waste time and am trying to prepare things to get back out there and make money. I'm going to substitute teach and am thinking about tutoring Spanish (I majored in Spanish and lived in Mexico for a few years) in addition to waitressing. I feel like I'm getting too old to keep doing what I'm doing - I want to take an ESL course online and try to find a job abroad. I have all these ideas. The point of all this is that I'm frustrated in recovery because I don't feel relaxed and I'm anxious about getting out there and making money.
I should probably talk more about my boobs, haha. I was a little worried about my left one for a while, it's more swollen now than the right one. I thought it was a hematoma but I don't think so anymore - my mom is a nurse so I made her check it and I also had my primary physician look at it really quick during an app for something else - it's red around the bottom middle but I think it's normal. It's more firm due to the swelling, I think. It's bigger than the right one obviously - I hope it doesn't stay that way because with a bra and shirt on I don't like the size at all. The right one feels more comfortable, it looks like a C. I know I won't know for a few weeks, though. I'm icing the right one a little at home but it doesn't seem to be going down much.
Any advice ? Did anyone else have a bigger one in the beginning due to swelling that went down and matched the other one's size ?
Also, I had an itchy acne like rash on my chest, back, neck and jaw/cheeks. Is this normal? I was thinking it is due to the trauma to your body after surgery, allergy to steroids strips...around the incisions were itchy too but it's calmed down now so idk if it's necessarily an allergy.
I'll add photos now because I never got around to it before.
I should probably talk more about my boobs, haha. I was a little worried about my left one for a while, it's more swollen now than the right one. I thought it was a hematoma but I don't think so anymore - my mom is a nurse so I made her check it and I also had my primary physician look at it really quick during an app for something else - it's red around the bottom middle but I think it's normal. It's more firm due to the swelling, I think. It's bigger than the right one obviously - I hope it doesn't stay that way because with a bra and shirt on I don't like the size at all. The right one feels more comfortable, it looks like a C. I know I won't know for a few weeks, though. I'm icing the right one a little at home but it doesn't seem to be going down much.
Any advice ? Did anyone else have a bigger one in the beginning due to swelling that went down and matched the other one's size ?
Also, I had an itchy acne like rash on my chest, back, neck and jaw/cheeks. Is this normal? I was thinking it is due to the trauma to your body after surgery, allergy to steroids strips...around the incisions were itchy too but it's calmed down now so idk if it's necessarily an allergy.
I'll add photos now because I never got around to it before.
25 yr old Breast Reduction
I'm a few days out and I'm just irritable - the shape and size of the breasts look ok, the incisions seem great - but I'm sore and extremely itchy and all I want to do is sleep or watch TV.
The other troubling thing for me is that my back pain hasn't improved at all, which was a major reason as to why I decided to undergo this surgery. So on top of the soreness and discomfort of the surgery, my back still hurts.
I just feel really gross. I guess I'm impatient, I want to feel comfortable enough to put a sports bra on and just wait until the incisions are scarred over and strong enough for me to go about my daily business.
The other troubling thing for me is that my back pain hasn't improved at all, which was a major reason as to why I decided to undergo this surgery. So on top of the soreness and discomfort of the surgery, my back still hurts.
I just feel really gross. I guess I'm impatient, I want to feel comfortable enough to put a sports bra on and just wait until the incisions are scarred over and strong enough for me to go about my daily business.