Amazing result/amazing surgeon

I was always between a B & C cup most of my life and about 110 pounds. I had two children 18 months apart and my breast grew significantly with each child. I was a DD cup after my last child but was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis shortly after my first child was born. I was put on a heavy dose of prednisone for 2 years and my weight ballooned up to 200 pounds with full DDD breast. Since then I’ve had horrible neck, shoulder and back pain, rashes, numbness in hands from bra straps digging in me, migraines , and much more. I have lost 70 pounds after being taken off the prednisone; however, my breast deflated to a DD with one slightly larger than the other. They sagged terribly and I could not find a bra that would fit them. I requested my GP to refer me to a plastic surgeon in the UC Davis hospital system I was already in. I got in to see Dr. Pu within 2 weeks. He wrote up the report, sent it to Anthem blue Cross blue shield and within 5 days I received my approval for a reduction and lift. I am only 2 days post op but I’m already so incredibly happy with it so far. These first two days have been incredibly painful for me but I suspect some of the pain is more related to my Ankylosing Spondylitis than my actual incisions. I did get to go home without an overnight stay and I did not have any drains. My breast are very sore unless I am just sitting still. I have been taking oxycodone for these last 2 days but I think by tomorrow or the next I should be only on Tylenol and ibuprofen according to the surgeon so I’m excited to get to that stage in recovery. They removed 200cc from the smaller breast and 300cc from the larger. They are much bigger than I expected as I asked to be close to a B cup but since I’m only 2 days Post-op I am guessing it’s just swollen and they will reduce as the weeks go on. My surgeon is a man of few words but he was great at listening to me and his work looks great. I only have a pre-op picture wearing a dress so you can get the idea off how large and saggy the breast where for my body and then my 2 day post op pics. I definitely recommend this surgery and also Dr. Lee Pu at UC Davis in Sacramento. He did an amazing job. I can’t wait till they settle and I get to go bra shopping for bras that aren’t the size of my head.

Today I’m in much less pain except for my compression bra pushing against my bruises. There is a lot of bruises around the nipples and on the rib cage under the breast. I woke up coughing up thick yellow phlegm and freaked out thinking the anesthesia gave me pneumonia but the on call doctor said not to worry unless I was out of breath, having chest pains or had a fever over 101. I had a low-grade fever last night but it was back to normal after taking Tylenol last night. Can we just talk about how bloated my stomach is?! I did take Miralax for the first 3 days to combat constipation from the painkillers. I haven’t had any constipation but I have had diarrhea since yesterday and my abdomen looks like I’m 5 months pregnant. I do have IBS so I don’t know if surgery threw me into a flare or if it’s fluid retention related to chest surgery. Either way, it’s probably the most uncomfortable part of today’s issues. I see my doctor for F/U the day after tomorrow so hopefully he can shed some light on it. I attached some pics so you can see what I mean by the bruising and the swelling of my belly.