Great Experience with Dr & Team for Breast Reduction

I had my pre-op yesterday. Between reviews here and my doctor, I feel pretty well prepared. I am 43yo, never had kids, am 5’4”, and 147 lbs. I wear a 34HH and would like to get to a “full C.” And now I have to come up with words to describe how I want my future breasts to look.
How does this sound:
-full and round, so a nice fullness on top, not just the bottom
-perky (higher)
-nipples facing forward (and smaller)
-bit of separation between the breasts
-don’t extend much past the rib cage
-full enough to hide some tummy
I’ve shown a few pics from here.
Thoughts on what else I can say? Or do I need to get out a ribbon and measure and be more precise?

Surgery updates:

Here is a surgery update.

Surgical center pushed my surgery out a week, so I had to isolate after my covid test 1 more week. This cause a bit of a work issue, since that was the week I had full coverage. But it worked out.

I spent the time cleaning, and organizing, and prepping. Put everything up high, at a level I could reach them. And felt ready.

So surgery 9/28 at 7:30am. Got in, did the admission, and was wheeled into surgery, where I don’t even remember falling asleep. Woke about 3 hours later, and was nauseous, so they gave me meds for that and more hydration. At 11:30am, my parents took me home. Got out of the car, made it up the steps, took 1 Norco, and went to bed.

Monday and Tuesday my parents woke me, or gave me 1 Norco every four hours. (I didn’t sleep well at all, but am really good at pretending.) And I ate a bit of food every time I took them, and walked around for a few minutes. TIP: start taking colace right away! I wish I had.

I don’t like Norco, and wasn’t really in pain. So on Wednesday, I switched to 3 Advil every 4 hours, and took the colace. This felt much better. And I had to work (I’m an assistant, WFH, and only had partial work help.) I mostly checked emails, and calendared a few things throughout the day, but rested the rest of the time. This night was my best night’s sleep.

There was some blood in the gauze in my bottom t-sections. And hoped it was just a bit of oozing.

Thursday was more of the same. And was the day I could shower, but couldn’t bring myself to open the bandages yet. So mostly, a bit of work, lots of tv, and doing nothing. And I finally had a bowel movement, and it was rough. (TIP: Take the colace!) I also, didn’t sleep great Thurs night. I don’t know if because it was too warm, or I had rested too much, or couldn’t get comfortable (I’m a side sleeper, and my back and neck hurt a lot at night, trying to sleep on my back.)

So Friday, today, I worked in the morning, toom the Advil (now mostly for my back), had another rough bowel movement (TIP: Take The Colace!) and took my first shower.

Taking off the bandages, there are no steri-strips or anything hiding any of the scars. And I’ll be honest, I got REALLY woozy in the shower after seeing it. The bottom t-spots are definitely a bit open, and the left side was bleeding a bit. Not a lot, but a bit.

Took a fast shower, not as thorough as I would have wanted, because I was afraid I was going to get sick. And got out, and laid on my bed to dry off, and calm down.

Then I rebandaged myself, and now I’m writing this.

I’ve been emailing my surgeon’s PA with updates. And I think everything is going to plan. I see them for post op on Wed.

All in all, I’m so glad this is done, that the pain wasn’t at all bad, and now I just need to be patient and let it heal.

Only thing, there is nothing left to hide my tummy. (Hoping some of this is surgery bloat.) But now that I see it, I hope I’ll make better food choices, to get it rock solid.)

Just to start off I want to say that any weeping or oozing or the little spots at the bottom t-sections stopped by Sunday, so the PA was right that was just normal. And likely caused by taking off a bit of scab when taking the bandages off for that first shower. So yay!

Since my last update, this Sunday was day 6, and I felt good enough to go for a walk, and took my second shower, which was way better than the first. And was the first day I started to feel almost back to normal. Which is shocking to me, I was fully prepared for way more pain and needing to be on the medication, and being super groggy and laid up in bed for a week and a half. So to be able to go for a walk on zero pain meds and take a shower and feel good, was great feeling.

On Monday I started back at work but definitely took it easy. And I went for a walk and I still felt pretty good. I definitely thought I would be more tired then I was, but I did stop to take more breaks. I should note that my current job is at my dining room table where I am an admin and mostly just checked emails all day.

On Tuesday I took another shower and by now I’m feeling pretty good. The only thing I notice is that it feels like my breasts are in too tight of a sports bra but also not being fully supported at the same time and it’s a weird feeling.

Today is Wednesday, and day 9, and I had my first post op appointment with my doctor. He said that incisions are all healing well, and said that some of the surgical glue-scabs will start to lightly flake off. Their only concern was that everything is really itchy and they think I’m still swollen, so we’re going to keep an eye on that. But I think that’s because my period is about to start, and so instead of my breasts getting tender they’re just itchy. Hopefully that’s all it is, and I will keep you posted.

And kind of lastly I just want to say that the spot that has been in the most discomfort or pain are my ribs. It’s like the ribs right below my breasts, along the sides and then kind of on the back. Not really sure why, but wanted to point that out if others experience it.