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So Ready for Surgery and Hopefully Less Pain. Brookline, MA

UPDATED FROM MamaKitty
13 days post

Tomorrow will be 2 weeks

MamaKitty
WORTH IT
I cannot believe that tomorrow will be 2 weeks since my surgery. I am feeling better and better each day. Still a little sore, but my neck and back pain are gone so that is great. Tonight I am taking my 12-year old daughter with me when I shop for bras. She has been a great help since my surgery - she has helped me to take a shower, put my bra on when I was too sore to put it on, etc.

One thing that I have noticed now that I am moving around more is that my nipples are very, very sensitive. They are almost too sensitive. The other night when I was driving, the seat belt was making me crazy. Today as I was moving around the house my shirt was rubbing against me and it was really bothering me. My husband thinks that my breasts are in a different place so everything feels different. Has anyone else had this problem?

MamaKitty's provider

Donald J. Morris, MD, FACS

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

4.3 | 4 Reviews
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UPDATED FROM MamaKitty
12 days post

Cannot find a bra

MamaKitty
I am so frustrated. I cannot find a bra to fit. I had bought some Fruit of the Loom bras that came recommended by a lot of people on this site and on the Walmart site. I originally was a 34G and I bought size large. I then did more research and bought another type of Fruit of the Loom bras that also were highly recommended and bought a 40. They could only be bought online and they came today. Gracious are they tight! I think I would need to get a 42. Yikes! I go back to work and I am not sure what to do. I cannot wear underwire bras for about another 8 weeks. Any recommendations for bras? The one that the doctor gave me was okay but not my favorite.

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January 15, 2015
I bought several Bali Comfort Revolution bras. Pull over the head, don't give me uniboob. I am 11 weeks post-op and my new breasts really don't need much support. I am still a bit swollen, but figure I am in the neighborhood of a 34d right now. I bought the bras in large and they are very comfortable. Stretchy. I am over constricting bras with underwire!
January 15, 2015
Thanks! I will check those out and see if there is a place that I can try them on. I tried on a 36C at TJMaxx the other day and could not get it on. I used to be a 34F. Maybe I will grab one of my girlfriends and go to the mall and have her help me.
January 15, 2015
Both Bali and Barely There have a lot of different great, super comfy wire-free bras! I lived in them for few months before switching back to underwire. I got them at Kohl's (but I have no idea if they have Kohl's where you are).
January 15, 2015
I do have a Kohl's near me so I will try them. Thanks!
UPDATED FROM MamaKitty
6 days post

Day 6

MamaKitty
I am feeling better today. This is the first day that I have not felt exhausted. Also last night I was able to sleep semi on my side which felt nice as I was getting tired of sleeping on my back. It was also the first night I did not wake up in the middle of the night feeling like I had cotton in my mouth.

Here are pictures from day 6. I cannot believe that tomorrow will be a week.

I still feel really tingly and stiff.

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January 10, 2015
Congrats! Hope you have a quick recovery!
January 11, 2015
Hope you have a quick recovery and thanks for sharing.