Breast Reduction & Tummy Tuck - Calgary, AB

Haven't been on here in a long time... It took until mid- January (a very long 3 mths) for my boob to finally close over. I was so beyond sick of changing bandages 3 times a day, cleaning it and adding polysporin. I was thrilled when I could actually not be all bandaged up and my life didn't revolve around my boobs 24/7. I even quit taking daily boob pics (so my phone is no longer pornographic...haha). The hardest part through it all was not being able to do anything. I couldn't lift anything or really stretch for fear of ripping it back open.
Had a check up in April and all was well. Few little things ~ my nipples are super sensitive (painfully sensitive rather than in a good way). Especially on the right which took forever to heal. Also have sharp pains sometimes in the side of it. Dr said not to worry about it, its just part of the healing and nerves trying to heal. Very common for the nerves to take longer considering how much he removed.

I never expected to have that long of down time for healing and I've lost so much of my muscle strength, even in my arms and legs. Now I'm trying to slowly build it back up. My abdominal muscles still hurt pretty easy doing too much heavy lifting and I can't press anything against my stomach or it hurts (like to lean against the counter or lay on my stomach on the floor) but that'll just take time. Still have numbness in the top of my leg which drives me crazy but guess it can take a year or so to come back.

I went for a long time not really being comfortable in normal bras except light stretchy sports bras but boobs finally softened up at about that 6 mth post op when they would actually move to sit properly in a bra. Only issue I find is the the scars under the right boob are still quite sensitive so the underwire is ok for a bit but can't do everyday yet for sure.

Still the most amazing part is not being in constant pain. My migraines are maybe one a month. I would do surgery over again in a heartbeat just to be free of the migraines!

What a difference 12 days makes since my last post! Started wearing my binder just part of the time. First few days were a little rough...just really uncomfortable and got sore really easy but it was so nice to give my ribs a break since the binder seemed to always be digging into them on either side. After a few days though I noticed a huge difference with my abdominal muscles getting stronger! Starting to feel normal again for the past week although without the binder on I get quite a bit of swelling as the day goes on. Go from this nice flat stomach in the morning to looking 5 mths pregnant by evening. Last 2 days have been less swelling though each day and able to do more so thats a huge difference!
My boobs have been healing pretty good in the last week. Scabs finally came of the left so looked a bit gross for a few days but doing better now. The right is healing really good around the nipple. Only a small area left to heal over compared to what it was. The big seperation on that boob is starting to heal. I can notice where there ia new skin coming in around the edges and the gross hole has filled in a lot! Still have to be really careful what I do though because I think I've pulled it apart a bit a few times... Like yesterday lifting something that I really shouldn't have...Opps. But at least its not hurting much now and seeing the problem areas get noticeably smaller is fantastic! Oh and I bought a few cheap regular bras without the wires its like a regular bra again!