No regrets at all thus far....

So, here's a question for the greater good of the group... when did you start feeling normal again? I got the clear after 4 weeks to start running again... I'm a lover of running, so not being able to do it and forced to walk (snore) instead has really made me sad. So the medical assistant says to me when I say "I thought he said 4 weeks for running again..." "4 weeks is fine if you're ready." Well crap... how am I supposed to know that I'm ready? Her guidelines were that if there were stabbing pains when doing the activity that I was reintroducing, then I should stop. If it was just a soreness like I've been feeling, then I was good to go. Two days in and I'm loving being able to run again. I feel like me again, and maybe this will solve my neck issues from holding myself so stiff for the past weeks.

Again though, when did you feel normal again... like no real twinges of pain near your incision... no fear that if you reach to that top shelf surely your boob is going to rip open... or my personal favorite game of Oh Gosh, is that just boob sweat or did one of my stitches come out and I'm bleeding all over myself. No joke, these are the things that I'm thinking at times, and it's killin' me folks! So I'm just wondering if I'm not alone in those thoughts.

Okay guys, I haven't updated in a while, so I thought that I would let everyone know how I'm doing! I finally pulled all the steri strips off, which was a welcome relief. The doctor told me to live them on as long as I could after that first week or so, and I kept them until 3weeks so I feel like I did good with that. Now I can actually see everything, which is weird but nice all at the same time.

I dont know if anyone else had this issue, but man am I flipping sensitive. I don't like driving because the seat belt when I sit on the drivers side hits a sensitive spot and I feel like my boobs are just one big nerve ending. Still not a lot of feeling in the left side, but it is starting to come back. I think the only thing that is really giving me problems is my neck. Since I'm a side and stomach sleeper, I have not been sleeping the way I normally do, which is causing severe neck pains in the morning. I'm going to see if I can get in to the chiropractor for a massage to work on it, but it is really really bad. Other than that, I don't think I could be happier with the results. Now that the strips are off, I can tell that there are a few minor size discrepancies between the two, but nothing so major that I think it looks weird. They werent totally symmetrical in the first place!

The only thing that I regret.... The credit card bill for all these cute new clothes I can finally buy! I hope all you ladies are doing well, and I wish you the best in surgeries to come or recoveries happening now. Its a strange but awesome club to belong to!

Okay, no one else understands this, but I know you guys will... I had my doctor's appointment today and he said that I just need to let my steristrips fall off on their own. He is saying that I'm healing up fine! I also have the okay to sit at the pool and do some low impact cardio. I can't submerge under water until week three, but all is well with that.

But the thing that I wanted to share was my "a ha" teary moment of the day. I have not had any regrets at all, but today was the best day ever and the day that I decided that it was the best choice I've ever made! I went to get some more sports bras and found a few that I liked mainly for sleeping because the others are so uncomfortable. And it was a MEDIUM!!!!!! YAY!!! Then, I saw a bikini that I liked and I actually was able to get it. I didn't have to find an XXXL top and a small bottom!! Only you guys would understand how huge that is to be able to do! I included a picture to show you how excited I am and how cute it is!!!!