No More 34 Longs! -Dayton, OH

Tomorrow is 1 month post op. I am feeling and looking better every day. I think my boobs are softening a little although they are still firm-like. I still get that weird morning boob tightness but it doesn't last very long after I get up. I have a few aches and pains but nothing major. I chalk it up to the healing process. Have had a little burning and a few stabby pains but nothing intolerable. I started back to the gym Wed. I did legs. I am still too chicken to do upper body. I did some ab work too and was trying to do hanging leg raises but had to stop that! It engages more of my chest than I thought and just didn't feel right so clearly I am not ready for that yet. I subbed that out with crunches. Not ideal but better than sitting around eating crap food. Let me tell you, after a month off the gym my butt was so sore! Today I just did cardio on the elliptical and tomorrow I am going to attempt light biceps and triceps. If it doesn't feel right, I will give it another week then try again. I have to admit, I am anxious to get back to "normal" but I will be patient so I can heal properly. I wanted to do a competition in the Fall but depending on how the healing process goes I may have to push it back to next Spring. Oh well...there are always shows. No rush. I am going to try bikini instead of figure this time. I think I am more predisposed to that body style anyway so I am going to just embrace it! I have to say...I am STOKED to see what these boobs are gonna look like in my competition bikini! YES!!

Today has been 25 days since my surgery. I had an appt. today. I am not quite 4 weeks post surgery, but this coming Friday will be the 4 week mark. So today, I went in thinking I still had stitches. I did not. I am not sure why I thought that! I swear it had to be the narcotics I was on! I swear that I was told at the first appt that I would have to get 2 sets of stitches out. WTF?? Oh well. LOL! I felt like a dumbass but it's not the first time and certainly won't be the last. Anyway, he checked out the tatas, asked me if I liked them, of course I said, "YES"! He took pix, told the nurse to re-tape me (for scarring) and to come back in 3 mos. wow! I have to change my tape every 2 weeks. I also commented on wanting to get back in the gym and he said I could but take it easy. SO...my plan of action is to start tomorrow with legs and see how it goes. If all goes well, I'll try bis and tris the next day, then maybe I'll get bold and do shoulders. I am unsure about back and will definitely hold off on chest until the 6 week mark where I will reevaluate. I feel I'm not 100% ready for that so I will be patient! I got to see my before and afters and WOWZA! Best money ever spent (along with the money I spent on LASIK). :D

It's been 3 weeks since my surgery today. My right side has healed beautifully. My left side is being a stubborn biotch. It's still bruised and my pec burns and hurts so bad if I move it a certain way. It is also still pretty bruised at teh bottom, and numb across the top. I h ope it heals soon. It looks ok, just painful and bruised. Of course I need to quit scaring myself reading about complications. I am boob hypochondriac! Who knew there was so much to worry about with breast augmentation? I will just stop thinking about it until my appt next week! I bought some arnica cream to see if that will speed things along. I ran out of the arnica pills my PS had me take prior. I swear, I did everything by t he books as far as the supplements he had me take and I STILL bruised. Thank GOD I followed instructions, it would be way worse. I am SO ready to go back to the gym. I feel like a big, fat, slug. My right side is ready to go, the left not so much. Sh*T!!! Come on and heal already! My next appt is Tues, May 28th. I am praying my stitches come out and my tape can come off! I also hope I get cleared to work out, even if it is just lower body. I will take what I can get! They look great though! no regrets there!