35 yrs, 1 child, obese, 42N - not sure which amount to list, billed $50,000 or paid $2,438.39

Wow, I know it's been a long time since I've posted, hadn't realized it's been THIS long. (Crazy busy with work, job loss, job hunt, new job...chaos) Coming up on the end of month 6. Things are going well. Side boob has still been an issue, but I deal. I've tried on a ton of different bras, have found one big girl bra that works. Recently I've been using the post surgery coobie bra more. Something's going on with my right boob, it feels weird and I struggle to make it through the day in the regular bra (especially at points where hormones are high, so mps and ovulation). My working theory is that I'm actually starting to get some feeling back, so I think it's good weirdness. Will try to post pics later.

Since the girls are overall feeling better and the weather is good, I've been able to get out on my bike again. It is SOOOOOOO much easier to ride now!! Especially the ups and downs on the mountain bike trails. The ride I did today, I'm 80% sure I'd have gone over the handlebars a few times with the balance issues from the big boobs.

So I decided it's time to try bras again. I was talking to my roommate, she happens to have similar size to what I think I'll need. So, she dug some bras out for me to try. I still HATE the foam cups. But she gave me some 42DD bras. They FIT!! Last time I tried, I was somewhere around a double or triple D. This DD actually has a bit of a gap. So either I need a different cup material or style, or I might even be able to go down to a D. A single D!!

So we got a lot of snow over the weekend. It had to be dealt with. Because of the elliptical issue, I was pretty nervous about doing much with the shovel. We were out dealing with the snow for over 2 hours. I spent probably 3/4 of the time running the snow blower, but I did a lot of arm work clearing the ~5 inches off 2 cars, and twice that off the third car (poor thing didn't get cleared off after the previous dump). Shoveled a bunch between the cars, etc. I was actually scared to remove my bra, I thought for sure I'd have a repeat of the elliptical. I am VERY pleased to report that all is well. The open wounds from the gym have closed, and all the shoveling did not re-open anything. Over night the horizontal scars at the sides have been very tight and a little painful, but nothing serious. I assume they're grumpy because of all the extra movement, but they're already feeling better. The mild compression from the bra has also been helpful for that.

tl;dr; The chaffing has healed and I've successfully done upper arm stuff without causing new chaffing/bleeding.