Breast Reduction Happening in a Couple of Hours.... Oh Oh - Seriously! - Gold Coast, AU

Getting ready for hospital now but employing all sorts of diversionary tactics! Oh crap - am getting very nervous. Just packed/unpacked and repacked my bag - it's way too small for me! So my admission time is 3.30pm today and it's now 1.50pm (Gold Coast AU) and I'm seriously spinning out - could I take a wee valium perhaps....

Guess I'll be back in a while to tell you how it all went....
JoJo x

Hi everyone :)

Well, what a week it's been. I've been trying to wait to post an update until after my dressings are changed tomorrow morning. Mainly as I really wanted to provide a balanced review and not give way to my swinging emotional state as it hasn't been the smoothest sailing....

So lets just get the negatives out of the way and then I'll shower you with all the positives (the positives far out weight the negatives).

Let me start by saying on Monday 9 December, I walked into the hospital at 3.25pm spilling out of a 34G Bra and I awoke wearing a 14D sports bra - quite a difference hey :)

Night 1:
So I arrived in the ward at 10.30pm (after a few difficulties in Recovery) and things went down hill from there - mainly as obtaining anything near adequate pain relief proved literally impossible which saw me distressed and in tears for the better part of the night.

In hindsight, it didn't help that I was being 'looked after' by a temp Agency nurse - hmmm, not sure what was going on there but it wasn't good - suffice to say, the first night was the pits! A truly awful experience and a painful, distressing and sleepless night and day to follow - although I did receive Endone 4 hrly the next day.

OK, now the other issue was that my left breast (which has always been larger) continued to swell up during the first night to the point where I seriously thought it might burst. Now I'm no expert but I've come to conclude that if the pain relief had been managed more effectively, perhaps I wouldn't have been in such a state, but the reality is unfortunately it wasn't. I also wonder if I had drains whether it wouldn't have swelled up as much but I didn't have drains so will never know the answer to that.

Night 2:
The following night however, I experienced brilliant nursing care - they provided insight into the plethora of meds I was charted and their frequency (of course I cried again when I became aware that the first night 'could' have been a totally different experience) and finally, I was adequately medicated and provided with Tamazapam so I actually slept for five hours :) and my world began to look rosy again.

Night 3, 4, 5:
Dozing on and off in a recliner in the lounge - a few aches and pains and am finding they both feel pretty heavy and I'm acutely aware that I'm still considerably larger on the left side (damn it). Funny, I can't stand the air-conditioner it really doesn't feel good - the girls ache!

Positives:
So anyway on a positive note, I'm very happy with the shape, in fact they look fantastic - (well if you can look past the bruising, bloody dressings, markings and the like, oh and the larger leftie) and it's soooo awesome to actually fit into a sports bra - hello me fitting into a sports bra!!!! - UNBELIEVABLE - I still struggle to comprehend it! lol

I went for a short 10 min walk yesterday and indulged myself today by going out to buy a new sports bra - Hey, cos I can that's why! lol In fact, it turned into a bit of a marathon shopping adventure at Robina Town Centre - so was pretty worn out when I got home and have suffered for it this evening.

Who would've thought that dreaded bra buying experience could be so positive and how cheap are these smaller Bras compared to those mammoth things I've spent an absolute fortune on over the last few years, none of which ever fitted well anyway. How tragic!

More positives:
- My neck, back and shoulders aren't aching like they used to
- I can breathe way better
- No one ogles at my massive boobs anymore - YAY!!!!

So in summary, so far so good :) I'm remaining hopeful that the swelling will diminish in my lavish Leftie and make it closer in size to it's compliant sister.

I truly hope I've been able to portray the positives not just the initial negatives.
:)
Thank you all for your reviews and support - it is great to have your experiences to refer to.
Ill post an update tomorrow following my appointment.
xox