Bye Bye HH's & Hello D's! - Green Bay, WI

It will 6 months since surgery on June 7th. My breasts are not fully healed yet, but they're coming along. The scars still itch a lot which is weird...I was given Vitamin E, but I still haven't tried using it.

Another thing since surgery, my back pain has decreased but I still have some. I also don't feel embarrassed to wear a swimming suit. I wore my old one and my new boobs kept falling out. I bought a new one! It fits! I can't believe I fit into that swimming suit for 4 years! How ridiculous! I had it since 8th grade.

I'm very surprised that not a lot of people noticed my breast reduction. A few people noticed it when I didn't tell them ahead of time, but not many. I'm still wondering how the hell some of my clothes fit me with my HHs. I have no idea! Some of my clothes feel so weird on my now. I never wore any low-cut shirts because I felt as if I was trying to get attention...so I wore the plain & ugly neck hugger shirts...they still looked like low-cut shirts on me. Now I'm not so ashamed of showing a little bit. I don't have cleavage really anymore....nothing wrong with that at all! I

It has been a LONG time since I have been on here. So I thought I would update everyone.
Exactly today, it has been 3 months since my breast reduction. I had 600g taken out from my left breast and 900g taken from my right breast. I only lost 3.3lb from it. Not much at all. Overall, I am very happy with the decision I made. It was a very painful surgery. I was very nauseous from the anesthesia and ended up puking 5 times after surgery...assuming the massive amount of water I drank right after was part of the reason also. The hardest thing to do is find a comfortable way to sleep. My best advice for sleeping? THREE BODY PILLOWS, and a few regular pillows for your head or whatever is comfortable. It hurt so much to sleep on my back the first couple nights. I basically slept sitting up. It was so uncomfortable.
Another thing that made me nauseous, was hot food! The smell of food or the heat of the hot food. I couldn't eat hot food until a few days after. I ate mostly applesauce, pudding, and drank a lot of the thick Naked juice. I returned to school on December 10th, which was 3 days after surgery. Yes I was sore, but I could deal with it. The doctor's instructions were that I could only wear the surgical bra for 3-4 weeks. I cannot stand sports bra's...or any type of bra without underwire. After the 3 weeks was up...I tried to wear an underwire bra, it was not comfortable AT ALL! I could not stand it. It was so annoying and irritating...it made my incision scars itch like a [RS bleep]! HORRIBLE! Then trying to sleep without the pillows a month later...so uncomfortable. Just last month I was able to start sleeping normal comfortably again.
Some more advice about post surgery...ALWAYS KEEP YOUR NIPPLES WARM and COVERED! When the cold hits them...and they pop out...it BURNS and feels like the stitching is being pulled out. Also, stay away from bumps on the road while driving...I learned it hard.
Besides the pain, the only thing I really have to complain about, is I wanted to go down to a C. I know that my body would've been awkward looking if I went that small...but I still wish he would've put me at a C. I was measured at a D/DD depending on the bra. I am finally starting to feel like my body is back to normal. They don't hurt anymore and my shirts fit so much better now!

Yesterday, I got my drains out and my bandage off! Best feeling ever! I finally got to see my new breasts. It was the weirdest feeling ever. Not something you can picture years ahead of time, I guess you could say. The nurse unwrapped the bandage and snipped a few stitches around the nipples. Worst part? Once she cut the sutures...she just yanked the drainage tubes out! THAT HURT BADLY!!!! It made me cry.

Once that was over, I was pretty much all done. I did have a chunk of excess skin that my mother thought should be cut off. So they cut it off. After that, it was done! Most insurance companies do not cover the cost of a surgical bra. They aren't too expensive, they cost $20 each.

Now all I have to do is heal. Most of the stitches I have are dissolvable. The only thing I still have to do is sleep on my back until they are healed up (hopefully quickly, I'm a stomach sleeper) for the majority.