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Breast Reduction Surgery Journey
UPDATED FROM Ashley H.
24 days post
new me party today
Ashley H.February 22, 2014
WORTH IT
What you're about to witness is my year of transformation. I will let the video speak for itself...BUT I will talk about the song I picked for the video...When I first met Melvin (14yrs old) I was 140-150lbs. When we reconnected 4yrs ago I weighed about 230lbs. Through the 4yrs I gained that 'relationship' weight, 25-30lbs putting me at 255lbs...Not once had he made me feel like I was less of anything, like my weight was a problem or as if he was disgusted. I complained to him all the time how uncomfortable I was, how fat I was, how my back, knees and stuff hurt. He went out one day & got some running shoes, got a blender and veggies. He came home one evening and said let's go for a walk. We walked down Kipling pkwy starting a Ritchie rd, down Marlboro pike and came back down Ritchie rd, and that started the journey...he walked with me. He jumped & stretched with me. He stood by me through this whole journey. Although I was not happy with myself, whenever I was with/around him he made me feel so beautiful...With that said, I want to thank you for taking this journey with me!
UPDATED FROM Ashley H.
16 days post
Valentines Day
Ashley H.February 14, 2014
Happy Valentines Day!! Ugh, so tonight is gonna suck unless I can find a way around it... So, im thinking make a nice dinner in front of our fire place...i want to wear a nice dress (he gonna already be dressed from work)...im trying to figure out what to cook...
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February 14, 2014
We're having an at home Valentines too. Not really up to going out so it's ok by me. Hope you have a good one, no matter what you fix, he'll love it ;-)
February 15, 2014
had my surgery on Monday, and I feel everything you have said!!! I am stir crazy!! We have snow and cold too!! I am however going this morning at 8:15 to hopefully get my drains out!! I am hoping if they can come out, it will make a difference in the way I feel. I feel like my sports bra that doc put me in is just soooo tight!! I wake up feeling like I can't breath. I move from couch to couch, chair to chair. I am losing my mind!!! I don't think I realized that the recovery was this unpleasant. I believed that because I had a hip replacement I could do this no problem. And on top of being uncomfortable all the time, we got depressing news that we have to pay taxes this year, and not just pay, but a whopping $3,300. WTH do we get that, my husband is disabled, on a fixed income and I selfishly took 2 weeks off without pay to have this surgery for myself. I am soo depressed. I keep hoping that everything I am feeling physically and emotionally will be better the next day. But the next day hasn't come yet. I think the only day I felt great was Wednesday, 2 days after surgery, but no improvement since then. I did shower on Wednesday, my neighbor who is a nurse came and took off bandages said everything looks good and that i don't have any stitches. I am so scared today to have my drains taken out!! Happy Valentines to us!!!
February 23, 2014
ohhh, it truly nothing. Having them was the worst, but I wanted them as the doctor explained the bigger the breasts the more likely he is to put them in to help prevent the risk of infection. I was so scared, but I am not going to lie, as not one single person told me anything about how uncomfortable the drains are, the drains ARE THE WORST PART, but it is only for 5 days. And I was out of it for the first 2 days, sleeping, sleeping and sleeping. I took a pain pill before I went to have them out because I was so scared, and it truly didn't hurt at all!!!
UPDATED FROM Ashley H.
16 days post
Post op
Ashley H.February 14, 2014
Sadly, my post op was canceled due to the foot of snow we received, as well as tge funeral...i cant wait until winter is over!! Theyre talking 60degrees next week. Cant wait..BUT i have to remenber that its still winter
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February 14, 2014
At least it is nice to stay inside in the warm and take it easy. The UK has had mega storms with lots of flooding but luckily we are not in a badly affected area. How are you doing? I have updated my review for 3 weeks post op.
February 14, 2014
Great, i slept on my right side last night...in the middle of the night i got uncomfortable so i slept sitting up the remainder of tge night...i will go look at ur update
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