34J to Hopefully C/D, 43 Years Old, 165lb, 5'6", Two Kids, It's Time - Edina, MN

Not much has changed this week. I bought new gym shoes yesterday and to test them out I jumped a little --and it didn't hurt my boobs! I can't even see the incision lines around parts of my nipples anymore. And the left one that was really uneven is starting to look more round as the sutures let go. I did not expect to look or feel this good and recovered by five weeks. I'm gong to try working out today. I'll see my doctor on Thursday again to try to drain more fluid from the right side. It still has a hard mass inside it that feels like a big dull bruise. I think I'm still swollen but not sure since the left breast is completely soft. Nipple sensation is the same, left side, nothing, right side is painfully over sensitive. The scars along the bottom and sides have turned red/pink a bit. They're still getting flatter and I think they look just fine. I continue to massage with just body lotion and vitamin e oil. But ordered some med derma yesterday to try. The boobs look much bigger in the photos overall than they do in person.

Feeling really great! And I think my surgeon is a magician for how tight the t-junctions are. I guess I was worried about that because I feel like I've written that before. I've been massaging my scars every day. Sometimes with just regular body lotion, sometimes with vitamin e oil. Today I pulled out a knotted end of a stitch at one of the t's and a thread end that had been sticking out in the middle. Then while massaging I felt a couple of pops, so I think the stitches are definitely dissolving. It was a very unnerving feeling! That was the first time I felt squeamish in this whole process.
Left side is totally soft. Right side still has that bruising and a hard mass inside it. I see my surgeon again in two days to see if she can drain more. A week ago I was in to see about draining it and she said it was still solid, a hematoma (bruise). My body needed to break it down to liquid blood before she'd be able to get it out. We'll see Thursday.
My right nipple and all the skin around it is super sensitive and feels kind of raw.
My left nipple is still completely numb.
I'm happy with how the scars look at this point too, especially how much flatter the middle nubby bits have gotten. They still have a long way to go but the healing so far has given me hope for smoother skin between my new breasts someday!
I've said this before as well, but it's even more true now: these feel like me, my breasts absolutely. I didn't lose my old boobs, these are still mine, just now they are the way I've always pictured myself. So if anyone is considering this surgery and is at all worried about mourning the loss of your old big boobs, I can tell you that is not an issue for this girl! I still have a good sized rack, it just doesn't feel like it's trying to kill me anymore.