55 year old mother of 4 Grammy to 3

Its been 4 weeks! I thought I'd be back to normal. HA How do you girls go back to work? I feel pretty good and my stamina is coming back. I have pain at night and when I first stand up, I have to massage to get it to loosen up. It feels like its going to rip or tear, mostly in the upper section. The mons area has been swollen since I left the table. I've started putting pressure on it with a maxi pad. By choice I wear the binder during the day when I am home, and when I go out I wear the spanx they gave me. At night I have a spanx that is more comfortable to wear. I'm down about 12 lb and I think my belly is going to look better than I expected! I still wear my same pants but they are loose. I'm very anxious to go down a size. My tops seem like tents...They probably are tents :) My boobs are a little squareish and still have long way to go. I think when the implant settles they will be rounder. They reassured me the pucker around the areola would go away. I had a spot open up and look pretty nasty. Its healing but I might end up with a discolored spot. I'm trying not to obsess on it. I can't believe I've actually done this surgery and I'm a month out. I feel so fortunate to be able to do it. Its easy to start picking myself apart and seeing other areas that now stand out to me. I'm just not gonna let myself go there. My big inner tube that I hated everyday of my life is gone and I am grateful.

day 9 is a whole new world. I am only taking pain med at night. The binder is too uncomfortable and it bunches up. I have to lay on my back with head and knees elevated. I want to sleep on my side so bad. I'm not doing much of anything at home. Just picking up after myself. I am still unable to stand straight. I'm getting sick of walking hunched over. My ps said I could try to straighten each day but I dont know how far to push it. Over all I feel better than I expected to at 9 days. Gettign up and down hurts but is very manageable. I didnt weigh right before surgery but I did today. I think I'm down 8 lbs! Considering I'm swollen I'm happy with that! I hate taking pics, but it's been so helpful seeing everyone else's that I'll contribute too. I thought my boobs looked too small at first but now I think the size is perfect. They arent as big as they look n these pics. I think I am a D.

To tell the truth I havent felt like I could post until today. I'm on day 5 now and things are much much better. I have cut pain pills in half today and its been ok. Typically I do not have a good pain tolerance. Day two the pain was reallly bad, day three almost bearable. My upper thighs and butt are swollen so even my stretchy pants dont fit. I feel like i look like the michelin tire woman with a flat belly. I hope its swelling and Im not that over all fat. I don't mean to be negative. I felt really happy this morning :) I think its my estrogen withdrawal. I dont know what I think of my boobs. They are smaller which i wanted. Everyone else says they are still big but I feel a significant difference. I dont get a lot of privacy to look at myself due to the sweet women in my family helping me with showers. The positive thing is that I made it through the surgery and I lived through the few hell days of pain. Now I just have good things to look forward to! I go see my ps tomorrow. I'll post some pics when these big thighs go down a little, OMG