32, 5' 7", 36DDD - Breast Reduction - Nashville, TN

At the risk of sounding complainy: Did anyone having this procedure come out the other side feeling like they were still too large? I realize it's only been a month, but I truly am worried that I'm not going to go down at all. I think I'm somewhere between a D and DD. :( I'm attaching a couple of pictures to show you all where I had some openings along my incision lines. They've definitely been bothering me, and they're not pretty! But things could be much, much worse- so I feel fortunate! Any thoughts, etc. on when the "true size" will be more final? (Easy my worrying mind, ladies!! :))

Well, it's been a bit of a rough go! Somehow, I managed to lose a layer or two of skin at the base of my T incisions on both sides. My PS said it was because I was trying to do too much... That's something I've basically heard my entire life, so not incredibly surprising ;). Anyway, the healing process has slowed down a lot because of them. My PS has me putting Neosporin on the wounds every day & night with non-stick gauze to cover. Still in the post-surgery(ish) bras. Ready for the smaller straps because I'm struggling to fit my wardrobe over the big bra straps/high backs/etc. If only it weren't summer! I had a lot of pain the second week. Plus, emotionally, I was struggling. I think a big part of it was all of the pain medication in/leaving my system. I went back to work one week after surgery. I'm not sure that was helpful, but I'm in a sales-type job, so I didn't have much of a choice. I know I'm just being picky, but right now I'm struggling with the size. I've read that they still are probably swollen, etc. (I know, I know... It's only been 3 weeks...), but I wanted opinions/advice from those who have been through this? Did you get smaller after week 3? Also, I'm still up around 10 lbs that magically appeared when I woke up from surgery. Is this normal?! I feel like such cases a complainer. I'm so appreciative that I was able to have this done, but I'm not good at recovering. I'm normally such a little ball of energy!

I am not doing well with keeping up with my updates here! I apologize. I know my journey hasn't been the most exciting, but I need to be more consistent with my updates! I'm actually feeling a lot more pain this week than I experienced last week. Still very swollen along the incisions. I saw my PS for my second post-op, and he was very, very positive. In fact, he and his staff mentioned several times that my healing is coming along so well that they have forgotten it was only a week ago. I'm still in the front-closure bras that were requested by my PS before the surgery. I'm changing the dressings every day (sometimes twice a day). Still some leakage from the vertical incisions. He used skin glue, so parts of that are coming off every day. I've been given the okay to use Neosporin or Vaseline on my incision lines to encourage that glue to come off a little more as well. Even though I have a (mostly) desk-job situation, I'm still finding myself very sore and swollen at the end of the day. I actually went to work for a few hours on my 4th day post-surgery (simple work- meetings, emails, etc.), but I wish I had more PTO to use for this week. I probably could've used another week to recover. Things are very stressful at my job right now, so I feel that the stress might be impeding my recovery. And that's really frustrating. I'm still taking one pain pill during the day and one at night. I'm ready to be done with those. They don't affect me much, other than making me a little sleepy. It's weird how unaffected I am by them, actually. I'm retaining water like CRAZY. I'm still up about EIGHT POUNDS (... :( ...) since before surgery. Pants that were very, very loose are tight. That's so frustrating. I've been informed that will take around 2-3 weeks to dissipate. I'm so ready not to feel like a hippo anymore! I'm doing so well at work, home, etc. that people are definitely forgetting that I just had a "major" (that's what my PS calls it) surgery. My husband got mad at me a few nights ago when I didn't help him carry our luggage from over the weekend into our place from my car. He'd forgotten I could lift anything! He felt so bad afterward. I think he's apologized at least 10 times. Poor guy. At work, it's more of the same. Hopefully, I'll feel better soon enough to actually help with things! I'm so used to being on the go all the time, so this is driving me insane. How's everyone doing out there? Anyone else experience more pain in the second week than the first? Thanks for being patient with me. Life is crazy right now!