49 and Very Nervous About my Decision! - Newburyport, MA

Well, it appears as if I will end up with a DD...not a stuffed into my bra DD!! It is a huge improvement over my previous size for sure. I've been through a lot of emotional changes in relation to my surgery. At first I wondered if I had done the right thing. I searched high and low on this site for someone who might be feeling like me. I kept wondering if I had done the right thing. My breasts were so different. I felt odd having such high sitting, firm breasts. I was so used to the way they were. My surgeon said to give it time. She said I had been looking at my breasts in the prior shape for so long and she explained it as an adjustment period. There were so many women saying /expressing nothing but glee at their new shape. I had a hard time coming to terms with mine. I loved that the weight was off that was for sure though. That relief was almost immediate. Now,, here I am loving the new shape, size, and feel of my breasts. My surgeon made them beautifully proportioned to my size. I thought they were to small when I first had my surgery! Imagine, a DD to small! Ha! Time definitely heals. I am now one of the many women saying I would do it over again in a heart beat!

Well, things are coming along for sure. The incisions are doing great. I guess I am a good healer, I have no complaints and that was quite a concern of mine. Around my nipples are doing wonderful, I don't lift my breast to view that incision, I'm really not going to see it much so why keep looking now that I am past the assessment for acute incisional infection.
I do note that I have a lot of the feelings of being suddenly stabbed or an electrical current in my breasts. That happened yesterday. I did go to a concert over the weekend and even though I wasn't dancing about (much) I was careful, I guess it was enough to have this happen. It has subsided now and I did read on my post op instruction that this was normal. I even wore my surgical bra provided to me by the doc post op!
I still have to try and stop showing them to people. I can not get over the art form involved with my surgeons skill. I love them. I have to say it is still an adjustment looking at them. Although I would never go back to the large breasts that I had, it is still somewhat of an adjustment to see them. Here are theses breasts on my body that some how seem a bit foreign to me. Not sure how long this will last. On the plus side, I haven't enjoyed shopping for tops this much since my early thirties. Everything fits... and looks great! All in all, me and the girls are learning to love each other. Here's to our mental, physical and psychological health ladies. Bravo to us that stepped out of our fears and into a newly shaped world!!

I went shopping for shirts today. I just wanted to tell all the sales associates that I had breast reduction surgery! I was so happy about how my body looked in shirts. I finally got to try on form fitting shirts, they looked great. It was such a different experience then picking the biggest, darkest shirt that's only purpose was to cover up my huge breasts. I can't believe the slimming effect that having this surgery had on me! It was great! As for my breasts, they are healing. I am getting what feels like nerve pain as it radiates across the area and feels kind of like pins and needles or electrical firing. the incisions are healing. I'm glad that that I have another week and a half off from work. I want to keep it simple, try to let these delicate incisions do their thing and heal!