Surgery Scheduled Hoping I Go Through with It. - Northern Ireland

I'm two weeks post op today and whilst I would say I am improving daily I have to say that as far as pain goes the first week post op was less painful. I don't know if it's because I am moving about more but by the end of each day I am feeling a lot more pain and tenderness, my PS is pleased with my progress and his nurse checked by breasts yesterday and was happy with them, so I guess the pain is all part of the healing process. I am also surprised at how tired I am still feeling but this is also improving every day. I think after reading the other posts on Realself I thought I would just bounce up and get back to normal within a few days. I just have the tape underneath and around the nipple area and the bruising is fading as well. There is a definite healing process to go through and I guess the old saying no pain no gain is really true.

Here I am 5 days post op and things have been going well. Pain has been minimal and I am manageing without painkillers. Things are more uncomfortable than painful, my biggest annoyance is the band of my bra digging into the dressings underneath my breasts, I am popping out to the shops later to buy a bra extendor which will hopefully take care of this problem. I have my first post op appointment with my surgeon on 30 Jan so hopefully the dressings can be removed and I can get his opinion on my progress.

Hi to all my lovely kind friends in the US, I am now two days post op and feeling fine on it. I can't believe I've actually done it. I was very nervous on Saturday morning driving to the clinic for my 7.30am check in, I was relieved to hear on arrival that I was first on the list at 8.30am so I didn't really have time to think with filling in forms etc. I was a bit wobbly when they were wheeling me to theatre but a lovely nurse who had had the op herself kept me calm. The anaesthetist told me he was going to give me something to relax me and the next thing I knew I woke up and everything was over. I had a bit of pain when I came around but they sorted me out with some morphine and then returned to me to my room where I slept on and off for the rest of the day. I came home yesterday and have been in bed resting and being looked after by my lovely husband. I can't say I have been in any real pain, just uncomfortable, the removal of the drains was also fine. To be honest I don't know how I feel about my new boobs, they are certainly a great deal smaller and I was shocked when I first saw them I haven't seen them without a bra yet but the nurses told me the shape is great. I do think it will take me a while to get used to this new shape, but on the whole I am very pleased with the size. Even with the swelling I am quite small but then after being a 34H anything would seem small.
Thank you so much for you good wishes to me and I will keep you all updated on how I progress over the coming weeks.