1Year Post-Op, Success!! - Halifax, NS

Hi all,

I thought I should start one of these since all of the stories and photos on here have been a huge part of choosing to go forward with getting a breast reduction. I am 18, turning 19 in a few weeks, and have just been approved by MSI (Nova Scotia HealthCare) and have scheduled my operation. I have had boobs seemingly forever... having grown to a size 34H over the course of the years. I am very active and involved in a lot of things and have always been frustrated by my enormous breast size and how difficult it was to find bras, be confident, and be comfortable. I play varsity volleyball at my university and team runs and workouts have become the bane of my existence due to the multiple sports bras I have to wear (well... and I'm a pretty brutal runner).

I have only met with my surgeon once, but he came very highly recommended from close friends and my family doctor. He was incredibly nice at the consultation... professional, kind, understanding, and most of all, supportive of whatever I wanted to do. My goal is to not be too, too small but smaller than my ridiculous size now. I told him D/DD would be ideal and he thinks that is realistic and would be very manageable for him. YAY! During our consultation he said he would not be using drains, using an "anchor" type method ideally, and is hoping to get a nice round shape once all is finished.

I am very excited, and counting down the days until operation... well, post-operation... and would love any advice/comments/helpful hints, anything really to get me ready for the big day! The Dr.'s assistant informed me that I should be looking for post-op bras, generally with velcro, to be able to put on afterward that won't irritate anything. If anyone has found one that has worked well - that would be awesome info for me!

Thanks :)

I go from being crazy excited to incredibly nervous and back again almost every day. Had my first dream about the surgery going really badly the other night and woke up stressed despite how long I have to go still. Wishing someone I knew personally had this done recently that I could vent all my feelings too... friends and fam are supportive but so many ask "You're so lucky, why change anything!" and that is just far too frustrating to respond to multiple times.
OH WELL. I need to order post-op bras, ones with velcro my surgeon said? Or something along those lines... not sure where to get those but his assistant suggested looking at Shoppers or Lawtons, or ordering off any medical website. Should probably look into that.
If anyone has any tips, feel free to send them my way! August 21 is approaching quickly and I don't know if I should be feeling more prepared or not at this point... eek!
Hoping the nervous feelings melt away as I get more and more excited about the outcome. Fingers crossed!!

Is this real life? One more week to go... so so so excited. Hoping all goes well, I was warned I might start getting panic-y so I'm hoping to avoid that and keep the mindset I've managed thus far. Bought some sports bras that look pretty comfy (and pretty, too!!!) for afterwards - also have my post-op bra with the velcro which I'm relieved about.
I didn't really get any one-week-prior-to-surgery guidelines or anything... not sure if I should be doing anything differently/not doing this, that, or the other thing. Google here I come.
Fingers crossed the next few days go by quickly. Blows my mind that it is coming up so fast.