Ten Pounds of Jello in a Five Pound Bowl - Ontario, Canada

Just checking in with a quick update. Today is the 4th anniversary of my surgery and I have to say it is the best thing I have every done for myself. I know those of you who are considering this surgery are nervous and afraid. My only regret is that I didn't do this a lot sooner. Sundresses, bathing suits, strappy tops and going braless were things I thought were never going to be available to me but they are. At sixty I am perfectly comfortable out in the world without a bra. For real.

I honestly believed a life of back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain and constant headaches were something I was always going to have to endure but all of that has stopped.

Please, please go ahead and do this wonderful, life changing thing for yourself.

I just popped in to drop a note about the 2nd anniversary of my surgery. I still could not be happier. You can barely see the scars - even the tear is not that noticeable. I was originally thinking about having scar abatement plastic surgery for the part where the tear was but have decided against that because it looks okay and it is on the underside so you can't really see it anyway.

I want to thank everyone on this site who helped through my journey to the surgery. It really was life-changing and again, my only real regret was not doing it a lot sooner.

Love, peace and happiness always

deka

Almost 4 months out and things are going so well. I had my follow-up with the PS and he is very happy with how things are developing. I can see great improvement of my incisions and they are lovely and flat. PS told me that the silicone sheets are good if you have hypotrophic scarring (raised incisions) but useless for diminishing the redness. Only time will take care of it. I do have that one large area on Ms. Righty and he told me if in a year I was still bothered by it ( there is no chance it will not leave a scar - it should lighten up like the rest of the incisions but will never truly disappear) I could come back and we would look at scar revision options. We shall see - when you run your hand over it now you cannot feel it at all - no raised edges and no depression. It has filled in extraordinarily well - behold the power of spinach and white proteins.

For those of you who are considering this surgery or those of you who are in the process but are feeling frightened or apprehensive about ANY aspect of it let me tell you that it is such a miracle. I surprised myself when I burst into tears at the end of my PS appointment. I am overwhelmed by the amazing, positive changes in my life and my only regret is that I let fear keep me from doing it sooner.

Love to you all, wherever you are in journey to health and happiness!

Lisa