Up, Up, Up! 10 months and feelin' fine - Ottawa, ON

A year ago I had a breast lift. Wow! I can't believe it's gone by so fast. Being physically and mentally prepared is important. When you do this, you embark on a personal journey that requires patience, self love and trust. It requires finding a doctor you trust, being patient with you and your body and love being where you are at the moment. In the beginning it seemed like my destination was far, but loving yourself the whole way through it was key. I remember the morning I came home and got my first look at my boobs, they were literally a bloody, sticky tape, bruised mess. I stared at them for what seemed like an eternity in disbelief. Just when I was about to cry cause I thought... OMG, what have I done? When my PS removed the bandages, I remembered him saying, they're beautiful. That's when I realized, I had to trust his judgement and start loving them back to being a part of me.

Today, I look back at my pre-op photos and thank my lucky stars I've been blessed with the means to give myself such a gift, that I had the support of family and friends and that I found women on this site who shared their experiences with me.

If you're reading this and you're thinking of embarking on this same journey. Take the time to prepare yourself, mind, body and soul. I took a year to do research so I knew what would be involved, I prepared my body, and did soul-searching to make sure this was something I was doing for me.

I just bought a designer strapless dress. Last year, before my surgery I wouldn't have dared to even try this dress on. I'll be wearing it for Christmas.

I say Merry Christmas (you can translate that into whatever you celebrate) to you all and a very Happy and Healthy New Year!

PS: I posted a picture. Left one is still odd shaped cause of the revision. It'll take a few months for that to iron itself out. I'll post again at that time.

I went back to work on Tuesday and i've been so busy.

The steri strips are still on and no bathing for a few weeks until the stitches have absorbed. Yesterday and today, I've experienced some minor itching but basically easy breezy. Life has pretty much returned to normal, other than no lifting over my head and I look forward to removing my bra at the end of the day. Not that the bra is painful, it's just nice to give the incision in the crease a break.

One thing I'd like to raise is the concerns that I read on this site about a PS who uses staples. To be honest, they bad and in fact they give you some mobility the first few days post-op. If you look at my post op pictures you'll see what they look like. For sure it's weird to see staples in your skin but they don't hurt being there nor do you feel them being removed. When removed there little spots, but those face nicely.

I'll post a picture over the weekend of my result so far.

I experienced a bit of drainage (gold colored liquid) and more bruising but nothing like the lift.

Tuesday October 29th: I saw my PS and he removed the staples. He put some glue and steri strips that I'm to keep on until they wash off. I can lift stuff now, but nothing over my shoulders for another week.