Happy and Sad - Philadelphia, PA

Well, its been just about 10 wks. this monday will be the exact day. i'm very happy with my small, and saggy AA's boobies because i don't have the pain I described before when i had the implants. I guest you can said. its bitter sweet. I didn't necessarily hate the size or the implants themselves but i could no long handle the pain. i made a conscience decision to have them remove in the hopes it will remove the pain. and thank God it did!!! I admit, i do miss filling some shirts but actually i fit in a lot of cute shirts now even better with my small boobs. before i had a lot of cleavage hanging out that i just couldn't find the shirt that worked with bigger boobs. now i don't have to worry about that besides if i want them to like bigger, i just put my inserts in my bra and wow i get a instant bigger boobies. I thought i might consider a breast lift because i definitely don't like the saggy appearance of my breast but I just don't know anymore. this site was awesome and i'm glad i found it. thanks realself!

Well, i felt i needed to up date everyone on my progress. I'm doing pretty good, now. But at first i thought things weren't going so great 5 wks post-op. i mean. i week ago my left breast was hurting a lot around and behind my nipple especially when i wore a tighter fitting sports bra and it still felt like there was fluid. I started thinking, seroma. Plus,I noticed that when i made a muscle that my breasts tissue lifted up. it felt like it wasn't fully attached to the breast bone. its kind of like when the implants were under the muscles still but only they weren't. the muscles felt detached. i wasn't sure if this was normal and that i needed to give it more time. However, i was more concerned with the pain so I called my PS with the complaints. I spoke with the receptionist and she said she'd get back with me. she told me, that the PS said it was normal and I needed to give it more time and if i was that concerned with it, I could make an appointment to come in to see him. I felt like a pest a first and I said i'll give it a little more time, however, i didn't mention the muscle thing because i was more concerned with the pain because the pain seemed to be getting worse at this point.
I thought about it for a couple of days and decided to make an appointment with my PS. this was on a Friday so they couldn't bring me in until next Wednesday. by then it would be a little over 6 wks. however, on Monday I got my period and than my breast were feeling little better but i still kept the appointment because of the other issue. However, during the next couple of days while waititng to see my PS, the pain was practically gone. so i thought it was probably due to the period and maybe some fluid from surgry. On wed. my ps confirmed it and told me that it takes up 6 - 8 wks for fluid to go away sometimes and this muscle thing as well. and based on his assessment I was still retaining a little bit of fluid. which is why the pockets where the implants were are still closing and over time i wont be able to lift up my breast tissue up like that, basically, in a nut shell. he explained it better than me but I understood it completely. i felt at ease. plus i was feeling much better which was a true testimony that things were looking better. I will see him in Nov. so if any questions arise from now til then i know he'll be there to help me. I thought he would be upset with me because I felt i was wasted his time. but that wasn't the case. he was very professional, respectful, and understanding about my concerns. after the visit i didn't feel like a pest anymore.
Thank you, Dr. Brenman...