25 Y/O, 5' 1", No Kids, 32F to Hopefully 32B - Round Rock, TX

You have a beautiful figure except for the excess boobs.. you are going to be gorgeous!

Congrats! The hard part is over now! Wishing you a painless and speedy recovery! :)

Good for you! Now, you can have the reduction without a large bill hanging over your head. Good luck!

Congrats! If you smoke please stop it and drinking too, and you will have an easy recovery

That's so awesome! Which insurance provider do you have? I've had two different ones deny me :(

That's what we are here for! I doubled up in my vitamin C and continued I believe up to 2 weeks post-op as well. I was also taking Bromelain, that helps with swelling. As long as you stay ahead of the pain, you will be fine. Some mention to set an alarm for every 3-4 hours to take your meds. I was taking them 3x a day and was off the strong pain meds by day 4 I believe. I was good with 2 Aleve by the end of the week and then i really wasn't taking anything. But I listened to my instructions and I think that is the most important part! I stayed in my 'comfy' spot besides getting up to walk around every few hours to keep the blood flowing and to keep blood clots from forming, but then right back to my comfy spot. I iced and I loved my ice! Something so simple as icing was my best friend during recovery. :) Stay in your post-op bra 24/7. The more you wear it, the more it helps keep the swelling down, which helps keep the pressure down and that helps with the pain problems. The bra also helps bring the girls together and give them their round, natural shape. A member recommended one of those travel neck pillows and that saved my neck during recovery as well, I'm still using it at a little over a month post-op. If you can have someone stay with you that first week, I totally recommend it. As the days go, you will start to feel better, but it was so great having someone with me. The first 3 days I would just nap throughout the day, but I had my mom help me and get lunch ready and give me my meds. My husband was with me at night. Bring things you need to waist level because you will not want to extend your arms to high. Get used to getting up and sitting down just using your legs because you will not be able to put too much pressure on your arms as well. If you can find button up and zip up tops, that will make things so much easier as well. I found a bunch of light weight full zip hoodies. Sorry, I'm probably all over the place with this post. Lol Umm. I'm trying to think of more. Have a water bottle, because you will want to drink plenty of water. Many members mentioned maxi pads and the breast feeding pads to put in your bra for drainage and padding and i thought that was a great idea because they stick to the bra. Well, the maxi pads ended needing like 20 hands to figure out how to put in my bra! Lol You are a small band, like me, so these maxi pads were so big, I couldn't figure out how to put them in and put my bra on. The breastfeeding pads were fine, just those maxi pads were crazy! My husband ended up putting toilet paper over the sricky part just so we could figure out how to get them in! It was a mess, but luckily it was less than a day and at my first post-op apt, they said I didn't have any drainage, so I didn't need the pads. If I did, I was going to ask for the padding they used (don't know why I didn't think to ask for some extra at my surgery) because those pads were not working. Lol Now I have a pack that will never be used and a whole box of breast feeding pads. I would buy non-stick pads or just ask your PS what supplies they suggest or can give you... Ok, I'm sure this is a book by now. If I remember more, I'm post again or you can check out my profile. I'm sure there is something I'm forgetting to mention. So, post-op bra 24/7, ice and neck pillow, my top items. :) Wishing you the best!

I learned soooo much from reading all the other ladies' journeys. From emotional highs and lows to healing secrets, its all on here from first hand experiences. Feel free to read my journal on this site. I had bad bouts of depression (which I did read this was perfectly normal and confirmed by my doctor). The only thing I would want to stress is that eliminating any and all nicotine is crucial. Also, jabrody08 is correct in that taking your meds as prescribed (whether you think you need it or not) will keep you ahead of the pain. Once you are feeling pain, its going to take a lot out of you to get on top of it again.