Kapilani: The oranges are on their way out!

I am in the process of ordering my compression garments. I find that am between a medium and a large. My stomach puts me in the large category, but this is the part of me that will be "tucked." My hips are medium. Since these are "pre-op" measurements, I'm tempted to go with the medium. But it would be awful the day of the operation to find that the garment cannot be put on! So now I'm thinking of getting one large and one medium and fitting into the medium as the swelling goes down, but normally this should be the reasoning with the sizing for the "Stage 2" garments, which I am ordering in medium. Did anyone else run into this problem?

Look at my droopy breasts. I said size D, but I don't even know if they're size D. My PS's nurse keeps referring to my MM as a tummy tuck and a lift. Then I always interrupt her and say, "Reduction, Tummy Tuck and Breast Reduction." And she'll say, "Well, yes, essentially the same thing." But if you take these hooters, only lift what I've got, and not make them any smaller, propped up, they're liable to put out the car windshield. On my on-line question to the doctor team, one of them told me to go look at size B bras before I feel lucky that my PS didn't see any problem with bringing me down to a B. He told me to make sure I know what I'm getting into. I am so confused. No offense to anyone, but I was brought up with the mentality of "thinner is always better." And of course I was gifted with this stocky, boxy, frame with a set of ample breasts. Up until age 16 or so, I liked my breasts. I was a 34B, and they wouldn't hold a pencil. Then when I was 18 one day on the swim team, these two 10-to-12 year old brat boys walked past me and snorted, "Wow! She's got BIG ONES!!!" I should have flung their little toe-headed souls into the deep end. With my luck, they would have just zipped across the pool and hoisted themselves out and their coddling parents would have had me disqualified from the swim meet. Which wouldn't have hurt the team because my swim times were always mediocre at best. Now when I wash in the shower I have to lift them up, but not like I have to take a big breath and heave or anything. So I KNOW they're not as large as many who have a reduction (where it's clearly warranted). But I'm noticing those are the ladies for whom insurance pays. This is on my own, so understandably I'm close to an acceptable size, but if I am to continue being as active as I need to be in order to keep these 40 pounds off (exactly one year ago, I was 197.5), I need to be able to do Zumba and run like the wind, without having to wear 3 tight bras. That gets REALLY old. My PS seems to understand completely. I should just relax and trust in him.