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About 10 months now, doing fine
I've been more or less back to normal life for quite awhile now. I do still notice some discomfort if I do a lot of physical activity that requires reaching and pulling. The PS had mentioned that some healing continues up to 18 months PO. I had an appointment with her a couple weeks ago and everything looks great. I've ended up generally wearing a 40DD bra, though the one style seems like 38DD might work better. Scars are starting to fade, especially if I compare with earlier pictures. The only treatment I use is actually for some dry itchy skin around the nipple that I had before surgery, for which I use some ointment with mineral oil and lanolin. I figure it helps with the scars too since I was told to keep them moisturized. All in all, grateful for the good results!
Six Weeks
It's amazing the difference a couple weeks make. I had a PO appointment with the PS after one month and everything was great. She removed the steri-strips on the underside and those incisions were both smaller than I expected and looking quite healed. There's still some loose puckered skin in the area. After I no longer had anything "weeping" I was able to stop applying gauze and just wear a very light cotton undershirt with my compression bra. I still haven't purchased a "regular" bra because of lack of time and just not wanting to try them on and off. I stopped wearing a bra at night about a week ago. It happened somewhat by accident--I woke up and realized I'd never put it back on at bedtime!
My PS did not recommend scar cream when asked, just said to keep area moisturized. Bruising is gone and just a little tenderness if I try and do too much. The overall shape is a little off, hoping that will improve with time and maybe some molding with proper bra cups soon. It's really not entirely obvious to most people what has changed, but I notice it for sure. Huge improvement.
This weekend I played music with my friends for two evenings and a whole day at a Renaissance Faire and it was wonderful. I had to stand aside and not help with putting up a pavilion and hauling a lot of stuff, but people understood when I reminded them (I mean, just barely 6 weeks from a surgery after all!).
My PS did not recommend scar cream when asked, just said to keep area moisturized. Bruising is gone and just a little tenderness if I try and do too much. The overall shape is a little off, hoping that will improve with time and maybe some molding with proper bra cups soon. It's really not entirely obvious to most people what has changed, but I notice it for sure. Huge improvement.
This weekend I played music with my friends for two evenings and a whole day at a Renaissance Faire and it was wonderful. I had to stand aside and not help with putting up a pavilion and hauling a lot of stuff, but people understood when I reminded them (I mean, just barely 6 weeks from a surgery after all!).
It's been 11 days
The second post-op appointment was yesterday with the surgeon--everything looks good. Also, car rides (and even driving) are not as bad. I still have one little spot in my incisions that sometimes has a spot of blood coming out, but otherwise I'm healing up very well. Still swollen, but looking better everyday.
At this point, I mostly get impatient. It's easier to reach and move around but I can still be so uncomfortable, especially the bottom incisions area. I'm careful to make sure the bra band is not anywhere too close, but there's still just weight on them most of the time. Sometimes I'll lie down to shift the weight and not because I'm tired.
I'm sleeping in my own bed again with a great wedge pillow I got last Friday. The last two nights I didn't even wake up during the night at all. I am having trouble falling asleep early enough to wake up very early (and not using an alarm clock). And by early enough I just mean getting dressed by say 9am to work from home, or have my mom pick me up for some errands (like today at Costco where I'm not a member myself). I'm happy to be showering and washing my hair everyday but it's such a process! I always feel like I need another nap after getting my bra situated again for instance. I'm currently using some light gauze just to cover and protect incisions. I actually still have surgical tape on the horizontal ones underneath, when I asked the surgeon about them yesterday she said to leave them on (not that they're coming off, even when exposed to water). I still take one Lortab at bedtime and maybe one full dose of Tylenol or Excederin during the day. Yesterday I also asked about the sore bruise on the side and it turns out there was some liposuction. First I'd heard it was done, though at least I was not surprised thanks to reading about other experiences here.
And the surgeon warned she's going to bug me about weight loss every time she sees me, oh bother. I actually dropped about 9-10 pounds right after surgery, but now with appetite returning and less activity I'm holding steady at best. I did get a replacement stationary bike (the electronics quit last year so I couldn't change the resistance), so hopefully I can get that habit going again.
At this point, I mostly get impatient. It's easier to reach and move around but I can still be so uncomfortable, especially the bottom incisions area. I'm careful to make sure the bra band is not anywhere too close, but there's still just weight on them most of the time. Sometimes I'll lie down to shift the weight and not because I'm tired.
I'm sleeping in my own bed again with a great wedge pillow I got last Friday. The last two nights I didn't even wake up during the night at all. I am having trouble falling asleep early enough to wake up very early (and not using an alarm clock). And by early enough I just mean getting dressed by say 9am to work from home, or have my mom pick me up for some errands (like today at Costco where I'm not a member myself). I'm happy to be showering and washing my hair everyday but it's such a process! I always feel like I need another nap after getting my bra situated again for instance. I'm currently using some light gauze just to cover and protect incisions. I actually still have surgical tape on the horizontal ones underneath, when I asked the surgeon about them yesterday she said to leave them on (not that they're coming off, even when exposed to water). I still take one Lortab at bedtime and maybe one full dose of Tylenol or Excederin during the day. Yesterday I also asked about the sore bruise on the side and it turns out there was some liposuction. First I'd heard it was done, though at least I was not surprised thanks to reading about other experiences here.
And the surgeon warned she's going to bug me about weight loss every time she sees me, oh bother. I actually dropped about 9-10 pounds right after surgery, but now with appetite returning and less activity I'm holding steady at best. I did get a replacement stationary bike (the electronics quit last year so I couldn't change the resistance), so hopefully I can get that habit going again.
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