May need some scar revision but all systems a go! 10 weeks post-op!- San Francisco, CA

10 weeks post op and i finally go swimsuit shopping because i have a work retreat and a birthday coming up which involves beaches and hot tubs! I've lost 16 lbs on top of the 4.4 lbs removed from my chest and never in a million years did i think swimsuit shopping would be so much fun!

All is healing well with the exception of some stubborn scar tissue on my problematic right breast. I met with my surgeon last week and he's instructed me to do some self scar tissue massage as it looks like a mass of scar tissue has formed on the lower right side of my breast and has attached itself to the chest wall and is causing my boob shape to be a bit off. My right definitely is a different shape than my left which has healed fine. not a huuuge noticable difference in a bra but it does feel like there is pulling under the incision site when i reach up or out during my gym workouts. If the self massage doesn't loosen it up in a month my surgeon is going to have to perform some scar revision which he noted isn't major surgery. they may need to go in and detach and remove some scar tissue.
i wished i had done some scar tissue massage earlier in the game but you never know and i felt so protective of my incisions. a tip to the ladies, movement is your friend! once your incision has closed up it's good to get things moving to break up scar tissue and help drain some lymph.

other then possible scar revision surgery all is well! i'm back to running at the gym and adding weight training and there's no pain at all and my running gait and form has improved leaps and bounds since i'm no longer being pulled forward by 4.4 lbs of boob!

that second round of antibiotics helped and the swelling has gone down and i'm able to sleep back down off the wedge pillow and even on my left side (the less swollen rapidly healing side) if I want! the right still has some side boob swelling but it has shrunk down just not to the healing point of the left side just yet. i've been doing some self lymph massage and i think that's helping with the swelling but not enough to make it go away completely.

i'm back at the gym too. no real heavy lifting and no running just yet but i can manage the eliptical (with no arms) for 45 minutes and i can do some stretching that involved bending over without much discomfort. i feel so close to feeling normal that i can taste it! my incisions are all closed up but still feel sore on occasion. i'm still wearing bralettes and wireless bras. i feel no need right now to go to a wire frame and wonder if i ever will as the girls really are so much smaller that they sorta stay up there on their own. wires used to be such a necessity for my 36G's since nothing else lifted and separated them but now they're doing so on their own!

i have some workout/yoga tank tops with shelf bras that i used to wear with an additional sports bra underneath and have worn two this week without the second bra and have had no issues with bounce. never in a million years did i think i'd ever be able to be stable with just a shelf bra but ta-dah! my surgeon is a genius!

it's also been a joy to wear button down shirts and t-shirts with images or text on them that are now readable now that my 36Gs aren't distorting them into something ridiculous. it's been such a transformation. the most recent picture posted, the left shows me the morning of my surgery and the right shows me today. since my surgery, on top of the 4.4 lbs removed i've also lost 11 lbs through revamping my diet. i've never been this happy with my body. it can only get better.

i saw my surgeon for my 1 month check up yesterday. i had been feeling pretty run down for the past 2 days and I chalked it up to being on week 2 of no refined sugars (the BR inspired me to start taking better care of myself!). My side boobs, especially the right, has been on and off with the swelling but it was particularly bad yesterday and my PS noticed. We talked about how I was doing and after telling him how I felt like I had flu symptoms he put me on another round of antibiotics. He did say it would be odd to have an infection so late in the game but better safe than sorry! I filled my perscription and took my first pill as soon as i got it. Last night I was a wreck. Exhausted, achy, just plain out sick. I had not felt that bad in ages.

Since I had taken my wedge pillow off the bed a week ago I've been worried about accidentally rolling to my side and I had done that several times in the past 3 days. Last night we broke out the wedge pillow back and put it back in bed. I can't be trusted to not roll over onto my side just yet, especially with my right side boob so swollen and sore. My left is definitely ahead of the game in the healing department! very minimal swelling and no numbness. It feels like normal tissue when I touch it. My right is still numb in places and is hard and warm/hot to touch where there is swelling. I'm wearing my lightest and loosest bralette since any pressure on my right side boob hurts.

I'm not out of the dark yet. Patience. I know. It's hard when all you want to do is just feel normal again.