Finally They Are out - Savannah, GA

A few pictures from this week.
I decided to take off the tape and just wear the bra because it makes sense to me to let some air in. When they'd get sore I'd put honey on the incisions and a pad over the honey to protect inside the bra. Then frozen peas. The honey and the cold together are amazing. So soothing.
I've felt so good the past few days that it's been hard to remember to take it easy, not reach for things on the top shelf or the back seat. But I remember pretty quick because the skin around incisions is still really tight and painful when stretched.
Some great feedback from my body, after taking it so much easier and resting more: no back pain. It's not like I was carrying extra weight in the boobs, but I guess I typically carry a lot of $h*t around in my purse.
I have some TNS ceramide cream by skin medica that is excellent for helping skin heal and regenerate after chemical peels, so I tried it on the rash under my right nipple and it seems to help a lot. I put a little on the stitches (actually the stitches are inside, so I guess on the scar) and I think it helped that too.
I feel like it should be ok to sleep without a bra but I guess I won't until my doc says so. I can't wait to take it off, it's incredibly uncomfortable to sleep in.

On Monday I went to my first follow-up apt, the tape was removed and evidently my skin didn't like the tape: I had little pimple-like blisters around the tape lines. The tape was replaced with paper tape, and I was given a prescription for antibiotics. Doc said it looked like a yeast infection which is odd because I VERY rarely get those. The bra was driving me crazy and Doc gave me permission to switch a supportive cotton one, which I thought I had but I don't, so I wore a minimizer, Werners or Playtex or something, nylon/spandex, that I bought when I had the empty bags in and was saggy and misshapen. The size of the bra was perfect–and comfortable at first. The healing was going so well that I thought I could do more than I should have, moving around more than I should have. So starting last night the stitches started busting and itching something awful. Because of the antibiotics I was instructed not to take any meds, so I didn't but I sure would have if I could. Ice. Slept miserably. I replaced the paper tape, ouch level 6 on a scale of 10. Then switched back to post surgery bra, which is now oddly enough, really comfortable.

My doc, by the way, recommends raw honey for the incision sites. It's a natural antibiotic. You just cover the honey with paper tape or maxi-pads so you don't stick to your bra. and it turns out to be quite soothing. Amazing.

Here are pics from yesterday.

So I think they are pretty swollen, even the cleavage space between them is squishy and watery feeling. They look really far apart from each other, wide on my ribcage. I know that they were widely spaced before, but I hoped to correct that. I think it may be because of the swelling and the tape underneath. I like them but I'm hoping that there is more slope to the upper breast once the swelling goes down. They itch like crazy.