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Almost 5 months PO
UPDATED FROM Mommyslittlemonster
4 months post
March 22, 2013 I am scheduled for another...
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March 22, 2013
I am scheduled for another surgery under local in May to repair both breasts. The right breast has that implant dropping issue and some healing issues on the vertical incision. The healing issue is minor, it's just sometimes the incision re-opens superficially and I have to put a bandaid on it. So my ps wants to cut the area out and clean up the incision, and hopefully fix the implant issue. The left breast needs a repair to the areola, apparently the stitch didn't hold and so as a result my areola has widened. Aside from that, and the dog ear on my right hip, everything is great. I still get just a little bit of swelling by bedtime and wake up thinner the next morning. I can run and hike and lift weights, everything feels normal again, although there is some tingling in my tummy when the blood starts to pump from exercise- that feels weird! I have the occasional shooting pain that last for just seconds in my TT area and I know that's nerve reconnection. The phantom itch thing sucks too but there's absolutely nothing I can do about that so I just have to distract myself as much as I can. Doesn't last long anyway. I still have very little feeling in my breasts. I think I forgot to mention during my last post that I went to Victoria secret and bought an awesome (but way too expensive) bra. That was sort of pivotal for me, seeing how I look in bra like that- that I look the way the bra intended for me to look! haha. I am a 36 D, and I am totally ok with it. I was worried about being too big but it hasn't gotten in the way of running and that was the main concern. Plus they really don't look that large, in my opinion. My boyfriend thinks they're huge but that's not a complaint coming from him! I'm happy with them :)
I hope everyone is healing well!!
I am scheduled for another surgery under local in May to repair both breasts. The right breast has that implant dropping issue and some healing issues on the vertical incision. The healing issue is minor, it's just sometimes the incision re-opens superficially and I have to put a bandaid on it. So my ps wants to cut the area out and clean up the incision, and hopefully fix the implant issue. The left breast needs a repair to the areola, apparently the stitch didn't hold and so as a result my areola has widened. Aside from that, and the dog ear on my right hip, everything is great. I still get just a little bit of swelling by bedtime and wake up thinner the next morning. I can run and hike and lift weights, everything feels normal again, although there is some tingling in my tummy when the blood starts to pump from exercise- that feels weird! I have the occasional shooting pain that last for just seconds in my TT area and I know that's nerve reconnection. The phantom itch thing sucks too but there's absolutely nothing I can do about that so I just have to distract myself as much as I can. Doesn't last long anyway. I still have very little feeling in my breasts. I think I forgot to mention during my last post that I went to Victoria secret and bought an awesome (but way too expensive) bra. That was sort of pivotal for me, seeing how I look in bra like that- that I look the way the bra intended for me to look! haha. I am a 36 D, and I am totally ok with it. I was worried about being too big but it hasn't gotten in the way of running and that was the main concern. Plus they really don't look that large, in my opinion. My boyfriend thinks they're huge but that's not a complaint coming from him! I'm happy with them :)
I hope everyone is healing well!!
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UPDATED FROM Mommyslittlemonster
2 months post
2 month PO and part of me feels like it's been a...
2 month PO and part of me feels like it's been a lot longer than that. Since surgery I've been to Australia and back and apart from the occassional phantom itch in my tummy, I really don't feel like I'm only two months out. My swelling has finally subsided quite a bit and I really only notice it after long days. This morning I realized my jeans are too big and I'm finally feeling like I'm getting to my post op size. I still need breast repair for the bottoming out and possibly a dog ear scar rivision on my right hip. Aside from that, I feel great. Hope everyone is healing well!
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T
January 11, 2013
Great to hear from you and to hear that all is going so well! You're certainly further along than I am. I swell like crazy by bedtime! Would love to see pics without the rash! Continued happy healing to you!
M
T
January 25, 2013
Ooh, did you love Australia?? I've long wanted to go, but it's such a mammoth expense. Where all did you go??
M
March 14, 2013
I did love Australia- my boyfriend lives there so I'm planning to move there at some point. I went to Brisbane and stayed in that area the whole time. It's beautiful there!
UPDATED FROM Mommyslittlemonster
22 days post
3wpo I'm three weeks PO and feeling good. I went...
3wpo
I'm three weeks PO and feeling good. I went to the ps today and have officially been cleared to take off my CG and start running again!! I'm sooooo excited about getting back to my routine and just moving. I also get to wear regular bras- whoohoo! I guess three weeks is the official "get back to life" stage and I'm very ready for it.
The nurse told me I'll have to wait another few months before I can get the revision done to fix the bottoming out in my right breast which is ok- I'm not ready for another surgery.
Happy healing everybody!
I'm three weeks PO and feeling good. I went to the ps today and have officially been cleared to take off my CG and start running again!! I'm sooooo excited about getting back to my routine and just moving. I also get to wear regular bras- whoohoo! I guess three weeks is the official "get back to life" stage and I'm very ready for it.
The nurse told me I'll have to wait another few months before I can get the revision done to fix the bottoming out in my right breast which is ok- I'm not ready for another surgery.
Happy healing everybody!
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T
November 28, 2012
Holy crapola! Running?!?! I just drove for the first time today and it still kills me to stand up for a long time. I can't even bend completely over yet. I have some spots that have opened and are draining. Had my PO yesterday and was told to increase my activities but there is no way I could run right now. So kuddos to you if you can. I am still hunched over and just took my first shower yesterday.
M
November 29, 2012
That shower part sucks!!! It must've felt awesome to finally have done it! Yea I'm not sure IF I can run, I only know that I have been cleared to do it, but listen to my body and not push it. I haven't had a chance to try yet. I've been walking for 30 min or so at a time on my treadmill and that felt great so.. who knows. I've been standing up straight since day 5 so I'm pretty sure what separates my recovery from everyone else's is the fact that I had no muscle repair. I really think that must make a huge difference.
BB
November 28, 2012
Sounds like things are going well:-)Â
M
T
November 28, 2012
Congratulations! Wish I was so healed as that!
M
T
M
November 30, 2012
It means the pocket created for the implant wasnt the right size so my implant dropped under the crease of my breast.
T
T
December 10, 2012
Hey MLM how are you? 5wks today can you believe it????? It's craziness. My insicion still is not healed have 3 stitches spitting out and has caused openings.
M
December 11, 2012
:( that sucks! I'm doing good. I'm back to my routine trying to lose a few pounds before I fly to Australia for new years. It seems like my body is just different now, like I'm wider. I'm hoping it's swelling. I just so want to fit in my old clothes!
T
December 11, 2012
Well come to find out they are dissolvable staples. My body so does not like them. Going in Thursday. I still by the end of the day can't stand straight. The lipo above my belly button hurts and swells so bad. I can't fit into my old clothes either. Thank God for yoga pants lol.
M
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