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Pain/Stiff after sleeping
I wake up every night from sleeping in pain and feeling very stiff, especially along the sides of my breasts. I'm still sleeping in a bra. Is it just from the gravity pulling them to the sides while I sleep? I start out propped up on pillows but somehow wake up nearly flat on my back. How long until this goes away? Adding updated pics!
One Week New!
I had my one week follow up today. Dr Price is very pleased with progress and how things are looking.
My right breast is still slightly more swollen and hasn't regained feeling in the nipple yet, he said that's due to it having been more constricted in the lower pole than the left was. (It's always been my smaller breast.) I have complete feeling back in my left nipple, actually better than it was most recently since I've breastfed two kids!
He said I can start gentle massage now. I can stop sleeping in a bra next week if I want, not sure how I feel about that though. I have a lounge bra I might wear at night for a while... I can start walking for exercise and working out again as long as I don't do any direct pectoral exercises. I will probably do my booty program but without weights starting Monday. We'll see how I'm feeling then, but the idea of it right now sounds awful! lol
I haven't taken any Vicodin since before bed last night (almost 24 hours now) but I can still feel it in my system. Every once in a while though I get an uneasy, dizzy, drunken feeling that lasts a few seconds. I'm hoping it works out of my system soon, hate this feeling!
Doc wants me to keep silicon sheets on my incisions for a while since I can't use the steri-strips. He first said gauze in my bra to protect the incisions from rubbing on my bra, then said something else which is kind of like a non-sticky bandage, but he decided on the silicon sheets bc it will provide the support I need plus help with scaring. I'm hoping I do okay with these since they don't have actual adhesive!
Adding pics of how they looked as of this morning. The spots where I had my blisters are so gross, I wish they'd clear up! Those bother me aesthetically more than the incisions do!
My right breast is still slightly more swollen and hasn't regained feeling in the nipple yet, he said that's due to it having been more constricted in the lower pole than the left was. (It's always been my smaller breast.) I have complete feeling back in my left nipple, actually better than it was most recently since I've breastfed two kids!
He said I can start gentle massage now. I can stop sleeping in a bra next week if I want, not sure how I feel about that though. I have a lounge bra I might wear at night for a while... I can start walking for exercise and working out again as long as I don't do any direct pectoral exercises. I will probably do my booty program but without weights starting Monday. We'll see how I'm feeling then, but the idea of it right now sounds awful! lol
I haven't taken any Vicodin since before bed last night (almost 24 hours now) but I can still feel it in my system. Every once in a while though I get an uneasy, dizzy, drunken feeling that lasts a few seconds. I'm hoping it works out of my system soon, hate this feeling!
Doc wants me to keep silicon sheets on my incisions for a while since I can't use the steri-strips. He first said gauze in my bra to protect the incisions from rubbing on my bra, then said something else which is kind of like a non-sticky bandage, but he decided on the silicon sheets bc it will provide the support I need plus help with scaring. I'm hoping I do okay with these since they don't have actual adhesive!
Adding pics of how they looked as of this morning. The spots where I had my blisters are so gross, I wish they'd clear up! Those bother me aesthetically more than the incisions do!
Blisters from steristrips
I was super itchy and couldn't figure out why, and then looked in my bra and realized I had blisters under the steristrips the surgeon put on. I called the on-call doc and she said to remove my steristrips, apply A&D ointment, and take Benadryl. I'm so worried now that my healing process is going to be messed up or delayed since I had to take the strips off so early ???? I'm not supposed to go back to see my doc until Thursday and wasn't supposed to remove the strips before then unless they came off on their own. I have to call him Monday and see if he wants to see me sooner. I also switched out of the bra they put me in to a wireless front close Victoria's Secret sports bra. It feels better because it has the molded cups and seems to have compression where I need it (under my arms where I have boobs now, lol). But I'm thinking I might switch back to the other one for sleeping tonight. I was taking a wild guess on size and went with 34DD when I ordered it a few weeks ago. Seems to be the right size for now at least, we'll see what happens as they drop/fluff. Attached pics of my incisions without the strips.
Provider Review
I had my consult last week. Dr Price is very knowledgeable and also very personable and easy to talk to. He's very honest and straight forward and told me what I can expect given my current breast size and shape.