Age 55, Newly Retired, Tired of Back Pain, want new body - State College, PA

5 weeks post op and I decided a couple of days ago that I needed to get a smaller size of the Marena bra I had been wearing. Also a couple of the Annette bras that I gotten earlier that were too snug now fit. So obviously some swelling has gone down just recently. Putting a bra back on that fits more snugly with more compression has helped with the pain in the left breast. It is not completely gone but it is much better. The place that was not healed under my left breast , that then spit a stitch, seems to finally be healing. I'm really hoping for it to healed soon because I will be keeping my grandsons ages 3 and 6 in 10 days and I'd like to get in a pool with them. Going to post pics from this week. The girls seem to look just as big but they must be a bit smaller since I need smaller surgical bras.

I was just shy of 3 weeks post-op by 2 days and I overdid it, carried something a little too heavy and vacuumed one room. My left breast has been achy and tender since. I thought sure I tore internal stitches but my PS says I just aggravated it and now it needs time to heal. I was walking around my block at day 4 without pain and now 10 days later after aggravating it I still do any amount if walking without that breast either hurting while I'm doing it or I pay for it the next day. The spot under the same breast that was not healed when she took the stitches out at 2 weeks. I thought it healing, it went from fleshy to getting a scab. 3 days ago the day before my checkup with my PS, the scab was off and an internal stitch was sticking with yellow stuff around it. I feared infection. The next day my surgeon told me it was a yellow scab and she removed and told me to continue with bacitracin. She said it will heal more quickly now that the stitch came out. In 2 days it is already starting to look better. I'm not worried about it. I am worried about all the pain I'm having in my left breast. I wish she had done some imaging so I knew for certain everything was fine in there. My breasts still seem big36D. Will they ever shrink to a C? I'd like to lose some weight once I can get on a regular exercise routine so maybe I will get there with that. Going to post a picture I took today.

They are starting to look like real breasts with stitches out and some of the gunk has rolled off. I'm worried that they seem really big yet. My PS said a lot of swelling will go down till 6 weeks and then even some to 3 to 6 months. I'd like to get to a C cup and I know I'm nowhere near that yet. I do like that stand up on their own. I hope this spot under one breast heals easily and doesn't give me problems. Posting pics from today.