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POST OP DAY 19 Hi everyone! I’m about 2.5...
POST OP DAY 19
Hi everyone! I’m about 2.5 weeks post-surgery. I’m doing pretty well. No pain. I had my 2nd post-op appointment last week and the surgeon seemed pretty impressed that I had stopped taking pain medication so soon. I’ve been reading some reviews for ladies who are still in a lot of pain 2 or 3 weeks post. I really think the arnica montana has done wonders for my recovery.
PS started me on scar treatment (Scarguard). I thought it was too soon for that, but if it’s going to help the scars disappear faster I’m all for it. Most of my scabs are gone and the incisions don’t look so bad anymore. I also have a tube of Kelocote that I bought over a month ago. I plan on using that when the Scarguard is used up.
Since my last post, I’m feeling a little better about my size. I still think they’re big and I wish they were a little smaller, but I don’t think they look bad by any means. In fact, I quite like how I look now in t-shirts and jackets. I’m still very antsy and ready to start exercising. I’ve been doing pretty well with my diet, though I haven’t stepped on a scale to verify any weight loss.
On Saturday night I went out for a friend’s pub crawl (don’t worry, I only drank water). I stayed out for a few hours, but that was definitely overdoing it, because I slept ALL DAY on Sunday. I think I was awake for 4 hours total. My body just needed to sleep. I’ve been taking it easy ever since. Anyway, I’m posting new pictures so you can see the recovery progress. Wondering how long it will take before the remaining boxiness goes away and they drop more in the center and not off to the sides...
Hi everyone! I’m about 2.5 weeks post-surgery. I’m doing pretty well. No pain. I had my 2nd post-op appointment last week and the surgeon seemed pretty impressed that I had stopped taking pain medication so soon. I’ve been reading some reviews for ladies who are still in a lot of pain 2 or 3 weeks post. I really think the arnica montana has done wonders for my recovery.
PS started me on scar treatment (Scarguard). I thought it was too soon for that, but if it’s going to help the scars disappear faster I’m all for it. Most of my scabs are gone and the incisions don’t look so bad anymore. I also have a tube of Kelocote that I bought over a month ago. I plan on using that when the Scarguard is used up.
Since my last post, I’m feeling a little better about my size. I still think they’re big and I wish they were a little smaller, but I don’t think they look bad by any means. In fact, I quite like how I look now in t-shirts and jackets. I’m still very antsy and ready to start exercising. I’ve been doing pretty well with my diet, though I haven’t stepped on a scale to verify any weight loss.
On Saturday night I went out for a friend’s pub crawl (don’t worry, I only drank water). I stayed out for a few hours, but that was definitely overdoing it, because I slept ALL DAY on Sunday. I think I was awake for 4 hours total. My body just needed to sleep. I’ve been taking it easy ever since. Anyway, I’m posting new pictures so you can see the recovery progress. Wondering how long it will take before the remaining boxiness goes away and they drop more in the center and not off to the sides...
Forgot to add, I added a couple of new pictures.
Forgot to add, I added a couple of new pictures.
11 DAYS POST So, last night we had a bunch of...
11 DAYS POST
So, last night we had a bunch of people over for dinner. Afterwards I was completely exhausted so I went straight to bed. I must have been super tired, because I woke up in the middle of the night and I was... sleeping on my stomach! Apparently I grabbed a pillow and hugged it to my chest, then lay down on my stomach. It must have worked, because I felt no pain. I woke up and thought “I’m not supposed to be like this...” But everything seems fine today. No busted incisions or pain or anything. (Though, I must admit, it felt good to sleep like that again!)
In other news, most of my steristrips have come off. I still have a few. I know I thought the size of my breasts was perfect before, but the last few days they seem big. Too big. Like I’m going to end up a D cup. Which is NOT what I wanted. I know that swelling has added some fullness to them, but I’ve been taking arnica montana religiously (minus a couple of days when I ran out), so the swelling is at a minimum. I’ve been feeling a bit bummed out about this. I first noticed that they might be bigger than I’d like because I have been wearing button up shirts during the day and I still experience the puckering of the buttons across the breasts. This is the same size shirt I wore when I had trip Ds! That’s not supposed to happen anymore! I wanted small, dainty breasts that I wouldn’t have to wear a bra with. Breasts that don’t make my shirts pucker. I’m trying so hard to focus on the many positives that came out of this surgery. But I really wish they came out even a half a cup smaller. I can’t wait to get the OK to exercise because I’m very determined to “work off” some of the excess fatty tissue and I’m hoping that will take some of the size away. I don’t think I’ll ever be a B cup again, but I just might be able to get them down to a manageable C.
At about 7 days post I came down with the itchies, bad! I couldn’t even sleep. Luckily, my doctor had pre-prescribed me some anti-itch medicine. It worked like a charm. I haven’t really experienced that for a couple of days. I see the surgeon again on Wednesday for my second post-op.
So, last night we had a bunch of people over for dinner. Afterwards I was completely exhausted so I went straight to bed. I must have been super tired, because I woke up in the middle of the night and I was... sleeping on my stomach! Apparently I grabbed a pillow and hugged it to my chest, then lay down on my stomach. It must have worked, because I felt no pain. I woke up and thought “I’m not supposed to be like this...” But everything seems fine today. No busted incisions or pain or anything. (Though, I must admit, it felt good to sleep like that again!)
In other news, most of my steristrips have come off. I still have a few. I know I thought the size of my breasts was perfect before, but the last few days they seem big. Too big. Like I’m going to end up a D cup. Which is NOT what I wanted. I know that swelling has added some fullness to them, but I’ve been taking arnica montana religiously (minus a couple of days when I ran out), so the swelling is at a minimum. I’ve been feeling a bit bummed out about this. I first noticed that they might be bigger than I’d like because I have been wearing button up shirts during the day and I still experience the puckering of the buttons across the breasts. This is the same size shirt I wore when I had trip Ds! That’s not supposed to happen anymore! I wanted small, dainty breasts that I wouldn’t have to wear a bra with. Breasts that don’t make my shirts pucker. I’m trying so hard to focus on the many positives that came out of this surgery. But I really wish they came out even a half a cup smaller. I can’t wait to get the OK to exercise because I’m very determined to “work off” some of the excess fatty tissue and I’m hoping that will take some of the size away. I don’t think I’ll ever be a B cup again, but I just might be able to get them down to a manageable C.
At about 7 days post I came down with the itchies, bad! I couldn’t even sleep. Luckily, my doctor had pre-prescribed me some anti-itch medicine. It worked like a charm. I haven’t really experienced that for a couple of days. I see the surgeon again on Wednesday for my second post-op.