Incision trouble - 3 weeks PO

I'm having incision trouble with a breast incision. Last week at my 2 week PO app't, the nurse took off the steri-strips and then said she was going to put some new ones on. It stung when she took them off, and in the days following I noticed leakage on the pads lining my bra. Yesterday I realized that the incision appears to be spreading out so I e-mailed a pic to the surgeons office and have to go in tomorrow to have it checked.

I'm concerned this is going to heal funny. Has anyone else had this trouble? Any suggestions? Still haven't started my silicone scar therapy as I still have areas that are not completely clear. (pic added of scar)

I'm just a couple of days shy of 3 weeks, PO. Time to go back to work. Last week I thought that 2 weeks off would have been enough, now I'm wondering if I'll last full days.

Got a haircut and colour this morning (takes the attention off what has changed with me. A friend of mine suggested it. She had a substantial breast reduction a few years ago and cut her hair short before she went back to work. Everyone told her that her haircut made her look thinner! Funny). After that outing I came home and napped. Wiped me out.

Tummy is doing well, except that I have to have all of the scabs gone before I can do the scar therapy. Almost there.

But the breast incisions are really bothering me now, and leaking a bit. Not sure if they bother me so much because the compression bra I got is not a great fit, or because my stomach isn't hurting so now I feel them! But they are really bothering me. Have to wear the bra til the 4 week mark and the compression garment for the stomach until 6 weeks PO.

Its been an interesting journey, so far. I must say that Day 6, for some unknown reason, was hellish. The tummy incisions hurt, pulled, burnt like someone had a branding iron to me if I moved the wrong way! I still get the searing heat if I don't handle getting up from a lying position properly, otherwise its not so bad.

As for the recovery and any tips, I would definitely not need a walker or a toilet seat riser, but sure as heck could've used a recliner or hospital bed. Now I am standing almost straight and move around pretty well. The clinic put me on arnica tablets 3X/day and arnica gel on the bruises and I am to wash the incisions three times a day. I have been painkiller free since Day 7 (but day 6 I was counting down to every four hours!). Not even taking tylenol. All is good!


I had the no-drain proceedure and haven't had much swelling, just feels very very tight and one side of the incision is quite raised and tender. Hopefully that flattens down, but it might have fluid in it.

The boobs - I love them and they don't bother me a bit! As a matter of fact, by the second day I was very aware of the lack of weight and pulling on my neck and shoulders. Feels fabulous! They are definitely smaller, but I have no idea what or how much was taken out. Couldn't be happier with them.

Posting updated pics. Not sure there is much change, but the bruising sure is getting colourful!