37 Yrs Old, Much Needed Reduction

I’ve been lurking around for a few months .. finally my day came!
I had my BR on Friday 02/02. I’ve always been large breasted .. I was actually approved over 10 yrs ago, but I was super nervous and chickened out. Now that I’m married, and certain no kids are in my future.. I knew it was time. I started at a 40F .. not exactly sure what size I will be as soon as the swelling goes down. My Dr told me at one of our consultations .. he will make my breasts proportional to my body .. .. a sight I haven’t seen since I was about 12 !! LoL. I was super nervous on Friday before I went back, but I was ready. My Dr was awesome, and so was his team!! After everything was done, the recovery room sucked - I felt super nauseous, although I never got sick, thank goodness!! I stayed back there a little longer than some, but I didn’t want to leave until I knew I was safe to do so.
The worst part about being at home was the drain tubes!!! Ugh, I’m not lying when I say I HATED them!! But luckily, I was able to have them removed today (Monday). I was producing about 5ml every 24 hrs, so they took them out this morning. If anyone tells you it doesn’t hurt, they are lying!! LoL - but it was worth it!! I feel SO much better now!!
I’ll be off until the 19th .. working on my recovery. Now that the tubes are out, I have to say the pain is much less than I was expecting .. its just trying to remember I can’t do everything that I could just a few days ago. IE - reaching, lifting, pulling, pushing, (tmi) - wiping after using the restroom is a task, know that now!!
My Dr says no bra, at all, for the first 4-6 weeks .. no arguments out of me on that one!! LoL!!

All is good so far, I can finally wear a button down shirt!!!! Tomorrow will be 1 week and I couldn’t be happier. Today was my first ‘outing’ .. I had a funeral visitation to go to, then dinner after .. all of which took about 4 hours, and let me say, by the end of it all - I was worn out and very sore!! Slow and steady wins this race!! I still have my sticky bandages over my incisions .. it should last until my next appt, which is on the 19th.

Just a thought for the day .. my Dr said he removed 1.5 and 1.7 lbs of dense tissue .. 3.2 lbs .. I’ve seen most ppl talk about the grams they had removed .. 3.2 lbs = 1451 total grams!! ????