Tennessee Rose is READY for No More Back/shoulder/neck Pain!

I'm now slightly over 3 months post-op and yesterday finally bought 2 bras with sized cups. I had no idea what size I am now. Before surgery, I asked my PS if he could reduce me to a B cup. He said that might be too much; that I might end up a C. Since I had been overflowing DDD cups, I told him a C would be okay. Since surgery, I've continued to wear my various sports bras that I've grown comfortable with. Well, I anxiously bought 2 different brands of more fitted bras with C cups yesterday. I thought about buying one with Ds to see if that was what I need. Glad I didn't! One of the new C cup bras was way too big; the cups wrinkled up---way too big for the new girls. The new photos I've attached show the other bra, also C, and you can tell that the seams are wrinkled a bit on that one. I think with a few more months of settling and a bit of weight loss, I actually will be that B size I had hoped for! Yay! Actually, I think I will go ahead and buy a B to see how that fits. With having such large boobs for decades, I've had no sense of what different cup sizes looked like--no way to judge. I am happy, happy, happy!

I hit the 8-week post op mark this past Mon., 16th, and has my check up with my PS on Tues., 17th. He said I'm doing great, every coming along just fine, and I don't have to come back for a year! Next April! Yay! Unless something really odd happens, then call them. I'm not expecting that at all.

Of course, I still have more healing to do and will continue to swap out using scar oil and Vaseline (doctor's suggestion). My side incision areas still ache at times and the seams still look dark. The incision lines underneath my breasts still have redness and sometimes get tender spots. Nipple/areola areas are "trying" to lose the redness but are not sore/tender at all, except when my car seatbelt pulls too tight directly over the top. The areola graft lines have some bumped up areas still, but my PS said those and the remaining redness will fade away. Now this may change, but one thing that has surprised me is that I do have a slight projection in both nipples, so they don't look oddly and completely flat (tried to get a photo to show). Before my surgery, the PS said because of having to have the full nipple graft that would leave no outward projection at all. Little bonuses count! The slightly different shape between the 2 breasts no longer bothers me as it did, just a bit, a month ago. I think it's because of just getting used to these new babies, and loving them for what I don't have to deal with any longer! Hey, they weren't completely symmetrical before!

My doctor told me I am now free to wear whatever kind of bra I want to, whatever is comfortable, but the underwires would probably still irritate for a while. And it was okay to continue with the sports bras if that is what I want. Right now, I'm comfortable with the 8 sports bras I bought to wear during this whole process and probably won't make any big investment in bras for several more months. But ladies, I saw some awful cute ones on Zulily's site last week. Never bought anything from them, but may have to try a couple of the bra styles. They aren't too expensive so if they don't work out, I won't have spent a lot. I figure by the fall, the "boobie girls" will be in their final shape/size then I can go get fitted to see what size I actually have ended up being.

I added some updated photos. Lord, next I've got to work on this belly! And I never knew I had freckles on my boobs and belly---the dangers of closeup photos! Overall, I'm very happy with my healing status. There's still a tiny bit of skin peeling, some redness, some incision lines with more time needed, but I'm so happy to be in the healing phase rather than the "I hate how these oversize boobs make me feel; I need to have BR surgery."

Wishing you all the best!

Two weeks ago, my PS called in a prescription to a compounding pharmacy for specific percentages of specific ingredients for me to massage into my incisions and on nipples. It's supposed to be something stronger to help reduce scarring and also to help get rid of the "yeast Infection" from using the antibiotic ointment. The new stuff (expensive! as in $85 for small section of 2 pumps; ins only covered a small part) finally arrived by mail last Friday so I've only been using it about 4 days. So far I can't tell much difference. Has anyone else been given something similar? If so, has it really helped? I got the impression it will be up to me whether I want a renewal of the prescription.