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7 weeks 2 days
Finally some more pictures!
Day 28
Day 28: I had my 4-week follow-up appointment today. My PS said everything looks wonderful and that I can now wear any bra I want. He also said I can run. I can't do push-ups until 8 weeks, though.
I wasn’t expecting him to allow me to wear an underwire bra just yet, so I didn’t even have one in my new size. Heck, I didn’t even know what my new size was. So, as soon as I left my appointment, I went straight to Victoria’s Secret (which was conveniently only a mile away). My Victoria’s Secret bra size…34DDD! At first, I was like, “Holy crap!” Then I remembered that no matter how huge the size sounds, I absolutely love the size of my boobs and I don’t think they’re huge. So then I was like, “Hell yeah!” I did, however, run into a problem; they don’t have a lot of DDDs in the store. Oh well. Their loss. I bought a sports bra and a regular bra, but the regular bra is being shipped to me because they didn’t have the color I wanted in my size. I’ll go see what Soma has sometime during the next week.
When I got home, I told my husband, “You are married to a woman with DDDs!” He couldn’t believe it either.
I will post some updated pictures soon. My next (3-month) follow-up appointment is December 12th.
I wasn’t expecting him to allow me to wear an underwire bra just yet, so I didn’t even have one in my new size. Heck, I didn’t even know what my new size was. So, as soon as I left my appointment, I went straight to Victoria’s Secret (which was conveniently only a mile away). My Victoria’s Secret bra size…34DDD! At first, I was like, “Holy crap!” Then I remembered that no matter how huge the size sounds, I absolutely love the size of my boobs and I don’t think they’re huge. So then I was like, “Hell yeah!” I did, however, run into a problem; they don’t have a lot of DDDs in the store. Oh well. Their loss. I bought a sports bra and a regular bra, but the regular bra is being shipped to me because they didn’t have the color I wanted in my size. I’ll go see what Soma has sometime during the next week.
When I got home, I told my husband, “You are married to a woman with DDDs!” He couldn’t believe it either.
I will post some updated pictures soon. My next (3-month) follow-up appointment is December 12th.
Still so freakin' happy!
Wow, I can't believe I haven't written an update since my surgery day! I'll start by saying that I am still so freakin' happy! When my PS threw the suggestion of using 475 HP (instead of 450 MPP) at me right before surgery, it really scared me. I decided to trust him to do what he thought was best, which ended up being 475 HP. While I was still in the process of waking up, my PS apparently told my husband that he had also tried 500s, but they wouldn’t fit. LOL! I don’t know why, but I thought that was so funny sounding.
Day 1: After I got home and updated my RealSelf review, I was exhausted, so I pretty much just laid in bed and slept. My wonderful husband woke me up every 2 hours to take my medications. I also ate a lot of crackers and drank a lot of ginger ale so I didn’t get nauseated from the Percocet. 1 Percocet (10-325 mg) every 4 hours and 10 mg of Valium every 4 hours in between the Percocet doses kept me fairly comfortable. A couple of times I got up to pee. One of those times I somehow managed to take my bra off (only for a few minutes!) and peek. Oops!
Day 2: I continued my medication regimen and I also took 2 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia. I got up and took a shower at some point, but I made my husband shower with me in case I needed help. Afterward, I tried going downstairs and hanging out on the love seat, but I started feeling nauseated from moving around too much while on the Percocet. I went back to bed and used a 25 mg Phenergan suppository (eek!) for the nausea, but it was totally worth it to stop feeling the way I was feeling. I then slept some more, and again, my husband woke me up every couple of hours to take my meds. Also, my PS’s nurse called to check on me sometime around 3 pm. I also got a flower arrangement delivery from my PS that said, “Happy Healing!”
Day 3: My anesthesiologist called this morning to check on me. I wasn't expecting that. I decided I was going to try taking 1,000 mg of Tylenol instead of Percocet. I took a shower and tried to have a somewhat normal day. My husband and I went shopping, but it didn’t take very long before I was like, “I need to go home now.” I was hurting/aching pretty badly. Apparently my body wasn't ready for that, so we went back home and I took a Percocet. I tried to sit in bed and update my review on RealSelf, but I just couldn't keep my eyes open! It was very frustrating, so I just went to sleep.
Day 4: I took 2 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia and I took a Percocet at bedtime to help me sleep better/more comfortably.
Day 5: I took 4 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia this time. I decided to completely stop taking the Percocet and start only taking Tylenol and Motrin.
Day 9: I had my 1-week follow-up appointment. They removed my Steri-Strips and my PS said everything looked great. He also said that I could go braless as much as I wanted. Yay! He cleared me to walk for exercise and said that I could drive as long as I felt comfortable doing so.
I don’t remember the exact day, but shortly after day 9 I started gently massaging argan oil onto my entire breast area every day.
Day 17: I walked the Rugged Maniac 5k course. My husband and I had registered for it way before I scheduled my surgery, so I walked it and took pictures of my husband having all the fun. LOL!
Day 20: I started using ScarAway silicone scar sheets.
Also somewhere in there, I’ve had plenty of zingers (not so much lately) and my nipples have been very hypersensitive for a while (my left one more than my right one).
My 4-week follow-up appointment is on October 15th. My PS said that’s when he will have me start doing the massages.
Day 1: After I got home and updated my RealSelf review, I was exhausted, so I pretty much just laid in bed and slept. My wonderful husband woke me up every 2 hours to take my medications. I also ate a lot of crackers and drank a lot of ginger ale so I didn’t get nauseated from the Percocet. 1 Percocet (10-325 mg) every 4 hours and 10 mg of Valium every 4 hours in between the Percocet doses kept me fairly comfortable. A couple of times I got up to pee. One of those times I somehow managed to take my bra off (only for a few minutes!) and peek. Oops!
Day 2: I continued my medication regimen and I also took 2 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia. I got up and took a shower at some point, but I made my husband shower with me in case I needed help. Afterward, I tried going downstairs and hanging out on the love seat, but I started feeling nauseated from moving around too much while on the Percocet. I went back to bed and used a 25 mg Phenergan suppository (eek!) for the nausea, but it was totally worth it to stop feeling the way I was feeling. I then slept some more, and again, my husband woke me up every couple of hours to take my meds. Also, my PS’s nurse called to check on me sometime around 3 pm. I also got a flower arrangement delivery from my PS that said, “Happy Healing!”
Day 3: My anesthesiologist called this morning to check on me. I wasn't expecting that. I decided I was going to try taking 1,000 mg of Tylenol instead of Percocet. I took a shower and tried to have a somewhat normal day. My husband and I went shopping, but it didn’t take very long before I was like, “I need to go home now.” I was hurting/aching pretty badly. Apparently my body wasn't ready for that, so we went back home and I took a Percocet. I tried to sit in bed and update my review on RealSelf, but I just couldn't keep my eyes open! It was very frustrating, so I just went to sleep.
Day 4: I took 2 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia and I took a Percocet at bedtime to help me sleep better/more comfortably.
Day 5: I took 4 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia this time. I decided to completely stop taking the Percocet and start only taking Tylenol and Motrin.
Day 9: I had my 1-week follow-up appointment. They removed my Steri-Strips and my PS said everything looked great. He also said that I could go braless as much as I wanted. Yay! He cleared me to walk for exercise and said that I could drive as long as I felt comfortable doing so.
I don’t remember the exact day, but shortly after day 9 I started gently massaging argan oil onto my entire breast area every day.
Day 17: I walked the Rugged Maniac 5k course. My husband and I had registered for it way before I scheduled my surgery, so I walked it and took pictures of my husband having all the fun. LOL!
Day 20: I started using ScarAway silicone scar sheets.
Also somewhere in there, I’ve had plenty of zingers (not so much lately) and my nipples have been very hypersensitive for a while (my left one more than my right one).
My 4-week follow-up appointment is on October 15th. My PS said that’s when he will have me start doing the massages.