31, 5'10, 135 Lb, Athletic, 34B Pre-op

It's officially the two-week post-op mark, and I feel great! The difference in how I felt from Monday to Friday of last week was pretty crazy, because I went from feeling "bleh" on Monday to feeling amazing by Friday. I actually felt up to going out and meeting up with some friends over the weekend, which was much-needed time out of the house.

I'm posting progress pictures from Day 8 up until today, which is Day 14. I've been doing my massages 4 times a day for a few minutes each time, and it's definitely making them softer and more natural-looking. I'm excited to see how they look at 3 weeks and then at a month post-op!

Slept through the night for the first time since surgery and got a solid 7 hours of good sleep. I still feel a tightness in my chest, but it's much better today than yesterday. I also was pretty backed up all week, and after giving up on stool softeners and apple juice, I finally gave Miralax a try yesterday, and it worked! I feel SO much better and way less bloated. I highly recommend that ladies give Miralax a try if you're experiencing any constipation from the pain meds.

I am super impressed with how my breasts are healing and settling, and I highly recommend Dr. Joseph Brian if you live in the Orlando area. He's amazing! I go back to work tomorrow, and I feel good about it. I'm ready to get out of this house and get some fresh air!!

I posted some photos of my Day 6 progress, as well as a "before" photo for comparison.

So, I have boobs! It's been a bit of a rough recovery, but yesterday was definitely the turning point for me. I feel a lot better and am moving around much more easily now. I had my surgery on Tuesday, and will be returning to work in two days. I spent majority of the first few days on a recliner with an ice pack on my chest and a heating pad on my back watching an absurd amount of TV, but the time actually went by pretty quickly.

I took hydrocodone every 4 hours for the first two days (2 pills at night, to make sure I got some good sleep with no pain), and then Day 3 was every 5-6 hours, depending on how I felt. By staying on top of the pain meds, I think it helped me avoid a lot of the different aches and pains I've read about. There was a lot of soreness and tightness (and a feeling of "fullness"), but that was about it. Yesterday, I made the switch to Extra Strength Tylenol every 4 hours, and only had one instance where I felt a sharp pain in my left breast. So I doubled up and took another one, and the pain subsided pretty quickly after that. Today I've been doing one ES Tylenol every 5ish hours, and I'm feeling good.

I was allowed to shower on Day 2, and it was successful only because of my wonderful husband who helped me, but it felt SO good to get clean. I was able to shower by myself with no problems Day 3-5. I did make sure to get up and walk around a bit now and then Days 2-4, and today I've been the most mobile I've been yet.

I was nervous about the size, but my surgeon reassured me before the surgery that he looked over my wish pictures and agreed that 350 moderate profile silicone gel was probably the right choice for me. (I was all over the place with the size, but figured it would come down to the 325-375 range.) Anyway, I'm very happy with the results so far. Only some slight bruising, mostly at the incision area, which I'm perfectly OK with.

I'm attaching some progress photos, so hopefully it can help those of you with similar stats who are struggling with what size to choose. Yay, boobs! Can't wait for them to settle in. :)