4 weeks later..

Wow, I can't believe it has been 4 weeks since my surgery. I am totally comfortable with the girls now although it seems now that I must first look in the mirror before walking out of the house. Some of the tops I owned before now look..hmm...well, now look like my boobs are popping out. I also went shopping today for a bra, I kind of just winged it and went to the Exchange (military department store) and bought a bra. Don't quote me on this but OMG! I think I might be a DD. I had to laugh at myself because I would NEVER have problems finding a 34B before and there I was rummaging through the bra's like a mad woman looking for a DD. OH and on top of that, something WITHOUT an under wire. Never realized how many bra's are built with under wires now, guess I never really had to think about it till now..duh! Anyway, I finally gave up and found a 34D. I just need something to wear with my clothes while I am out and thought, eh what the heck. SO, I wore it for a couple of hours and when I got home the bra had made indention's in my breasts above the nipple area...ugh I give up. As soon as the Dr. says I am out of the surgical bra I am working my way over to Victoria's Secret or Nordstrom..SOME PLACE that will measure me and fit me in the right bra. Crossing my fingers it won't be some specialty bra that costs more than my husband's pay... haha

3 weeks out

Monday I had an appointment with Dr. Pousti and was praying that he would take the bandages off my areolas. So I am waiting in the room and one of his assistants asked if I would like to share, Dr. Pousti comes in and asked me the same thing. He said, just a couple of women. Um, 6 women came in later..OMG! Don't get me wrong, I love to share with other women about my experience (hence why I am on here). I started thinking about that and MAN I should ask for commission. haha Afterwards I FINALLY had my bandages removed and my first look at my new areola's. Compared to my before pictures, I can't believe how much better they look and only being a couple of weeks out from surgery they didn't look too grotesque. I didn't realize but once they took the bandages off and the air hit my skin I was so sensitive and was in some pain for the rest of the day. I knew that my nerve endings were growing back before but once they took the bandages off..GOODNESS! That night I took 2 percocet which helped. One of the ladies that came in earlier to ask questions wanted to come back to see my areolas after the bandages were removed. She said that they were healing beautifully and she would know because she was a nurse. To my untrained eye they did look good but to hear it from someone who knows what they are talking about felt really good. I learned new exercises to do to help them drop more and am really excited to see how much they will change.

As far as my healing has been going, it's been good and every day I try to push myself a little bit more. I am thoroughly excited to say I am now sleeping on my side and am having much better nights since then. I still get sore when I use my chest muscles or when I work out (still not doing upper body). I have moments where when I stretch or use my chest muscle in a certain way, it's like I feel the implant rubbing up against something...like a gritty sensation. Not sure what that is but at my next appointment I am going to ask. I honestly don't think anything bad is happening but it can't hurt to ask. Also, my areolas have been really sensitive but that is expected and also is getting better. All in all, I am feeling much better and am buying cute tops and getting ready for another night out with my husband :D

Day 15

It's crazy to say a lot has happened over that last two weeks but it's true. The first week I was freaking out a little because my right breast felt as if it wasn't dropping compared to my left breast. Now I can say that they both feel "almost" natural and have dropped a significant amount in only 2 weeks. The Dr. told me that they would fully drop after 3-6 mths and here I am happy with how they look now (in clothes, that is). Obviously, looking at them without any clothes on you can still see they are high and need to drop plus I have the bandages covering the stitches of my areola reduction. I have an appointment with Dr. Pousti on the 15th and hopefully I will be able to see my new areola's. I kind of like the fact that I still have a surprise waiting. I can't wait till I can take pictures and really see the difference without the bandages on.

1st Day Back At The Gym

Yesterday I decided to see how well I would do back at the gym. I didn't want to overdue it since I was only 11 days post-op. My friend and I drove together, she was totally cool with leaving if I wasn't feeling up to it. To my GREAT surprise I did a half hour on the elliptical (no arms and going at a much slower pace than usual) and another half hour of walking on the treadmill. By the end I was sore but felt ok. I took today off just in case, plus I am a member of the PTA and Tuesdays I help out at the school anyway. I am excited to get my butt exercising again and will be there first thing tomorrow morning. Now all I have to do is wait until the doctor says I am ok with lifting weights and I will be more than thrilled. :) I KNOW I must have gained weight over these past couple of weeks with no working out and having my mother-in-law in town, we ate so nasty but it was soo good. haha

A Nights Out

So last Thursday was my anniversary and my husband and I decided that we would go out to celebrate on Saturday night. I was a little apprehensive because I knew that there was no way I would wear the surgical bra out. We went out to the House of Blues here in San Diego and had dinner, afterwards we went to see the band Shinedown. We were out for about 6 hours and I was surprised how well I did. I did wear a bra, it was a simple flimsy sports bra that I would wear to bed at night while I was pregnant with my daughter. (just something to keep them from falling all over the place..lol) The bra worked out well, just enough support. My husband was kind of funny, the top I wore definitely showed some cleavage and I wasn't sure how he would take it. He of course liked it but I think, like myself, he has to get use to the girls as well. We ended up having a lot of fun and are already talking about doing something similar down the road.

1 week post-op..yippee

A week is down...I am feeling better each day and am just looking forward to the day where I feel 100% again. So last night I decided that I would try to go to sleep without the help of Ambien. WORST NIGHTS SLEEP EVER! Not only was I awake most of the night but when I did sleep I was having some crazy dreams that freaked me out. ugh! I am not sure if it was just because I was uncomfortable sleeping on my back or the pain of the implants moving upward when I lied down or the fact that my body was sooo liking the Ambien and was like "wait, we had a good thing going..what did you do?" I am sure it was a mixture of everything but I was almost in tears because I literally only got a few hours of sleep. Tonight I am not going to be so brave, I am taking a percocet to relax me and hopefully tonight will be much better.
I have been paranoid pretty much since yesterday and decided to call the Dr.'s office today. I feel as if my left breast is doing so well. It's dropping and it starting to not feel so hard and heavy but my right breast is feeling hard and its hurting when I do my exercises. I just really don't want to have any major issues to where I might have to have surgery to fix them. They assured me that its basically having two separate surgeries and one might heal faster than the other. Also the velcro strap on the bra has been on the bottom of the bra and I wanted to ask about putting it overtop of my breasts overnight to help with the swelling in the morning. She told me that having it on top is usually what he did but because of the areola reduction(which I basically had a lift) that is why it was on the bottom. I was told having it on top will help them drop and as soon as I got off the phone I put that puppy over top of the bra...haha It was painful because it was pressing my breast together and of course pushing them down but tonight I am doing much better. Thanks to a dose of percocet but nevertheless better. As the days go by I am getting more used to them and liking them more and more. They look gigantic to me but in reference to the rest of my body they balance me out and that was what I was going for. I am happy with how they proportion me now, I can't wait till they have dropped and look more natural. I want to be that girl that people look at and ask, "did she or didn't she". :)

Post-op day 6

So I had originally had my dr. appt on Friday but I called yesterday morning in hopes they would see me sooner because I still had the padding on and I had heard that after a few days I would be allowed to shower. To my unpleasant surprise he told me because of the areola reduction and the amount of stitches I would have to wait another WEEK!! Yes I can take baths but its still a chore to take a bath and then to wash my hair separate. NOT FUN! As for the rest of the appointment, it went well. Dr. Pousti said I was healing well and showed me the exercises to help the implants drop.

As far as how I have been feeling over the past two days...pretty well. Yesterday was the first day that I didn't need a nap. I definitely felt it last night though and zonked out pretty quick. Today my mother-in-law and I had to go to the grocery store to stock up on the "uh ohs." Today was the first time I drove (Dr. gave the ok), that was an interesting experience. Parking and getting out the drive way were where it kind of hurt. But I am just thankful that I have an outlet now. Going to the grocery store was suppose to be just the essentials but going there hungry wasn't the best idea. :) Thankfully my mom-in-law helped with my 2-yr-old daughter and some of the heavy stuff, loading and unloading. I am very happy with my progress and it's only been less than a week later, granted some things hurt still but I am up and going. YIPPEE!

4 days post op

So I have been sleeping in our glider and this morning I woke up to get in the bed, it was 6:30 and I knew if I were to fall asleep I would wake up within an hour so I decided to lay on my side...well kinda, turned toward my side. Ohsugahoneyicedtea! When I tried to get up it felt like my boob had fallen between my armpit and was falling back into place. Nice and painful, won't be doing that any time soon. I have been taking sponge-like baths lately and my husband suggested this morning while everyone was still asleep(mind you I had my mother-in-law and father-in-law in town this weekend)to take a bath. I jumped on it as soon as he suggested it. Granted I just got my bottom half in the tub, I took off my bra so that my husband could wash my back. The bra has been itching me like crazy, especially on my back. Who knew that taking a simple bath would help so much. It was awesome. Next stop taking a shower..lol
As for me still feeling tired, it hasn't really calmed down. Trying to just do simple stuff like give the kids cereal and getting their clothes layed out for the day, poops me out. I feel like I need to be doing SOMETHING though. It's hard for me to just sit my ass on the couch or bed and be waited on. My husband has been awesome, poor guy I know it is starting to get to himand he still has roughly 4 more days left. My mother-in-law has been helping out a lot too but with her its just hard for me to ask her to do the things I normally would do. I have been getting better at it though and trying to feel less guilty every day for asking. It would be so much more nice if my mother were here, I would be able to tell her what to do and not feel one ounce of remorse. Ah the bond between mother and daughter. haha