Now it's actually real
So for the last month, I've really been in recovery and now it's beginning to feel more real. The bandages have come off and I can actually see a little better what I'm going to look like. It's weird because it doesn't look anything like I've ever looked in my life. I moved from perky and up to full and bosomy to what the hell happened as they laid down and died while still huge. So now that I'm smaller and kind of round it takes some getting used to. They look like they are saluting the sun but in actuality when my clothes are off, there is some drooping which when I'm all healed will make them look very real and not like I've had anything done at all.
What I have to get used to now is the healing. I'm one of those people who feel every single fiber of skin, tissue and nerves as it heals. So throughout the day I feel stabbing and sticking pains as everything heals. I have a few spots where the skin doesn't appear to be all okay but I'm hoping that those will clear up soon. I'm now using healing ointments to make everything all nice and smooth and so I'm hoping all will be well.
My surgeon tells me that in another 6-8 weeks any residual swelling should reduce so I'm looking forward to that. Then my girlfriends who've had the surgery (2) have told me that in another 2 months, I'll look more normal and that in 6 months I'll be able to see the true final results. Regardless of aesthetically how pleasing it might look now, I'm just happy to not have anymore back and neck pains and bras that squeeze the life out of me and make me feel like I'm wearing a harness all the time.
Since I've had the surgery, my Mom keeps commenting on how well my bras fit because she had no idea of the tragic situation that had been occuring in them for the last 5 years. She told me that even if I hadn't needed to have the surgery, she'd have understood me doing the surgery just from a vanity standpoint. I still feel very tired and sluggish and I think that's because I don't do much in the way of exercise right now which I really need to do. I need to get my tush in gear and at least trying working out or going on the treadmill a few times a week.
So you probably won't hear from me for another few weeks yet since the bulk of what I've experienced is now behind me and what's left to be done is largely up to me.
What I have to get used to now is the healing. I'm one of those people who feel every single fiber of skin, tissue and nerves as it heals. So throughout the day I feel stabbing and sticking pains as everything heals. I have a few spots where the skin doesn't appear to be all okay but I'm hoping that those will clear up soon. I'm now using healing ointments to make everything all nice and smooth and so I'm hoping all will be well.
My surgeon tells me that in another 6-8 weeks any residual swelling should reduce so I'm looking forward to that. Then my girlfriends who've had the surgery (2) have told me that in another 2 months, I'll look more normal and that in 6 months I'll be able to see the true final results. Regardless of aesthetically how pleasing it might look now, I'm just happy to not have anymore back and neck pains and bras that squeeze the life out of me and make me feel like I'm wearing a harness all the time.
Since I've had the surgery, my Mom keeps commenting on how well my bras fit because she had no idea of the tragic situation that had been occuring in them for the last 5 years. She told me that even if I hadn't needed to have the surgery, she'd have understood me doing the surgery just from a vanity standpoint. I still feel very tired and sluggish and I think that's because I don't do much in the way of exercise right now which I really need to do. I need to get my tush in gear and at least trying working out or going on the treadmill a few times a week.
So you probably won't hear from me for another few weeks yet since the bulk of what I've experienced is now behind me and what's left to be done is largely up to me.
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