Ya, I'm ecstatic...yesterday was a pretty amazing day!!!
The two incisions lower down on my tummy are pretty much all healed and I think once the scars settle you'll hardly be able to see them at all!!! The belly button one is completely hidden because I have a deep inny (is that how you spell it??? lol)....I literally couldn't even see the stitches or a scab or anything when I looked in my belly button! Here's my tummy, sans bandages!!!!!
They're going to heal beautifully!!
Yesterday when I went in for my breast reconstruction post-op, my surgeon was double booked so I ended up seeing someone else and she was very sweet! She had a good technique for removing the evil, skin-destroying saran wrap bandages that brought the pain level down from a 9 to a 3 (which isn't saying much...I swear the pain from removing the dressings is worse than the actual recovery lol). There was gauze on the left incision that was stuck to the wound glue so she left it for my plastic surgeon to deal with. She also taught me how I needed to (right away) begin massaging my new foobies....and massage them often and sort of aggressively. The reason for this is to prevent scar tissue from forming around the implants....wouldn't want what happened to my poor left expander to happen to this implant!!! I don't want any baseball like things inside my chest!!! I had no idea how much I had to massage or what to do so she was kind enough to demonstrate for me....I was nervous because of the incisions but she said they're mostly healed so "get to town massaging!!!" :)
As I was massaging I immediately noticed that my left one was already tighter than the right!!!! Pesky left breast!!! Even though Thelma is gone, she still left trouble behind (Grrrrrrrr)!! I am going to massage the heck out of my foobies so the implant doesn't get encapsulated....I refuse to let it happen again!!!
My plastic surgeon came in and removed the gauze and wound glue off of both incisions and said he was very happy with how they turned out and thought they looked great (I agreed with him of course :))!! Here's a couple of pictures of my incisions...remember these are 2 weeks post-op.
Right breast: a lot more "scabbing" on this one
Left breast: this one already looks great!!
There is a lot of redness and dry, flaky skin around the area which is from the dressings being removed and the skin underneath damaged from it. That will heal in a week or two no problem and those scars will heal even more and lighten up (since I'm so fair skinned). Sorry if these make you squirmish or uncomfortable, I'm strictly showing these so that others who are thinking about having the surgery know what to expect! :)
I have 210cc silicone gummy implants in and was told that these never have to be replaced (unless there's a tear or leak). I am a teeny tiny bit bigger than I was to begin with (which was an A cup), and although, I do wish I could have gone a bit bigger (a full B cup would've been nice), with the complications I had (darn you Thelma), I'm very happy with how they turned out!! When I look at myself in the mirror I almost feel like I'm back to how I was before this entire process began and that makes me feel good :)
Feeling super normal in my workout clothes again!!
Closer view: no cleavage to worry about....right back to where I was before :)
I go back to work on Monday and I am SOOOO EXCITED!!!!!! I'm in love with my job so yes, I truly am excited to go back!!! As a personal trainer though, my work is limited....I won't be able to demonstrate any upper body exercises to clients, hand them weights heavier than 10lbs and teach any of my fitness classes for another 2-3 weeks. I was prepared for this though and my co-workers rock so everything is covered for me! :) The other exciting thing is that I will be doing my very own PREVIVOR EXERCISE GUIDE and keeping track of how I feel while doing it!!! Stay tuned to see how it goes!!!
P.S. if you are going to be having this surgery in the next month or so and are interested in getting your fitness back on track after you heal, send me an email at: paigeperformance.connect@gmail.com and I can email you my rough copy of the guide for you to use!!! I am looking for as much feedback as possible before I turn it into an E-BOOK for anyone to purchase!!
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