It has been quite a while since my last post. I think it has taken me so long because the Dr. appointments have ceased and it feels like life is getting back to normal. I feel normal, or what I remember as normal. I can do almost everything that I could before, I have even started playing softball again!!!!! (Still need to get used to these big boobs though!)
There are a few things that I found as troubling, though, and that is finding bras!!! Thus far I have only worn sports bras, as instructed from my Dr. She said I needed to wear one for 6 weeks and have padding in them. I am a 40DD and it was so difficult to find something that felt good. My Dr. suggested it not be too tight. From my understanding, sports bras are supposed to be a little tight to keep the girls in but I searched for even bigger bras! After many department stores and seeing the cost, I flipped out.. I am NOT spending $50 on a sports bra because I need a large one! I honestly found front zip up sports bras, with padding (also suggested by the Dr.) at Walmart. Score!!! Even trying on the expensive ones, they felt so uncomfortable. I am not a petite person, I am big boned with broad shoulders and I was coming up short.
I think I could start wearing actual bras but it makes me nervous. It sounds funny but its true. I wanted to find a sexy bra so I went into Victoria's Secret and was so overwhelmed with it I just went to their lotion section instead. lol
I have also started working out. The restriction that my Dr. gave me is do not work out my pectoral muscles ... no prob, didn't plan on it anyway. You would be surprised, though, of how many exercises requires your chest muscles to constrict. Especially ab exercises. So I have been trying different types of exercises to find which one is going to work for me without working out my chest. This too makes me nervous. I am not sure if I am experiencing pain or if it is a weird feeling when those muscles tense but I try not to do it.
My foobies feel real ... well, they feel like real fake ones. Someone told me that they wouldn't feel the same because I didn't have any breast tissue, but I've done side by side comparisons and mine feel pretty normal! AND they're not hard as rocks anymore!!!!!
I feel great! I am surprised how quick this recovery is from the first surgery. At this point, I have to get used to everything again. I was so used to not doing certain things but now it is different. I am still taking it easy, I am know the pain that I can experience if I don't and I do not want to feel that again!
My next step are my nipples!!!! Sadly, I have to wait for those. My skin in so thin, my Dr. doesn't think it is a good idea to get my nipple tattoos for 1 year from the last surgery. It would be nice to be 100% complete, but I am still on cloud 9 that the surgeries are over and I feel quite normal!!!
Time for pictures:
