Pinched from another forum – unsaid things to prepare yourself for

I saw this on another forum and rather than post the link on this forum for loyalty reasons (!) I have cut and pasted it – has given me something to think about! x x

These are ‘some’ of the things you aren’t warned about from your clinic/surgeon but most of us have to deal with!

Post-op blues!

In the first week post-op you’re most probably going to be uncomfortable, maybe your boobs will look like torpedoes and you feel exhausted and sometimes sick too… This can often bring on ‘the post-op blues’ and many women will ask themselves “what have I done?”!!!

You’re snappy, upset and feeling really down – I cried for a whole two days none stop!, but you need to remember that you aren’t going to heal overnight! Your new additions and you will have just been through the trauma of an operation and will need time to settle afterwards.

Positive reinforcement will help to aid your recovery, so it will often help to take a step back and look at the big picture and be realistic about how long it’s going to take for the final results to appear.

This is all normal though and does pass!

Morning boob

OUCH!

The morning boob is I felt the most uncomforatble part of the ‘boob job’ experience and thank goodness this part doesn’t last for very long! No matter how many pain killers you pop before you raise yourself up to that dreaded sitting position from being propped up, you can’t prepare for that rush of blood that sweeps right to your boobs, making them feel like ten ton weights strapped to your chest!

I found ice packs helped so much to ease this feeling placed over the top part of my breasts and got such relief from this – This is nothing to worry about, it is just caused by the swelling and does subside.

Being propped up and the bum shuffle

You will not be able to lever yourself up with your arms after your op, so prepare yourself for….. the bum shuffle!!!!

Prepare those stomach muscles too because you’re going to need them!!! You’ll spend the first week or more having to be propped up when sleeping, this very often causes havoc with your back, so you’ll find a hot water bottle very helpful in easing that, placed on the small of your back.

It’s often thought that you need to be sat bolt upright to aid the swelling, this isn’t true, you do need your head and shoulders raised though.

As you try to get up, for me, with my stomach muscles shaking it was a task all on it’s own! You finally get yourself into an upright postion and then the side of the bed could be a million miles away as you think about attempting to get to the edge to get yourself off the bed! This is where ‘the bum shuffle’ comes in! You clutch the new assets with your hands in a protective way, don’t ask me why, they aren’t going anywhere! But you do it anyway and then… wriggle your bum till you get to the edge of the bed, then comes the countdown!!!! One… Two….. THREE! You push yourself to a standing position!!!!!! I would have given myself a big pat on the back after achieving this if I could but I was too busy clutching the new baps!!!!

After a couple of days you’ll have this mastered and after a week or so, you’ll be just fine!

Recovery instructions

You’ll often find yourself comparing your recovery with other peoples – Don’t!

We all heal differently and although you may have had your surgery at around the same time as another lady, chances are you will be complately different in how you heal and the time you heal.

If you’re at all concerned about something follow the advice given by YOUR surgeon.

You’ll often read conflicting advice about post-op care as so many surgeons have their own opinions on their patients recovery, but you have to remember, you chose the surgeon you have, you paid for their advice so it’s always best that you follow it. YOUR surgeon knows what is best for YOU.

Frankeinboobs!

If you’re expecting to wake up from your surgery with these two new beautifully formed breasts, you’re going to be in for a big shock! Quite often, your boobs will sat high up on your chest, they’ll look like cones, your skin will be tight and might look rubbery, they might look square shaped or your nipples may be pointing in the wrong direction.. I could go on, but what I’m trying to say is that they won’t be perfect, they’re going to need time to drop and settle and along the way, you might find your boobs heal at different rates – one might soften and drop before the other leaving you with a wonky appearance for a while – this again is all a normal part of your recovery and barring all complications you will end up with soft breasts that have dropped into a natural postion, but if you have any concerns at all that you don’t feel comfortable with, call your clinic for advice – it’s what you paid them for.

Boobie greed

Some women never get ‘boob greed’ others experience it fleetingly, some might yearn for a few days and for others, it never goes away- Give yourself a little time to adjust to the new you, when you’re out of the sports bras that you’ve been confined to for so long and in your lovely lingerie, it makes a massive difference to how your breasts look, so allow time for your boobs to settle before making any judgements, the majority of ladies are happy with their boobs even if they do experience a little boob greed now and again.

Nerves

Nope, I’m not talking about the shaky kind, I mean the nerves ‘inside’ your body. As your breasts heal you might experience some pain from your breasts – shooting pains or pins and needles, or a sunburn sensation, or over sensitive nipples although this is uncomfortable, it doesn’t usually last for very long, maybe a couple of days, to a week, rarely more but it can occur and can be quite scary if you don’t know what it is – It’s just the nerves healing back again and it’s a good sign! I found ice packs helped so much more than pain killers to ease this, but others found painkillers worked best and some – both!

You can experience these sensations periodically throughout your entire healing process which for some ladies can take up to a year – Some ladies also lose sensation causing numbness to parts of the breast and nipple, this can take some time to come back and the advice given is that you should give up to year for all sensation to return.

I hope this helps some of you and might at least put some of your minds at ease. xx

That would be good in the boobie bible honey.xxx

Good idea, I’ll pop it in there as well x

I think I ticked all them boxes! Had them all!xxx

That’s bloody brilliant!! Xxx

Bum shuffle lol.xx

Fantastic entry xx

I have to say that’s a lot of scary stuff but at least I know what to expect now, will save me posting every 5 mins saying ‘is it normal to have…..?’

Amanda, I am bound to have them all too, please tell me you didn’t get them all at once???!!!

so glad i read this, my eyes have been opened, thankyou princess76 x

No, not all at once! And not all of them bad! Maybe just a 2 minute thought! I had a few testy moments, mainly cos the top half of my body wasnt able to move! The back ache killed me, another 1 that’s not noted is bloatedness, day 3 I was a big bloated windy painful mess, I tried every remedy known to man, the only thing that helped was lying down n going to sleep! In the morning I was fine, strange!xxx

* teary not testy!

Having new boobies is definitely a delayed gift, it’s like here’s your lovely new boobs, and then here’s pain, and wind, and constipation, when you get past all them feel free to enjoy the new arrivals! It’s gonna be like that tampax advert, where mother nature will turn up at the door after you get back from your op and goes oh hi I just thought I’d bring round the morning boob you forgot etc etc

lol amanda, luckily both words work in the sentence!

Aww it’s true wat u say, all defo worth it tho, like I said I’m 2 weeks tmrw, can’t remember wat it was like b4 now!xxx

Thanks for sharing this princess, good to know what to expect and nicely summerised Xx

Can’t take the credit for this one as I found it on the boob job support forum, but I find the forum hard to take to, in the 3 months since I joined here and that one I have 55 friends here and not one on there so I don’t check on there that often. It’s funny how different they are tho, but this was really well written and was hidden away, figured they wouldn’t mind as we’re all in the same boat!

So true! Think I ticked all the boxes too great post wish sum1 had posted this before my op lolxx

i got morning boob…..god did i hate that x

I’d add insomnia. I suffered really badly with it as couldn’t sleep properly on my back anyway, too uncomfy on my side, and i think the after effects of the GA made me almost hallucinogenic. I’d go to fall asleep but wouldn’t fall under completely, i’d just lie there for hours with horrible thoughts in my head. Was like this for almost 2 months.. not good.

I’d add fluid on ur boobies and infections….

Thank you so very much for your post. I have my op in 8 days and I am happy I read it. I will have to practise the bum shuffle. It made me chuckle reading it all but I know how seriouse it really is and have taken all the points on board. Thanks again. x

thats a great post and yeah i think ive had a few of those! defo dont miss the bum shuffle!lol and sensitive nips OMG defoo!! its bearable tho.x

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