Free at last!

Pardons to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I know that decreasing my breast size is not to be compared with the centuries of servitude and prejudice that people of color have experienced. I just couldn't resist.

I saw Dr. Sommers Tuesday for my first post-op check. She seemed very pleased with the results. She left the steri-strips on, but said that I could work on them in the shower with soap and water. She put my new sports bra on me, and I can't tell you how good it felt. Well, I told Wayne at least ten times how good it felt! The bandages were such a pain. They kept slipping.

Went home and took a shower. THAT felt good, as I hadn't had one in 5 days. Got most of the steri-strips off, thought my left nipple was going to come off with the strips, but left those on for a while, eventually got them all off. I have some red blisters where I reacted to some tape. She told me to use triple antibiotic cream on this incisions, which I am. Also using hydrocortisone cream to the reactive areas.

Back to that bra. Paid over 60 bucks for the thing, felt good at first, but then it started rubbing on my incisions. Took it off, and found it had a very rough seam at the top of the band, bottom of the cups, and that was rubbing against my incisions. And unfortunately, I still had some Betadine on my breasts, and that got on the white fabric. Made it look terrible. It felt better to wear it with the lower 3 or 4 hooks undone. I am sure it will be great when I get healed up. It is soaking now. Went to Walmart and found 2 that I think will work. I'm wearing one now. It is made of soft knit, hooks in the front. Doesn't rub anywhere. Wearing it to bed, because the compression still feels better than just hanging free. Well, they aren't hanging. They are perky. Haven't had perky breasts in 40 years.

So, I know the question is bound to come up, do I miss them? To be gross, like a boil on a butt. The only thing that those large boobs did was camoflage my belly. Which as soon as I get healed up, I am going to work on. Mostly, that is going to take loosing 30 or so pounds. That I can do