Cycle Café's....Oops!: May 2015

Downsizing

"Before"

It is the strangest feeling to fall asleep and wake up with smaller breasts. Let me re-phrase that...

I recently had a 'BOOB JOB'...

and not the popular kind....

I "Downsized"!

Let me fast-rewind a bit.

After my accident a couple years ago my injured C2&3 have been a constant issue. After suffering for sometime I finally discussed it with my Doctor, and Physiotherapist http://physiomoves.com/ if having a Breast Reduction would help the situation? They both concurred that it definitely would.

So after getting a referral I was off for a consult with Dr,Mian.
http://www.plasticsurgerygroup.ca/medical-team/dr-rizwan-mian/team

That was back in September 2014.

I was apprehensive both going to the Plastic Surgeon and then afterwards when he resoundingly approved my request for a 'breast reduction'. My surgery was originally booked for November which I pushed back till February..and although I have wanted to'downsize' for years ( I have never been comfortable with my girls') I was really nervous about actually going throw with the procedure...so as February quickly approached I decided to push back the surgery again for April 22nd. This time there was no changing my mind. This was going to happen and I would have to get my head around it.

It wasn't at all that I was nervous about going under the knife...and I wasn't against a 'Nip and Tuck' or in this case the procedure is coined a "Butterfly". I think if anyone wants to improve their appearance that is entirely up to them. For myself however had it not been for the fact that the weight of my breasts were causing me so much discomfort I probably never would have gone through with it. It was more than anything just getting my head around the fact that my body would be significantly different and the getting use to that.

I would constantly look in the mirror for months and fold my breasts in just to try and get use to the idea...and up until the week before when I was in Los Angeles I caught myself yet again walking by a store front window, pausing, pushing my breasts in and saying to myself "That's what they will look like". I would do this more times than I can count. I probably looked like such a weirdo lol.

Days before sugery taking the girls out for a last Hurrah along the Boardwalk in Santa Monica

Two days after my return from Los Angeles I was at the Jim Pattison Surgical Centre for my day surgery. I wasn't nervous but I was very anxious to get things going and over with..so to speak,

there was still the small matter of recovery, which truth be told I was really not looking forward to at all. I had anticipated that it would be much worse than it actually was.

A few selfies...and it was off to surgery.

This is a 'look'

fun/not

'Before'

Dr. Mian

A few hours later I was waking up in recovery and under the amazing supervision of Nurses Eleanor, Nancy, and Joanne. To whom I am eternally grateful for their compassion and excellent care. Thank you Ladies I couldn't have done it with out you.
www.fraserhealth.ca/about-us/building-for-better-health/jim-pattison-outpatient-care-and-surger http://y-centre/

Afterward surgery they put this 'very fashionable' Bandeau with gauze on me...#funfun

I didn't spend long in recovery and was soon resting in my own bed at home. Sure the incisions were painful but not near as much as I thought they would be. I took one Tylenol 3 and knocked out for the night knowing I was in good hands as my oldest daughter Hope was my night nurse that night.

Thank you Hope. Love you!

Hot Tea ..just what the Dr. ordered.

It has now been 12 days since my surgery. I have hardly any pain at all haven't for over a week now. The Doctor says I am doing great. I just have some soreness and tenderness in my breasts. I can't get over how much lighter they are. It is not a feeling one can describe at all. I have started to try on my clothes and have discovered that many things no longer fit so I gutted my closet and purged many items for donation.#Lovethat.

Got rid of all my old bras as well

I tried on my new temp soft bra today...can't get over how good it feels ...was also able to put deodorant on today and was allowed to finally take a shower. I never in considering this procedure imagined at all that by having this surgery done that I would end up with more confidence now with my new look. Just wasn't something that I thought of that my Breast Size had anything to do with how I carry myself or feel about my overall appearance but it really did and I am so glad now that I had it done.

So excited about my new look

I can't wait to go Bra shopping (although I could easily now go bra-less and it not be obscene) and for the first time in decades I am going to buy a Sun Dress with spaghetti-straps. I haven't been able to wear something like that in forever!

A very Special Thank you to

Dr. Mian, my nurses Eleanor, Joanne, Nancy. My Daughter Hope for all her love and special care. My son Nicholas for taking care of me post-op, and my Mother for being my designated driver.

'After'

My new Cleavage #loveit

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Sunday 3 May 2015

Downsizing