So relieved

belleb
belleb Member Posts: 170
edited August 2014 in Living Without Reconstruction After a Mastectomy

Hi all! It's been two weeks since my BMX and today I finally was able to try on most of my wardrobe (had to wait until I could get things over my head lol). I am so excited to say that most of my clothes are totally still wearable! I found these little Coobie imitation bras at Forever 21 that have the little "modesty liners" in them and then took some of the fiberfill from my Amoena surgical cami "puffs" and stuck just enough in the bra to not allow the liners to go concave. It's perfect! It gives me just enough of a bump that I look very, very small chested instead of surgically flat. I am so happy about this I could cry  

Anyway, healing is going pretty well. Still a bit sore and bruised-feeling (and feel a "pulling sensation" when I go from laying or sitting to standing), but I am much more comfortable since the drains came out on Monday.

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  • SailingWind
    SailingWind Member Posts: 110
    edited August 2014

    good luck to you. Happy you were able to find what works for you.

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited August 2014


    hi belleb,, glad you are feeling better and have found a boobie solution!!

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  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited August 2014

    Well done belleb! Glad you've found something that works for you, when I first had my surgery it was scorching, mid Summer in Australia and I sewed a modesty pad into a sarong, to help me get by till I could get fitted for a form and Mx bras. 

    I understand that feeling of elation, when you get over another hurdle. It is a subtle shift that happens to many of us after this kind of life changing surgery.

    Good to see you're healing well, and we all understand how great it feels, to lose the drains! There will be more unusual sensations as the nerves regenerate and the healing continues. Some that will come because you are overdoing it:)  Take it easy! I wish you all the very best for a speedy, uneventful recovery.

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  • Erica3681
    Erica3681 Member Posts: 1,916
    edited August 2014

    Great that you so quickly found a way to feel good about yourself. Hope your healing continues to go well. As you probably know, the soreness and bruising are totally normal after only two weeks.

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  • belleb
    belleb Member Posts: 170
    edited August 2014

    Thanks guys! I know it's normal to still be uncomfortable, I'm just so darn impatient...the rest of me wants to start living, now I just have to wait for the chest to catch up :)

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