Had breast reduction on Monday -- still in hospital

[NewLife'sGr8 241]

Great news! Congrats on your successful outcome!

[IcanMakeit 1,319]

You all know I was only kidding when I predicted that my "carb controlled" Breakfast would be pancakes and Syrup, right? Well the hospital didn't. They sent French toast, syrup, oatmeal and orange juice for my low carb breakfast.

Now that I'm home I can laugh about it, but I was pretty put out when my tray finally arrived. I was feeling less than charitable, so I made them take it away and bring me scrambled eggs. I'll bet they noticed how little of the prodigious pile they served me was eaten. I probably should have made it clearer that I only needed one egg, but I don't care. Don't mess with IcanMakeit.

Edited December 5, 2014 by IcanMakeit

[HawaiianTexan 44]

Lol omg

[Luvin_Life125 558]

I am so glad you are home and feeling better! I hope the results are what you want. I am going to schedule my reduction once I have maintained my weight for 1 year. I am interested to hear how everything goes for you.

[Sherrischeffler 74]

I had my breast reduction on Monday and I am massively uncomfortable. But more worrisome than the pain is that I have been running a fever and one of my breasts is more swollen than the other. The surgeon was worried about a possible hematoma and decided to keep me for observation for a couple of extra days. The only good thing about that is that someone else has to deal with my drains. I'm afraid that when I strip the lines, it looks different from when the professionals do it.

If you ever have an extended stay in a hospital, be prepared to have to fight for healthy, low carb food. Even though I was on their "controlled carb" plan, they served me Pasta and angel food cake in one meal. Breakfast was quiche that was obviously made with flour in the filling.

My husband brought me my ipad today so I can finally catch up with my "peeps" on BariatricPal. I was having withdrawal symptoms!

whats your recovery time on reduction. .

[IcanMakeit 1,319]

whats your recovery time on reduction. .

Recovery time is very variable, but I went back to work after two weeks. It took 10 days for my drains to be removed. That was miserable. After a while they had started to hurt. Now that I'm about six weeks out, my incisions have mostly healed, but I still have unpleasant sensations, especially where they did the liposuction. My swelling (at the liposuction sites) has gone down a little, but my surgeon says it will take a couple more months before it's gone.

Most of the discomfort I feel at this point is caused by the liposuction, not the breast reduction.

[Sherrischeffler 74]

My surgeon says he doesn't use drains on the breast anymore anyone else have a surgeon who is doing this?

[Puppypaws57 137]

Kewl! Are you having the standard keyhole kind of surgery?

[Sherrischeffler 74]

Waiting til july not sure yet

[CowgirlJane 14,261]

When I had plastics. .. no drains for the breasts. They healed great and no visible scars.

Glad you are feeling good now! I didn't have liposuction but I have heard it is more painful than reconstructive plastic surgery!

[Puppypaws57 137]

No visible scars??? How is that possible?

[The Candidate 3,215]

Good luck on your recovery! I have dreamed since puberty of getting a breast reduction. I have two sisters, plus my mother, who all have normal to small sized breasts. Unlike me, I'm also the only one who is overweight. I keep waiting for the big reveal that I'm actually adopted to explain it, but no, just luck of the draw I guess.

No one who hasn't had to cart these puppies around for most of your life can ever understand the burden you bear. After I get my WLS, breast reduction will be first on the list for plastic surgery. I just want to know, finally what it feels like to have normal sized breasts. Between the grand Tetons and my weight, it has seriously messed up my self esteem.

Ironically my most successful weight loss attempt in the past was fueled by the desire that my insurance would pay for a breast reduction afterwards as I had chronic back pain and horrendous reoccurring rashes. Once I got down to 129 pounds all on my own, I immediately asked for a referral. And then, I was promptly turned down. I was devastated and it wasn't long after that before I had regained all the weight back plus more. This was about 15 years ago and it's been the yo-yo cycle ever since.

On another note, concerning the hospital meals, my mother was recently in the hospital for a week or so and they actually had a menu that you could call and request your own meals. There wasn't a huge range of choices but you could definitely work with it. First time I've ever seen anything like that.

Good luck!

[Sherrischeffler 74]

Insurance confirmation i only will pay $300 deductible plus 10%of $6,500 for breast reduction not to bad .im one happy hirl ,come on july (surgery ).