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I'll just put it out there. I'm REALLY hoping to lose most of my chest post-surgery. I live my life in extreme pain because of the weight of my chest. My mid-back, most days, is in excruciating pain. My shoulders are starting to hurt now, too, and I am seeing what I hope are not permanent indentations from my bra straps.

Has your breast size gone down post op? If so, please include how far post-op you are! :)

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One year out and 66 pounds down. My boobs have gone from 44D to 38B at this point. They do not hang under my armpits anymore and are still perky enough at 63, that I think I can skip the boob job and just get a panni when I get to goal.

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I'm a 114 down but still a D cup

I had a mammogram and it showed that I had change in the density and a change on my right. It turns out this is a common situation for women with rapid weight loss. Of coarse they will see a change the girls are deflated. So glad it is not cancer.

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I started weight loss as a DDD and ended (sort of ended, still a bit from goal) as a DD and then when I had plastics done (breast lift and augment) I am now back to a DDD. I feel like now that my girls are higher and actually full instead of hanging like udders, I am more comfortable with them. As for back pain, have you tried core exercises? The stronger your stomach is, the less your back will hurt. I am kinda slouchy, so I have to put forth a focused effort to not only keep my back straight, but also to make sure I get in ab exercises, because I notice it not only in my posture, but in a sore back, when my core loses some muscle.

Hope you feel better soon! :)

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I am actually pretty happy to be smaller in the chest area post surgery. I was a 36DD and now 9 weeks out and down 35 pounds I am a 34 D. I got fitted at Nordstrom's and bought 4 amazing new bra's. I am about 15 lbs from goal so I am doubting that I will lose much in my chest with the remaining weight I am wanting to lose. I am only 5 ft 1 so being larger chested always made me feel frumpy and I also have a bad back. Feels great on my shoulders and back to be lighter. And doing my workouts is so much easier without all that bounce.

Good luck-

LA

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I was a 42C and am now a 36C, soon to be 34C. I'm happy they're going proportionately. Honestly, I hated them being in the way, so smaller = good for me.

The only thing is I had curb feelers before surgery, and still do :rolleyes: At some point, when I'm a year or more out and my weight is stable, I'm going to look in to a lift.

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@@amazon, I am cracking up at "curb feelers." LOL.

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44C at my highest, 34B now.

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At my heaviest my bras were 48DD and they were tight around me. I am only almost 11 weeks out and just bought a 42D. I really need to get fitted but I am waiting a few more months (if I can) to do that. My weight is dropping pretty regularly still so once it slows down a bit I will. I do have to say my new bra is rather pretty and uplifting. ;)

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Oh yeah. Most definitely. My largest was 42D and now I am a 32B

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Ug, mine have started dwindling away. I'm pretty sad about that

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Excuse my ignorance but what do the alphabets represent DD/D or B?

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@@Justoperated That's the cup size. .. I'm a month out and I have lost from around not the cup ..I hope to be proportionate after all this lol

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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