Bandages Off!

I felt like a car crash victim who hadn't seen her face for weeks. I was very curious to see what I would look like after the plastic surgeon took off the bandages at my post-surgery followup appointment. In my head, I knew that what it looked like would NOT be the final result. I've been reading about other people's experiences, and many say that it took months for the implants to take shape.

Still, I was underwhelmed.

As I told my dad, instead of "boobs" it looks like "bloobs" (half way between a blob and boobs). The bandages were tightly wrapped around my chest to limit swelling (versus putting in drains, thank goodness), but there was still a fair amount of swelling in my chest. I couldn't even wear my wedding ring for the first day or two because my entire body was a little bloated. There wasn't much definition, which doesn't seem to make much sense because there was plenty of mal-formed definiting with my tissue expanders, and the implants are the same size with even better shape.

Anyway, I decided to wait to blog because I didn't want to post anything so soon after my initial disappointing view. After a day, things have gotten much better. The swelling has gone down and the implants are taking shape. I know that it's going to get even better as time goes by.

Aside from that, I'm doing great. I stopped taking pain meds yesterday morning, and my whole body actually feels better than it did a week ago. I no longer have muscle pain in my upper back, and it feels like a weight has been lifted off of my chest. It's quite amazing how bad the expanders were, but I was so used to having them I didn't realize it.

All in all, I'm happy.